ChurchTools
Church Management Software
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
ChurchTools is the perfect app for your church community. You can use it to get the latest info, keep an eye on dates, confirm or decline your assignments and much more. To use the app, you first need access to ChurchTools.
POSTS
Posts enable your church community to share information about congregational topics at any time and from anywhere. This means you know more about each other and it is easier for people in your church to stay informed and get involved. It also opens up another way to reach those who are not yet in your congregation.
EVENTS
Service assignments are brought to your mobile phone by push. You can confirm, decline and comment on them.
For example, if you are leading a church service or event, or simply volunteering, you can easily read the agenda of the event by using the app. Furthermore, you can see with whom you are assigned to a for an event or service. At the tab Discover you will find more future events.
PEOPLE
With the search in Discover you can find people and contact them directly. It also displays additional information such as relationships and tags. And for sure, you can upload a nice new picture for your own profile.
GROUPS
Find interesting public groups within your church community and register directly.
All other groups that are visible to you will be listed and with the appropriate permission you can also view the participants of the group.
CHAT
From now on you can use the app to chat with individual people, with all members in a specific event or, for example, with your small group. You can create news channels in which only people with a specific role can write, all others have read-only access.
Furthermore, the chat allows you to send pictures and documents.
ABOUT CHURCHTOOLS
ChurchTools is the ideal software for churches to connect church members in one place. We are constantly working on new updates and features to make our app more complete for you and your church.
more The app allows you to view your groups and chat with other members, but that’s about it. None of the utility functions found on the web are available through the app, so it’s basically just a less put together WhatsAPP. We should at least be able to access church calendars or reserve church rooms and equipment. As it is, I don’t use the chat feature so there is no benefit to using the app instead of just going to church tools online.
The app allows you to view your groups and chat with other members, but that’s about it. None of the utility functions found on the web are available through the app, so it’s basically just a less put together WhatsAPP. We should at least be able to access church calendars or reserve church rooms and equipment. As it is, I don’t use the chat feature so there is no benefit to using the app instead of just going to church tools online.
### Improvements
- For group registrations, you can now specify whether the email address is required only for the registrant or also for co-registrants.
- The Share button is now always displayed on the group details page.
### Fixed Bugs
- Encrypted chats are once again displayed as encrypted.
- All-day events and services are now correctly displayed in the app as “All Day” instead of 12:00 AM.
- A warning message now appears everywhere when confirming resources with conflicts—including in context menus and other views.
- Directly sharing screenshots in chat now works again without having to save the image to the photo library first.
- The media notification now controls playback correctly. Play, Pause, Stop, and Fast Forward now work again via the notification.
- Swiping away the media notification no longer causes the player in the app to crash.
- The number of unread messages is now displayed correctly again in the chat overview.
- The "Invite person to ChurchTools" button is now displayed correctly again.
- In the agenda, titles and responsible persons no longer overlap. Long titles are now wrapped appropriately.
- Nicknames are now displayed in the app.
- The Alpha Bookstore has been removed.
- The calendar no longer automatically opens the month view.
- If an error occurs in the chat when the app starts, it is now displayed.
- Subscriptions to other churches and channels are now displayed correctly again.
- When applying an event template, the image is now also applied correctly.
0.75.0 May 14
### Improvements
- You can now choose whether you want to receive notifications about resources.
- Nicknames are now displayed correctly in the app.
- The app now automatically updates groups, bookings, and agendas in the background.
- Calendars can now be subscribed to from the app in external calendars (e.g., Google Calendar, System Calendar app, etc.).
- When you open Resources for the first time, you will now receive a brief introduction.
### Fixed Bugs
- The number of unread messages is displayed correctly in the chat overview again.
- Push notifications for posts lead to the post, even if the app was previously closed.
- After sending an image from another app, you are successfully redirected to the chat.
- The title bar is displayed again when registering for a group.
0.74.0 Mar 19
### Improvements
- Links to your own ChurchTools that the app cannot open itself are now opened in the in-app browser, so that the user is logged in directly.
- OAuth login is now available in the app. Users can log in via SSO providers.
- There is a home page widget for your own resource bookings.
