Best Giving Apps for Churches

There are many great ways for your church to receive funds via a mobile device.  However, many are very limited.  Here are our top 3.

1.    SmartChurch - The Smart Church giving platform is integrated with Direct Connect and PayPal and provides a simple but beautiful interface to give quickly and easily.  What we love most about it are the pictures and ability to give various amounts to multiple funds in one transaction.  What we do not like is that they do not have a separate app just for Giving.  We wish they’d do that.

2.    PushPay - PushPay provides a simple giving platform without many distractions that allows someone to give to any church that is set up here.  What we like best is that its simple and easy to use and does not require you to get an entire church app.  What we do not like is that the interface is boring and you can not see what you’re giving to. It would be nice to be able to give to specific needs in the church in the future.

3.    Venmo - Venmo is the way young people give these days for free.  It’s not a church-based or faith-based app but it works like a charm.  What we like best about it is there are no transaction fees and simply transfers money from one bank account to another.  What is not great about it is you can not set up funds to give to on here and the interface, while socially viral, is not exciting.  Still, it could be a solution for churches in the future.