Planning Center Headcounts

Name: Planning Center Headcounts
Rating: 4.7 (7 reviews)
Author: Ministry Centered Technologies

Track your Attendance

Free

7 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Business
Developer

Ministry Centered Technologies
Language

EN
English
Size

20.1
MB

You must already have a Planning Center account with Counter permissions and Planning Center Check-Ins enabled to use this app. ===== Planning Center Headcounts: ====== Planning Center Headcounts is an online mobile application that works with Planning Center Check-Ins to help keep track of any type of attendance, without needing to track specific individuals. Choose an existing event and a headcount type and start keeping track of your people. You can track them by entering the final number, or use the live counting tool. You won't need to write down your totals manually when you're done, since saving will instantly update your headcount total in Planning Center Check-Ins. Multiple people can even track headcounts on two different devices at the same time. Taking attendance is made simpler, more accessible, and your data is instantly saved to your account & can be included in your attendance reports.

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

7 Ratings

Great app + Response to 1 star rating below
05/25/2017

Dg.amann
Response to critic complaining about it not working without Check-Ins from Planning Center: You do have to have Check-Ins, but if all you want to do is post a headcount you can use the FREE package of Check-Ins! Head counts don't count towards your total number of Check-Ins so you can choose the smallest package. Try it out before bashing an app for doing what it's supposed to do...and they give you a way to use it for free!Great little app that proves Planning Center is continually listening to their customers and developing really great apps!
Great app + Response to 1 star rating below
05/25/2017

Dg.amann

Response to critic complaining about it not working without Check-Ins from Planning Center: You do have to have Check-Ins, but if all you want to do is post a headcount you can use the FREE package of Check-Ins! Head counts don't count towards your total number of Check-Ins so you can choose the smallest package. Try it out before bashing an app for doing what it's supposed to do...and they give you a way to use it for free!Great little app that proves Planning Center is continually listening to their customers and developing really great apps!
Must have Check-ins?
05/26/2017

1worshipguy
Thanks for the response. I didn't think about all the analytics being housed within check-ins module...

Developer Response
Sorry for the disappointment here! Headcounts has always been a part of Check-Ins because that's where your event times are stored. Since you're a long time Planning Center user, you might see this app in the same way Music Stand is a part of Services. Services holds the data, and Music Stand allows you to see it in the most appropriate way. It's the same with Headcounts. And, we've made sure that no matter what you can use unlimited Headcounts for free on the free Check-Ins plan. Hope this helps! - Scott
Must have Check-ins?
05/26/2017

1worshipguy

Thanks for the response. I didn't think about all the analytics being housed within check-ins module...
Developer Response 05/26/2017
Sorry for the disappointment here! Headcounts has always been a part of Check-Ins because that's where your event times are stored. Since you're a long time Planning Center user, you might see this app in the same way Music Stand is a part of Services. Services holds the data, and Music Stand allows you to see it in the most appropriate way. It's the same with Headcounts. And, we've made sure that no matter what you can use unlimited Headcounts for free on the free Check-Ins plan. Hope this helps! - Scott
Half way there
08/16/2020

Produce_Results
Good idea but it needs to connect to the check in app. So that when a child is checked in they show checked in and “floating” in the building. When the child makes it to the classroom, the leader can then account for the child by selecting their name as they enters. Also, the total headcount needs to be split by service. If you have multiple services it’s more helpful and accurate to reflect headcount per room per service. This is an additional benefit of having headcount rosters being driven from Check-Ins.

Developer Response
Hi! Thanks for the review! Just to clear up a bit of misunderstanding, this app is not to check children in - the Check-Ins Station app is designed for that. This app is to count those who don't need to check in by name, so you have an overall count in the rooms you don't check kids and volunteers into.In addition, Headcount types are designed to be able to split up based on the times your admin has set up in Check-Ins. If one is missing, you'll need to contact them.For further help, please write in to support@planningcenter.comThanks!Matt
Half way there
08/16/2020

Produce_Results

Good idea but it needs to connect to the check in app. So that when a child is checked in they show checked in and “floating” in the building. When the child makes it to the classroom, the leader can then account for the child by selecting their name as they enters. Also, the total headcount needs to be split by service. If you have multiple services it’s more helpful and accurate to reflect headcount per room per service. This is an additional benefit of having headcount rosters being driven from Check-Ins.
Developer Response 08/18/2020
Hi! Thanks for the review! Just to clear up a bit of misunderstanding, this app is not to check children in - the Check-Ins Station app is designed for that. This app is to count those who don't need to check in by name, so you have an overall count in the rooms you don't check kids and volunteers into.In addition, Headcount types are designed to be able to split up based on the times your admin has set up in Check-Ins. If one is missing, you'll need to contact them.For further help, please write in to support@planningcenter.comThanks!Matt
Love the app
08/05/2018

Stemchick
We are a tiny church (average attendance is the 40s) and love this for tracking who is here. However, my iPhone is used to stream the service and iPad is used as a confidence monitor, so the girls are counting from the back where the Mac mini is. They are using the website, but it is really complicated to get to the right spot on the check-ins page. Wondering if it would be possible to have a simple “Headcounts” app available for the Mac mini as well?
Love the app
08/05/2018

Stemchick

We are a tiny church (average attendance is the 40s) and love this for tracking who is here. However, my iPhone is used to stream the service and iPad is used as a confidence monitor, so the girls are counting from the back where the Mac mini is. They are using the website, but it is really complicated to get to the right spot on the check-ins page. Wondering if it would be possible to have a simple “Headcounts” app available for the Mac mini as well?