- The resource list has a link to *My Bookings*, which leads to the booking list where only your own bookings are shown. The *All* link in the *My Bookings* widget also leads to this list.
- Calendar links now open directly in the app.
- When creating an appointment in the calendar, the currently selected day is automatically taken as the start date.
### Fixed Bugs
- Drafts are now saved correctly in chat.
- The chat preview now only shows one line.
- For group members, the entry date and the date of role retention are now better distinguished.
- If you are not allowed to see a booking, this is now indicated by an error message.
- Chat performance has been improved.
- An error that incorrectly allowed the app to be used in landscape mode has been fixed.
- Files can be shared with “Songbook Pro” without the app crashing.
0.73.0 Feb 20
Calendar Appointments are shown again
0.72.2 Jan 19
### Fixed Bugs
- You can add images to posts again.
- A bug that caused too many person statuses to be available when creating new persons has been fixed.
- Chat performance has been improved.
- The "My Bookings" list is renamed to "All Bookings" and show all bookings.
- If a password reset link is no longer valid, the correct error message is displayed.
- If a person with the same name already exists when creating a new person, you will be asked whether you really want to create the new person.
- When entering services, the system now takes into account whether only persons from the assigned groups and tags may be entered.
- If an invitation link has expired, a reasonable error message is now displayed and the password setting is canceled.
- The correct permissions are now taken into account when creating bookings.
- When creating appointments, you can now only select appointment templates for which you have booking permissions.
- It is now possible to report posts again.
- In groups, the post chip is now only displayed if there are posts or if you can create posts in the group.
- The More button in group descriptions is now displayed correctly again.
- Regardless of permissions, you can no longer edit your own date of death.
- The message displayed when no items are found in the quick search has been improved.
- The input field for comments is now centered in posts.
- The logout flow has been adjusted.
- Checkboxes in group fields now display the correct value again.
- The search icon is now displayed correctly again.
- Redirects on wiki pages are now taken into account.
- Published posts can no longer be scheduled.
0.72.1 Jan 17
### Improvements
- Resource requests are now also displayed as a widget on the start page.
- Your own resource bookings can now be viewed.
- Resource bookings can be viewed and edited.
- Resource bookings can now be created.
### Fixed Bugs
- If at least four people leave the chat, it will be displayed correctly again.
- For group meetings, only active printers can be selected for label printing.
- The song list loads correctly again.
- The settings for the start page are scrollable again if they are too long.
- The SortKey for different fields in the person creation is now correctly observed.
- An error that caused two back buttons to be displayed has been fixed.
- Links that open the app now work correctly again.
0.72.0 12/13/2025
An error with the chat was fixed
0.71.1 11/18/2025
### Improvements
- Chats can now be marked as unread.
### Fixed Bugs
- If logging in with a QR code does not work, a proper error message is now displayed.
- An error where chat IDs were displayed behind names in the chat has been fixed.
- Hidden widgets can be displayed again in the start page configuration.
- Fields for entering dates now display the correct value again.
- The chat no longer crashes when the chat tab is opened before the chats have been synchronized.
- No error occurs when clearing and submitting date fields in the registration.
- A translation in the login settings has been updated.
- No error occurs when removing and re-adding a group member.
0.71.0 11/11/2025
- .txt & .sng files can now be displayed in the app.
- ChordPro files can now be displayed in the app.
- Markdown files can now be displayed in the app.
- The languages Suomi (Finnish), Swedish and Italian are now supported.
- Links to people are opened directly within the app.
- Links to your own profile are now also opened in the app.
- Meeting and service requests have been added to the notification settings.
- Addresses and links are now displayed in full for appointments.
0.70.0 10/15/2025
- Selection fields in the group meeting completion form no longer cause the app to crash.
- The list of people now shows all people again.
- Sharing is possible again.
- Adding reactions to posts and chat messages works again.
- A bug that prevented links from being opened in chat has been fixed.
- Archived people are no longer in the recent searches.
0.69.1 09/24/2025
### Improvements
- When opening a group from a person's profile, the person's group membership now opens directly.
- The navigation library has been replaced.
### Bug fixes
- The device ID is sent correctly to the CT system again.
