Ekkle
What it is
Ekkle is a church platform for messaging, events, groups, sermons, live streaming, giving, SMS, analytics, and administration through an in-app Assistant. The Assistant can create or update events, pages, home blocks, volunteer rosters, and push notifications, and search sermon transcripts. Sermon features include a library, transcription, study guides, and live streaming with replay; churches can connect YouTube and Facebook to forward broadcasts. Giving uses Stripe for one-time or recurring donations, with standard Stripe processing fees; Ekkle says it adds no platform percentage. The Early adopter plan costs $149.99 per month for the whole church, with no per-member or per-seat fees, and includes white-glove onboarding. Applications are reviewed personally, and there is no self-serve trial. Ekkle offers a native iOS app and browser access on modern devices, including Android phones and tablets; a church-branded iOS app is available on request. It describes encrypted private messages and role-based, church-scoped data access.
For and against
For
- Assistant can update events and volunteer rosters
- Sermons include transcription and study guides
- One-time and recurring giving through Stripe
- Whole-church plan has no per-seat fees
- Browser access works on Android devices
Against
- $149.99 per month
- No self-serve trial
- No separate Android app in distribution
- Stripe processing fees apply
The verdict
Ekkle brings church communication and administration tools together with sermons and giving. Early adopters must apply for onboarding, and the listed plan is a paid monthly option for the whole church.
Who it suits
Ekkle suits churches looking to manage communication, services, administration, and giving in one platform. Its browser access also serves Android phones and tablets, while its native app is for iOS.
Plans and prices
Early adopter
whole church · no per-member or per-seat fees · everything included · white-glove onboarding
Read 8 Oct 2026 · meet.ekkle.app
On the record
- Assistant
- The Assistant can create and update events, pages, home blocks, volunteer rosters, and push notifications, and search sermon transcripts.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data scope
- The FAQ says data is scoped to each church with role-based access.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Giving
- Giving uses Stripe for one-time or recurring donations; standard Stripe processing fees apply and Ekkle says it adds no platform percentage.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Church administrators can connect YouTube and Facebook to forward live broadcasts to those platforms.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Messaging security
- Ekkle says private messages are encrypted with AES-256-GCM before database storage, and message plaintext is not stored.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Mobile apps
- Ekkle has a native iOS app; a church-branded white-label iOS app is available on request, and the maker says there is no separate Android app in distribution today.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Onboarding and trial
- Early adopters apply for personal white-glove onboarding; Ekkle says there is no self-serve trial and applications are reviewed personally.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Other security
- The privacy policy says traffic is protected by TLS, passwords are hashed, production access is restricted and logged, and authentication access tokens expire after 15 minutes.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- Ekkle says it does not sell personal data and that church administrators cannot read private message content unless they participate in the conversation.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Ekkle is an all-in-one church platform for messaging, events, groups, sermons, live streaming, giving, SMS, analytics, and an in-app Assistant.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Sermons
- The platform includes a sermon library, transcription, study guides, and live streaming with replay.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site lists [email protected] for support and says the team is available during church launch and onboarding.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Web access
- Ekkle runs in a browser on modern devices, including Android phones and tablets.meet.ekkle.app · read 8 Oct 2026
