Church Accounting Software Reviews

The following church accounting software reviews are a quick summary of a few of the well-established accounting software companies.

They are not a recommendation as most of the software listed I have not personally used except for QuickBooks Pro. I am relying on our considerate readers to give their feedback and comments on the church accounting software they personally use.

Church Windows

Church Windows software provides an easy way to track the church congregation, its happenings and its giving. It efficiently handles the church receipts and disbursements, its budget and its employee payroll.

It is a church software package that consists of a number of programs that can be used alone or as a unit. The five modules currently include:

An accounting package starts at about $379 and go up from there with support fees of $99 or more per year.

PowerChurch

PowerChurch helps you organize Membership, Contributions, Accounting, Events, and general Record Keeping, with one complete package. You can account for contributions, maintain payroll, track your budget and automate your accounts payable and receivable.

The Fund Accounting module is specially designed for churches and provides considerable flexibility.

The Accounting system is not just for non-profit fund accounting use - it is specially designed for churches. An easy to use setup assistant walks you through the process of creating your chart of accounts and establishing beginning balances. The accounting section also includes accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll modules.

QuickBooks

QuickBooks is an off-the-shelf accounting package. Although the price can be considerably lower than specialty church accounting software, there are some factors you need to be aware of such as its limitations.

It will track income and expenses; however, it is designed for for-profit business, so users have to develop ways to work around its fund accounting limitations. You can use its class tracking feature, but some users find the reports they need to produce difficult with that feature.

I believe it can be an affordable option for some small churches with staff with accounting or QuickBook skills. The Quickbook Pro usually runs about $150 - $200. The QuickBooks Nonprofit edition is considerably higher at around $390.

Aplos Software

Aplos Software was made specifically for churches. It is inexpensive, you don't have to install anything because it is web-based, and it is easy to use. Please contact their friendly staff if you have any questions.

They are reasonably priced with their base package starting at about $11.99 a month and they offer a 15 day free trial with every sign up. Also, if you are a church that has planted within the past year, or is planning to launch soon they will give you 6 months free.

ChurchTrac

This church software is geared more toward tracking membership and contributions instead of the accounting side, but it is a wonderful software that I highly recommend.

It does have the ability to create budgets, track finances, reconcile bank accounts, and print checks, but the accounting part of it is pretty basic.

Its best feature is its ability to track members, groups, attendance, and contributions effectively. You can make a church photo directory, keep track of church events, and most importantly...print out IRS approved contribution statements with this software.

Okay...you want to know the best thing about Churchtrac? It’s free for small churches that need to enter less than a 100 names! Then when or if you need to enter more than 100 names...it is very reasonably priced.

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(P.S. I am a sponsor of Churchtrac and will receive a small commission when you purchase any of their products using the above link. However, those of you that know me...know I will not promote a product unless I have personally used it and know it is good product first.)

Try Churchtrac for yourself and then leave a review on this page and tell me what you think about it: Churchtrac Reviews (Also read what other readers are saying about Churchtrac.)

Church Management Apps

I do believe they have an app for almost everything now days:-) Now they have one for church management and accounting!

IconCMO has just released a fully-functional, real-time IconCMO church software iPad web app that simplifies church management in fresh ways. Icon Systems is first to market with this type of church app, that includes membership, contributions, payroll, and full fund accounting. They released an Android app as well.

“We desire to put valuable technology tools in the hand of churches, that’s why we’ve worked extremely hard to be first to market with our church software iPad web app,” remarks Bill Gifford, president of Icon Systems, Inc. “The iPad web app architecture used for IconCMO allows iPad users to interact directly with the servers, meaning that when users make changes, others will be able to access the updated information in real time. The church staff, volunteers, and members will always be on the same page.”

The company also recently released its church software iPhone Lite app (iTunes App Store) which provides pastors, staff, and even church members with the ability to view the church congregation’s demographic data on the go. It helps with church community communication, small groups management, and driving directions or maps straight from the membership database.

Church staff can use the IconCMO iPad web app (android app available also) to take attendance as well as update records on the go. The iPad is easy to carry to meetings to produce reports on the spot, and correcting data quickly like wrong expense accounts or funds in accounting, contributions entries, and member’s data is simple to do. iPad users can add in visitors when they meet them, take their pictures, and add conversation notes if needed or other membership data.

Note: I am not an affiliate of IconCMO and have not used their product, but you can post your questions and opinions of this software on this post: IconCMO.

Note: Want to read some in-depth reviews of some popular church accounting software such as Church Windows, ACS, Clarity Accounting, and QuickBooks? See Nate Waddoups's Church Accounting Software Guide.

Please take a moment out to help a fellow church volunteer/staff by submitting a comment on the church accounting software you have used.

Please include approximately how many church members your church has for comparison sake. (Your church fund accounting software might be just right for your 300+ member church, but be a little too much for someone else's 30 member church.)

You can also ask questions about accounting software...again include approx numbers of church members.

Questions, Comments, and Reviews About Accounting Software

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Archive of Church Accounting Software Questions and Comments

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Donor Receipts in Quickbooks Non-profit
I am having a difficult time finding an appropriate report for a donor receipt. Especially one that gives the year-to-date amount as part of the receipt ...

PowerChurch Plus
Our church of nearly 1000 members has used PowerChurch Plus for years. You don't need to upgrade every year, we are currently using version 9 and 11 is ...

CCIS Church Management Software
CCIS Church Management software provides a wonderful Fund Accounting Program. We are preparing to release the web based version of our accounting program ...

Churchtrac
Have any of you ever used or are currently using this software? If so, could you give us your opinion on it?

