Attendance Now

Church attendance tracking with automated guest follow-up, email, and texting

Communication Membership Management www.attendancenow.com

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Founded

2013

Starting Price

$10

About Attendance Now

Attendance Now is a web-based church attendance app built for small and mid-sized congregations that can't justify a full church management system. Volunteers check off families or individuals from any phone, tablet, or computer, and the app adds member directories, automated guest follow-up by email and text, groups, class tracking, and automatic attendance reports for pastors. It was founded in 2013 by developer Eric Taylor and is priced per church, not per user.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Flat per-church pricing from $10/month is far cheaper than full church management systems
Several volunteers can take attendance at the same time from their own phones
Automatic end-of-day attendance reports for pastors with member attendance percentages
Guest follow-up by both email and text is built in on the Standard and Premium plans
14-day free trial with no credit card, and reviewers praise the founder's hands-on support
Simple enough for non-technical church staff, according to reviewers

Cons

Small vendor with a two-person team, so the roadmap and support depend on a few people
No online giving, event registration, or accounting, so it doesn't replace a full ChMS
Plans cap out at 2,000 members, which excludes large churches
The mobile app is a web app, not a native App Store or Google Play app
Few public reviews (about 15 on Capterra), and most are several years old

Key Features

Attendance tracking

Check in whole families or individuals from a mobile-friendly web app, with several volunteers taking attendance at the same time without overwriting each other.

Automated guest follow-up

Capture guest details at check-in and send custom email templates and timed text messages a set number of days after a visit.

Text messaging

Local phone number, text-to-subscribe keywords, mass and scheduled texts, recurring blasts, and two-way conversations inside the app.

HTML email builder

Design newsletters, event reminders, and guest welcome emails with a drag-and-drop email builder and reusable templates.

Member directory

Members can look up addresses, phone numbers, and emails, and admins can keep private notes on each member.

Automated reports and analytics

End-of-day attendance emails go to the pastor or admins, and the dashboard shows attendance trends, monthly and yearly stats, and member attendance percentages.