Socio Connect vs Apollos
Socio Connect and Apollos, side by side.
Apollos builds church apps centered on sermons and content. Socio Connect runs the rest of church life too: groups, giving, check-in, volunteers and your website, on one record per person, with the Assistant built in.
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A note before we go further: Apollos makes good church apps, and names churches like CedarCreek, NewSpring and Chase Oaks on its site. If it’s the right fit for yours, stay on it. This page sets the two side by side so you can choose.
Harbor Point Church is an example.
What changes
A content app, or the whole church.
Apollos is built to get sermons and content into your people’s hands, and your church’s app is published under your own developer account. Those are real strengths. Socio Connect is built to run church life: groups, giving, kids check-in, volunteers and worship planning, events and your website, on one record per person, so you can see where everyone is and act on who needs you this week.
Apollos lists its community features as “coming soon”, and quotes its apps and websites privately. The parts of church life an app doesn’t cover usually live in other tools, each with its own list of people.
Socio Connect publishes every plan. Gifts go to your own Stripe account, and we never add a platform fee. Your own app in the stores is coming on Enterprise; today, members use Socio Connect on the web.
Every group, gift, check-in and shift lands on the same person, in one platform, for one monthly price.
$0
platform fee on giving, dues and tickets
$299
a month on Community, up to 750 active people
14 days
free on Community, no card
Job by job
What Apollos does, and where it lives in Socio Connect.
Each job Apollos does for your church, and the rest of church life, on one record.
| Apollos today | In Socio Connect |
|---|---|
Church app Published under your church’s own developer account | Members sign in on the web, from any phone or computer. Your own app in the stores is coming on EnterpriseOn the way |
Sermons and content Apollos’ core focus: getting sermons and content to your people | Sermons and discipleship tracks for your groups, and your public website |
Community Labeled “coming soon” on apollos.com (September 2026) | Groups with feeds and messages, and a member directory, on the same record as everything elseEvery plan |
AI Markets AI tools that turn a single sermon into a week of content | The Assistant: who needs your team this week, a reason for each name, and a note drafted for your team to sendCommunity |
Price for about 750 active people Quoted privately | Community, $299/month for up to 750 active peopleCommunity |
The rest of church life Whatever other tools you run today |
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Apollos quotes its apps and websites privately on apollos.com, checked September 2026; ask Apollos for a quote. Card processing on gifts is paid whatever platform you use. Socio Connect plans are priced by active people. Anyone who signed in, gave, checked in or RSVP’d in the last 90 days. Children and people you imported who haven’t done anything don’t count.
See every planOne member record
Questions you can finally answer.
These need data that usually sits in two or more tools. On one record they're one place to look, and the Assistant brings the people behind them to your team each week.
- 1Who stopped attending and stopped giving in the same month?
- 2Who comes on Sundays but isn’t in a small group?
- 3Which first-time guests came back a second and third time, and which group did they join?
- 4Which volunteers serve every week and are at risk of burning out?
Harbor Point Church is an example.
Apollos and Socio Connect
Side by side, at a glance.
| Compared | Apollos | Socio Connect |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Not published; quoted by Apollos | Published, monthly or yearly, by active people: Free, then $99, $299 and $599 a month |
| Member app | Under your church’s own developer account | Members sign in on the web, from any phone or computer. Your own app in the stores is coming on Enterprise |
| Community | Labeled "coming soon" (September 2026) | Groups, directory and messages on every plan |
| Giving, check-in and volunteers | See apollos.com | On Community, on the same record, with no platform fee on gifts |
| AI | Markets AI tools that turn a single sermon into a week of content | The Assistant: who needs your team this week, a reason for each name, and a note drafted for your team to send |
Moving over
Getting started.
Your app is how many of your people take the sermon home, so take it one step at a time:
- 01
Sign up. Your 14-day Community trial starts the day you sign up.
- 02
Import your people from a spreadsheet, then set up your groups, events and website.
- 03
Connect your own Stripe account for giving, and ask givers to set up their recurring gifts again on your giving page.
- 04
Keep your Apollos app live for as long as it serves your people.
Should you switch?
Who each is best for.
If what your church needs most is a strong sermon and content app in the stores, Apollos has one today, and we don’t yet. Stay on Apollos.
Socio Connect makes sense when you want groups, giving, check-in, volunteers and your website on one record per person, with the Assistant telling your team who needs them this week, at a published monthly price.
Apollos
Stay on Apollos if…
- A sermon and content app in the stores is what your church needs most
- The rest of your tools are working well
- Apollos’ quote works for your budget
Socio Connect
Choose Socio Connect if…
- You want community, groups, giving and check-in on one record now
- You want the Assistant to tell your team who’s drifting and who’s new
- You want published prices and no cut of your giving
Need something built just for you? We build custom platforms too, from your own app to a program nobody else runs. See custom builds
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