- An error during logout has been fixed.
- The More button is displayed again for posts.
0.69.0 09/10/2025
### Improvements
- Certificates can now be displayed and downloaded for group members.
### Fixed Bugs
- The chats are visible again when you leave ChurchTools Web.
0.68.0 06/17/2025
### New Features
- The group role of a person is now displayed during QR code check-in.
- The group color can now be set and this is displayed in different places if there is no image.
### Bug fixes
- If an absence is entered when canceling services for other people, it will be saved for the correct user.
- Appointments at a location that only have a title and no address can now be created again.
- A bug with incorrect PDFs has been fixed.
- When you join a group, the group page is updated correctly again.
- The growth path in the role settings of a group is displayed correctly again.
- When creating new people, you can now only select departments from which you are allowed to see the people.
- Yes-No group member fields display the default value for members correctly again.
- It is now possible to edit the event info with the group-internal authorization Edit event info.
- Hidden entries in integrated agendas are no longer displayed in the detailed view of an agenda entry.
0.67.0 05/21/2025
### New Features
- Chat messages can now be edited and deleted.
- Chat messages now support emoji reactions.
- In the chat history, read and unread messages are now separated by a line.
- Chats can now be marked as read.
### Bug fixes
- Age groups are sorted correctly in the group settings.
- Directly consecutive resource bookings are no longer displayed as *occupied*.
- The appointment template selection can be canceled again.
- Translations of master data do not cause a `.generatedDefault` at the end.
- The summary for posts can now only be activated if an e-mail address is stored.
- The authorization to edit a group member is checked correctly again.
- After an unsuccessful login attempt to another ChurchTools system, you will no longer be logged out of a ChurchTools system to which you were already logged in.
- When simulating in the wiki, no search results from the actual user are displayed.
0.66.0 04/15/2025
## 0.65.0
### New Features
- Group tags can now be added and removed.
- Song tags are now displayed on the details page
- The registration to a group can now be set.
### Bug fixes
- The number of members in a group is now displayed again.
- The group page has been made more performant.
- Group members are now sorted alphabetically by last name again.
- Minor visual improvements and bug fixes have been made.
- If you swipe in the maximized image view in the chat, the “Reply to” dialog is no longer displayed in the chat.
- Some bugs with images in the chat have been fixed: If you have replied to an image, it is no longer displayed several times in the maximized view.
- The images for posts are displayed in the gallery in the correct order again.
- The days in the chat are now translated correctly.
- The entry date is now only displayed for active members.
- Facts with “+” in the name can be selected again.
- When canceling group settings, it is pointed out that changed settings are not applied.
- The last searched results in the quick search are sorted correctly again.
0.65.0 03/18/2025
### New features
- The group member list is now grouped by member status and has subpages for the individual group roles.
- The member widget on the group details page has been revised and now offers a better overview.
- There is now a subpage for setting group meetings in the group settings.
- Group member fields can be created and edited.
- If you simulate a user in the web view and then leave the web view, the simulation status is retained.
### Bug fix
- Small visual improvements and bug fixes
- When creating a group meeting, “Invalid Date” is no longer displayed.
- Yes-No fields in groups show the correct value again.
- Some small visual errors have been fixed.
- You can create a group again without selecting a group role.
- When adding people to groups, the note that the person is automatically invited is not displayed if the person is already registered.
- Switching from the start page to the display of all posts no longer leads to display problems in the navigation.
- The loading animation is now smoother.
- If a person has deleted a chat, the other person can start a chat with this person again.
- In the group member list, the button for adding members is now only displayed if you have the appropriate permissions.
- If a person leaves a chat, the name is displayed correctly again.
- Deleted services, service groups, song categories, facts and reasons for absence can no longer be selected in the app.
0.64.0 02/18/2025
### Bug fix
- Mandatory group fields have an “*” when editing, default values for selection options of group fields are preselected and you can now edit date fields with times.
- The rendering of Markdown flickers less.
- When replying to images in the chat, the width of the text remains correct.
- Direct booking of resources is now only possible if they have not yet been booked.
- The correct group is now opened again for group suggestions.
