myChelper

What myChelper is

myChelper is a church app builder with a website builder attached, written for church staff and volunteers who have no developer. The product turns a congregation's updates, events, giving and community into something people open on their phones, and it is run from one admin portal. The company behind it is unusual: the pages say myChelper is "a registered trade name of Faith Software, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization" and describe it as a charitable church-equipping program, not a separate for-profit software company. The pages do not name a city or country for the organization.

What you build and how

You build a church's mobile hub and its website from the same account. The home page lists the pieces: a church app with custom layouts, instant push notifications and an integrated devotional called SOAPaDay; a website builder; mobile giving; and groups and communication tools. One login manages the website, the app, the giving and the group communication, which the company frames as consolidation over stitching together separate subscriptions.

The editor is a portal, not a canvas of blocks or code. The solutions page describes the work as choosing what appears on a home screen, connecting media and events, enabling giving and making notifications dependable, and says the goal is admin-led setup, so staff configure content and ministry paths from the portal instead of maintaining a codebase. The sign-up flow on the home page has 3 steps. You create an organization account in less than 60 seconds with no credit card, you customize by uploading your logo, picking brand colors and choosing layout features, and you share by generating QR codes and links so the hub is ready for the congregation on Sunday. The solutions page links two guides for the next stage, one on customizing the app home screen and a quick start walkthrough that it times at about 30 minutes.

There are two ways to reach members, and the pages treat both as first-class. Most churches begin with the shared myChelper app. People download it once and open your church's configured space, with your content, giving and community tools, which means you do not run your own native release process. When a church wants its own name and icon on the phone's home screen from the App Store and Google Play, the FAQ says myChelper supports fully branded native apps with your church's store listing and branding. The company says to confirm what each tier includes on its pricing page.

The website side is where the product meets the websites category. The home page describes the website builder as "a powerful, intuitive builder that auto-syncs content directly with your app," under the line "Update once, publish everywhere." The solutions page says the website is built on the same account so the web presence stays consistent with the app. The pages do not describe templates, custom domains or page counts, so those details need a look at the demo or the features tour.

Giving is a built-in module. The home page calls it "secure, streamlined tithing that puts more of every gift toward ministry." The solutions page says fees and processor details are documented on a separate mobile giving page, and the FAQ describes giving as designed to live inside the same experience members already use. The pages in hand do not state the fee percentage.

Communication has three parts. Push notifications are for timely reminders, and the page's wording is about urgency that matches reality without training people to ignore the channel. Groups and communication let a church send mass notifications for church-wide announcements while giving small groups their own space in the same app. A daily readings and plans feature, with the SOAPaDay devotional, keeps the app from being only announcements.

For the person who uses the finished product, the experience is a church app on their phone with the service schedule, announcements, giving, groups and devotionals, and a website that shows the same content. The pages do not describe a member directory, check-in or church management database, though a solution guide refers to lightweight church management as "the front door your congregation actually uses."

What the pages say

The offer is free to start. The home page says "Free to start, no credit card," and that "more than 60 churches use myChelper 100% free of charge." Paid tiers exist: the page says that when a church chooses one, it is not because the free version is held back, and that the upgrade helps fund the free program for churches that cannot pay. It adds that if cost is the obstacle, the church should tell the company, which says it would "rather waive a fee than watch a ministry go without." No tier names or prices appear on the pages in hand, and the page points to a pricing page to compare plans, so the extent of the free tier is a question to settle there.

The home page carries three church testimonials. St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church says the tool made it easy to stay connected, send announcements and share the service schedule. Mount Zion Baptist Church thanks the team for adding the groups feature and calls it a powerful feature for church administration and ministry. No Boundaries International, a small ministry working internationally, says it needed a way to bring content to different nations and people groups, calls the admin interface easy to customize, says it never had to worry about back-end programming, and describes support as quick and very helpful.

The company also publishes free guides that need no account or email. Titles include "How to Choose a Church App: 7 Questions to Ask Before You Commit," covering cost, giving fees, data ownership, setup time, website sync, support and leaving, and "Free vs. Paid Church Apps." A free tech assessment asks 5 questions about a church's technology and emails a breakdown of what to fix first. The pages make no statement about SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, hosting regions or code export.

Who it suits and who it does not

The solutions page names its audience plainly: small and mid-size churches that need a credible mobile presence quickly, teams without dedicated IT who still want professional-looking content and giving, and leaders who value consolidation over five subscriptions in week one. That fits a volunteer-run church where one person updates the app on Saturday night. The free start lowers the risk of trying it, and a church can move to a branded store app later.

It is a narrow tool by design. A secular nonprofit, a school or a business wanting a general mobile app builder will find the product, the wording and the devotional features all built for churches. A church that needs deep integration with a church management database, or custom screens beyond the home screen layouts, will see little on the pages to suggest that is available. Because the pages show no paid plan prices or fee percentages, a treasurer will need to read the pricing and mobile giving pages before committing.