What’s the Catch?

Can SmartChurch’s Free Church App Really Be Free?

I get asked this question all the time. What’s the catch? Can SmartChurch really provide any church in the world a free church app for life?  And the answer is 100% yes.  There is no catch.  There are no strings attached. It’s really free for life.

So how do we do it? Well, first of all, SmartChurch was always intended to be free. We currently have a Premium version of our app but that was not the plan in the beginning. We wanted to give church planters, small churches, and missionaries a free church app so that their churches could grow. Our whole mission was just that: a mission. So how is that sustainable?

Well, believe it or not, SmartChurch does make money. We have several sources of income.  Our main source is an entirely separate company that gives us a generous gift every month.  That’s really nice. Second, we are owned by a larger company called Lockeland that builds cus-tom software and mobile apps. They love us and have a longterm commitment to us. And finally, SmartChurch Premium, the feature-rich, costlier version of our church app brings in a little money too (although many churches pay less than $10 per month for it).

All in all, there is no catch. Please support SmartChurch by getting Premium for your church or by hiring Lockeland to build your business an app. Your investment is helping thousands of churches worldwide.