Are you using it free or did you pay for ...

Tracking Pledges
We use QuickBooks Online for the Operating Account in my church of about 100 members.

I am the treasurer, and have a question about tracking pledges....

We are no-profit organization
Are there any free accounting software for non-profit groups? Where would I find these?

[Know the answer? Face the same situation? Please post your ...

How to I transfer money from the church savings account into the general fund?
I'm trying to transfer funds from savings into checking then to the general fund so that all accounts can show that the transaction took place. I'm using ...

Setting up donors in Quickbooks
I've noticed where I can add contributors to our Church as customers in Quickbooks, but when I practice and add some receipts to see how it works, I am ...

Free Accounting Software
A free alternative to QuickBooks is GNUCash and is downloadable from http://www.gnucash.org/ The product can operate on different platforms e.g. Windows,...

Is QuickBooks Overkill for a Small Church?
I have recently been asked to serve as church treasurer for a small church in a small south Texas town.

Average regular Sunday worship attendance ...

Which Church Accounting Software Is Best?
Question regarding church accounting software:

I am the pastor of a 3 months old church. We have about 15 members and I am currently the one doing ...

Quickbooks for Churches and NonProfits
I'm curious about using the Quickbooks setup with equity accounts. I have a number of funds - church, school, capital campaign, youth group - for starters....

Church Accounting Software
Question regarding church fund accounting software.

I am the treasurer to a small church of about 80 members, and I wanted to purchase software that ...

quickbooks 2011 non profit
Has anyone used this version? I am taking over for a very small church accounting. I want something fast and simple as I work about 50 hours a week at ...

Power Church Plus software
A number of churches in our association use Power Church Plus software. It is wonderful for accounting, contributions, etc. It also has a wonderful module ...

Membership Plus Software Application
Does anyone know where I can find instructions or information on how to use Membership Plus 10?

QuickBooks Online Plus
Is anyone using this version of QuickBooks? We are a quickly growing church (1200+ weekend attendance)with 2 users and no inhouse server, so we are considering ...

Money Counts
Is the program 'Money Counts' still available?
What is the latest version?
Do you have any reviews or comments regarding its use?

Fund Accounting in Quickbooks
Question regarding class tracking in Quickbooks:

Which method do you recommend for a small church to use that has Quickbooks software? I'm trying to ...

CDM plus
Anyone using CDMplus? What do you think of it?

Contribution Statements in Quickbook Pro 2010 Not rated yet
What report do you run to get year end contributions totals in Quickbook Pro 2010?

Printing Reports for Church Giving Not rated yet
I am financial secretary of a small church. We have Quickbooks Nonprofit. This is my first time to print individual donor reports for income tax purposes....

Small Church needs uncomplicated software Not rated yet
Help...We are a very small church with approximately 75 members on the church roll. We only have 2 paid positions, all others are volunteer. We currently ...

Church Manage Pro Not rated yet
I used http://www.churchmanagepro.com
I found it had all the features in one and was for a good cause, Highly recommended.

Anyone heard of ChurchPro Software? Not rated yet
For non-profit church pro 2010 has all that is required including FAS 95 & 117 IRS regulations. Has anyone used this software?

any church accounting software Not rated yet
We need accounting software that will handle two currencies (US dollars and pesos) and is designed specifically for churches - any suggestions?
Roberta ...

importing bank info into church acct software Not rated yet
Does anyone know of any church accounting software that will allow you to import deposits & expenses into church management software?

[Know the answer?...

Item List in Quickbooks Not rated yet
What should the item list in Quickbooks be used for in a Church's accounting system? And how would it differ from the class list? Or would it?

[Know ...

IconCmo Not rated yet
This is an online Church fund accounting software that does a lot but seems a little complicated. If you or anyone out there have used it. Please give ...

Excellent Not rated yet
This has helped me out tremendously. Thank you!

Vickey's reply

You are very welcome and I would like to take a moment to thank all of you that ...

Fund accounting software ? Not rated yet
Has anyone used IconCMO for accounting?

Vickey's reply

I have not personally used it or heard much about it. If anyone is familiar with this accounting ...

Will Quickbooks or Quickbooks Pro automatically keep running balances on general ledgers Not rated yet
You suggested that since I have a lot of expense accounts that I should purchase double entry such as Quckbooks. I noticed on your spreadsheets GL that ...

Quickbooks and Fund Accounting Not rated yet
Question on fund accounting in QuickBooks:

Thanks so much for your site! I am the secretary for a small church and am responsible for helping our new ...

QuickBooks Not rated yet
How much instruction and examples does this program provide for setting up the churches records in quick books? If I choose to purchase this and quick ...

Fund "Balance Sheet accounts" within Quickbooks class accounting Not rated yet
In your Fund Accounting book, when using Quickbooks, the Class Tracking is recommended.

Having done that I see how to run P&L type reports but is there ...

Shepherd's Staff Not rated yet
I finally managed to enter my data into Shepherd's Staff. I was able to make a balance sheet report that I first exported to Excel, but the columns were ...

Quickbooks for Church Use Not rated yet
Can Quickbooks be used to track individual giving by members?

Answer

You can keep track of individual contributions by entering each member as ...

Quickbooks User. Not rated yet
Question regarding QuickBooks:

Hello, I'm the bookkeeper for a local church in Rogersville, MO. I've been reading your site and it's given me several ...

Using Quickbooks to Track Various Funds Not rated yet
We use Quickbooks to manage the Church budget but within the budget we have line items for various ministries and each of those could have a fundraiser ...

Which Church Accounting Software is Best For Your Church?