- The loading indicator has been improved.
0.63.1 01/21/2025
### Bug fix
- Mandatory group fields have an “*” when editing, default values for selection options of group fields are preselected and you can now edit date fields with times.
- The rendering of Markdown flickers less.
- When replying to images in the chat, the width of the text remains correct.
- Direct booking of resources is now only possible if they have not yet been booked.
- The correct group is now opened again for group suggestions.
- The loading indicator has been improved.
0.63.0 01/21/2025
A bug for the registration was fixed.
0.62.1 12/18/2024
### Features
- You can now register.
- Appointment additions based on services are now displayed in the calendar.
- There is now a group tile under Discover.
- You can now click on links in the agenda.
- In the group settings there is a sub-item for member settings with options for roles and places.
- There is now a loading bar when downloading files from the wiki.
### Bugfixes
- If the summary by e-mail is activated/deactivated for posts, it is displayed directly in the app.
- A bug that caused the app to be partially displayed in English has been fixed.
- For groups, it is now clearer when the description is truncated.
- When checking in, the back button is now displayed correctly again.
- The chat list is sorted correctly again for new messages.
- Only active roles can now be selected for members.
- When canceling the editing of absences, the query has been improved.
- Downloaded files are now saved in the download folder.
- The focus point can be edited correctly again.
- Links with umlauts are recognized correctly again.
- Links in the event description are now clickable.
0.62.0 12/11/2024
A bug that caused the posts tab to hang has been fixed.
0.61.2 11/21/2024
- Links in the schedule can now be clicked.
- The back button is now displayed correctly again when checking in.
- The chat list is sorted correctly again for new messages.
- The focus point can be edited correctly again.
- Links with umlauts are recognized correctly again.
0.61.1 11/19/2024
- A case where the keyboard overlaps the chat input has been fixed.
- In certain cases, the number of unread messages was displayed when simulating. This has been fixed.
- If you go back when searching for subscriptions, the search no longer empties.
- A bug that prevented service requests from being canceled has been fixed.
- The chat overview updates correctly again.
- For services, the hiding of the name of registered persons is taken into account again.
0.61.0 11/12/2024
### Feature change
- Posts from other ChurchTools installations can now be subscribed to
- The context menu and a few other menus have been revised.
- The source of the arrangement is now also displayed in the agenda.
- In the group settings for posts, you can specify whether public posts can be subscribed to.
### Bug fixes
- Schedule entries are no longer displayed in the app when they are hidden.
- The form for editing group memberships now sets the correct values for Yes/No fields.
- The chat input adjusts the size correctly again
- Tables in the wiki are no longer cut off, but are now scrollable if they are too large for the screen.
- Templates for appointments work correctly again.
- A bug that caused the avatars in the birthday widget to be displayed incorrectly has been fixed.
- An error when displaying PDFs has been fixed
0.60.0 10/17/2024
- A problem using the chat was fixed
0.59.2 09/30/2024
### Improvements
- For group registrations, you can now specify whether the email address is required only for the registrant or also for co-registrants.
- The Share button is now always displayed on the group details page.
### Fixed Bugs
- Encrypted chats are once again displayed as encrypted.
- All-day events and services are now correctly displayed in the app as “All Day” instead of 12:00 AM.
- A warning message now appears everywhere when confirming resources with conflicts—including in context menus and other views.
- Directly sharing screenshots in chat now works again without having to save the image to the photo library first.
- The media notification now controls playback correctly. Play, Pause, Stop, and Fast Forward now work again via the notification.
- Swiping away the media notification no longer causes the player in the app to crash.
- The number of unread messages is now displayed correctly again in the chat overview.
- The "Invite person to ChurchTools" button is now displayed correctly again.
- In the agenda, titles and responsible persons no longer overlap. Long titles are now wrapped appropriately.
- Nicknames are now displayed in the app.
- The Alpha Bookstore has been removed.
- The calendar no longer automatically opens the month view.
- If an error occurs in the chat when the app starts, it is now displayed.
- Subscriptions to other churches and channels are now displayed correctly again.
- When applying an event template, the image is now also applied correctly.
more Version 0.75.0 May 14
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