Web vs Mobile

ChurchBuddy is available as a web app at church.worshipbuddy.org and as a mobile app (iOS and Android). Both use the same account and organization data.

Download the app: Apple App Store · Google Play

Account & Organizations

Feature	Web	Mobile
Login (email + OTP)	✓	✓
Create account	✓	✓
Demo mode	✗	✓
Create organization	✓	✗
Join organization	✓	✓
Switch organizations	✓	✓
Registered events on dashboard	✗	✓ (Dashboard list)

Dashboard & Schedule

Feature	Web	Mobile
Org home (pending assignments)	✓ (Dashboard)	✓ (Home tab — pending assignments only)
Account org/event picker	✗	✓ (Dashboard screen)
My upcoming schedule	✓	✓ (My Schedule tab)
Set unavailability	✓	✓
Accept/decline assignments	✓	✓ (Home tab)
Volunteer opportunities	✓	✗
View live announcements	✗ (web Dashboard has no announcement widget)	✓ (Home tab)

Scheduling & Services

Feature	Web	Mobile
View services calendar	✓	✓ (Calendar tab)
Create/edit services	✓ (Owner/Admin)	✓ create/edit (Owner/Admin); delete web only
Bulk schedule team members	✓	✗ (use mobile Scheduler instead)
Mobile scheduler (vertical list)	✗	✓
Auto-scheduling	✓	✗
Export schedule (Word/Excel)	✓	✗

People & Teams

Feature	Web	Mobile
View people	✓ (Owner/Admin/Team Admin)	✓ (Owner/Admin/Team Admin)
Add/edit/remove people	✓ (Owner/Admin)	✓ (Owner/Admin only; Team Admins view-only)
Import people (Excel/CSV file)	✓	✗
Import people (manual multi-row)	✓	✓ (Import People modal)
Teams management	✓	✓
Groups	✓ (People → Groups)	✓ (More → Groups, Owner/Admin)
Workflows	✓	✗
Custom forms	✓	✗
User relations	✓	✓ (My Profile)

Calendar & Resources

Feature	Web	Mobile
Rooms booking	✓ (Owner/Admin)	✗
Equipment resources	✓ (Owner/Admin)	✗
Events list	✓	✓ (Calendar tab)

Events & Logistics

Feature	Web	Mobile
Create events	✓	✗
Event Dashboard (full)	✓	Partial (Overview, Registration, Check-in, optional Transportation/Housing/Meals)
Registration form builder	✓	✗
Event SignUps builder	✓	✗
Transportation/housing/meals admin	✓	Partial (mobile Event Dashboard when enabled + permitted)
Registrant My Event portal	✓	✓
Host dashboard	✓	✓ (from My Event)
QR/manual event check-in	✓	✓ (My Event + Event Dashboard)

Check-In & Attendance

Feature	Web	Mobile
Service check-in (QR/Matrix/Manual)	✓	✓ (permission-gated per org check-in settings)
Service station scanner	✓ (URL with `station` param)	✗ (open URL in browser)
Crowd meter (event meals)	✓ (URL)	✗ (open URL in browser)
Timer	✓ (URL `/timer/`)	✗

Communication

Feature	Web	Mobile
Announcements (admin)	✓	✗
View live announcements	✗	✓ (Home tab)
Group push notifications	✓ (People → Groups → Push Notifications tab)	✓ (More → Groups)
Push notification preferences	✗	✓ (Dashboard → Settings → Notification Preferences)
Host message to guests (push)	✗	✓

Organization Settings

Feature	Web	Mobile
Organization details	✓	Partial (name, ID, share, owner info, stats, leave org; delete org for Owner)
Integrations (YouTube, Text in Church, PresenterBuddy)	✓	✗
WorshipBuddy albums	✓	✗
BibleBuddy reading plans	✓	✗
Sunday School setup	✓	✗
Sunday School portals	✓	Coming Soon (More tab alert; SS screens exist but are not linked)

Streaming

Feature	Web	Mobile
Create/manage streams	✓ (Owner/Admin + stream managers)	✓ (when `canManageStreams` — does not require YouTube connected)
Watch streams + chat	✓	✓ (when streams exist or YouTube connected)
Public stream viewer	✓	✓ (link)

Not Currently Available

These exist in code but are disabled or not exposed in the production UI:

Giving / Stripe — requires STRIPE_ENABLED on the server (off by default) plus per-user giving_permission; Giving sub-tab also requires Stripe onboarding complete
Background checks (Checkr) — requires CHECKR_ENABLED flag (off by default)
Flight Tracker map dashboard — UI button commented out; Flight Data tab in transportation still works
Zoom stream setup — commented out; existing Zoom streams still viewable
Sunday School student portal — commented out on web portal selector
Group email blast UI — commented out in Groups (push notifications work)

Which Should I Use?

Web — Organization setup, bulk scheduling, events, forms, workflows, rooms/resources, integrations, announcements
Mobile — Day-to-day schedule, availability, assignment confirmations, service check-in, streaming, push notifications, on-the-go event logistics

Most teams use both: admins on web, volunteers and members on mobile.

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Events

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Settings & Integrations

Web vs Mobile

Web vs Mobile

Account & Organizations

Dashboard & Schedule

Scheduling & Services

People & Teams

Calendar & Resources

Events & Logistics

Check-In & Attendance

Communication

Organization Settings

Streaming

Not Currently Available

Which Should I Use?

​Web vs Mobile

​Account & Organizations

​Dashboard & Schedule

​Scheduling & Services

​People & Teams

​Calendar & Resources

​Events & Logistics

​Check-In & Attendance

​Communication

​Organization Settings

​Streaming

​Not Currently Available

​Which Should I Use?

Web vs Mobile

Account & Organizations

Dashboard & Schedule

Scheduling & Services

People & Teams

Calendar & Resources

Events & Logistics

Check-In & Attendance

Communication

Organization Settings

Streaming

Not Currently Available

Which Should I Use?