Plans and prices: Free, $25/month, and $70/month
Start free, with no pressure to upgrade. Move up only when you're ready to run more through myChelper, or to give your congregation their own app to find and download.
What each plan is for
- Ready-To-Go (Free) — "Get Online." A real space for your church inside the myChelper app: customization, push announcements and email to your whole directory (up to 3 messages a month to everyone, shared between the two; no limit for your first 30 days), attendance, guest cards, community tools, a website at
pages.mychelper.com/your-church. Online giving is optional via a $5/month Giving add-on (1% platform fee on gifts when enabled). No credit card required to start, ever. - Ready-To-Go+ ($25/mo) — "Run Your Church." For churches using myChelper as their day-to-day hub: a custom short domain (for example
your-church.zone.church), unlimited messaging with scheduled announcements and emails, giving included in the plan (1% platform fee), and room to grow. - Branded ($70/mo) — "Own Your App." A real, independent listing in the Apple App Store and Google Play under your church's own name and icon, plus your website on the domain you already own (for example
www.yourchurch.org), and mobile giving (0.5% platform fee)—the moment your congregation searches for your church, not myChelper. Requires Apple and Google Play developer accounts in your church's name. Optional one-time $300 setup help is available to set them up with you; developer-account fees are separate. - Giving fees — Donations run on Stripe. Free churches use the optional $5/month Giving add-on and pay a 1% platform fee on gifts; Ready-To-Go+ includes giving at 1%; Branded includes giving at 0.5%, plus Stripe’s card processing (typically 2.9% + 30¢). Donors can cover fees at checkout (on by default). See mobile giving for details.
- Why paid tiers exist — Every paid subscription helps keep Ready-To-Go free for churches who can't pay for it—that's most of what your upgrade funds, alongside the extra features you get.
Every plan we host, including Free, is fully maintained and kept up to date by our team—that's not something you have to pay extra to earn.
Can't afford Ready-To-Go+ or Branded but need it? Reach out at [email protected] and tell us about your church. If cost is the only thing standing between your ministry and the plan you need, we'll find a way to make it work. We'd rather help a church than turn one away.
What myChelper bundles
Many teams come to us wanting one place for app, site, giving, and core communication—without stacking five subscriptions.
With myChelper, your church app, website, and community tools are free for good, from a nonprofit.
Pricing FAQ
Straight answers about what’s free, what costs money, and how giving fees work.
- Is myChelper really free to start?
- Yes. Every church begins on Ready-To-Go Free: a real app presence and website, no credit card required. Online giving is optional through a $5/month Giving add-on on Free; Ready-To-Go+ and Branded include giving in the monthly plan. See the plan cards above for what each tier adds.
- What does mobile giving cost?
- On Free, turn on the optional $5/month Giving add-on, then myChelper charges a 1% platform fee on each gift plus Stripe’s processing (typically 2.9% + 30¢ per card donation). Ready-To-Go+ ($25/month in the USA) and Branded ($70/month in the USA) include giving in the plan, with a 1% or 0.5% platform fee respectively. Donors can cover the combined fees at checkout—the checkbox is on by default. See mobile giving for setup steps.
- Why is there a $5/month Giving add-on on the free plan?
- Stripe charges us for every church that takes gifts online. The $5 covers that cost so the free plan stays free for every church, whether it takes gifts or not. If even $5 is a stretch, email [email protected] and we'll work it out. You can cancel anytime from Manage subscriptions in the admin portal.
- How many messages can a free church send?
- Up to 3 messages a month to everyone, shared between push announcements and email. Group messages don’t count, and there’s no limit for your first 30 days. If you send one message to phones and email at once, it counts as 2. Ready-To-Go+ and Branded send unlimited messages and can schedule announcements and emails ahead.
- What does a Branded app need from our church?
- Apple and Google Play developer accounts in your church’s name. You request your app with a short form in the admin portal, then set up the accounts with our step-by-step guide. If you’d like a hand, optional one-time $300 setup help is available: we set the accounts up with you on a scheduled call. Apple and Google developer-account fees are separate from your myChelper subscription.
- We already had giving on before this add-on—what applies to us?
- Giving billing can depend on when your church first enabled gifts. Email [email protected] with your church name and we will confirm what applies to your account.
- Do I need a credit card to sign up?
- No credit card is required to create your church and start customizing.
- Can we cancel or change plans later?
- Yes. You can upgrade as your church grows, and a paid church can switch back to Free on its own from Billing in the admin portal. For account-specific billing questions, email [email protected].
- Who is myChelper best for?
- Churches that want app + website + giving + communication in one place—especially teams that do not want to manage five different subscriptions. If you need something we do not offer, we would rather you use the right tool than force a bad fit.
- Where do I get help?
- Email [email protected] for product support. Typical response time is about one to two business days.
- What if we want to upgrade but really can’t afford it?
- Reach out at [email protected] and tell us about your church’s situation. We created the paid tiers specifically to help fund free access for churches—if you need help affording an upgrade, we would rather work something out than say no.