// church apps
Planning Center apps for the jobs churches still do by hand
Each one reads from the Planning Center your team already keeps, so there's no second database to keep up. Start with the problem in front of you.
55 seconds. A Monday you might recognize.
// which one do we need?
Start with the problem
- Our website says 6:00, and it’s really 6:30Events, groups, sermons and signups typed in twice, so the website falls behind Planning Center.wtxLabs SyncFree 30-day trial
- Our insurer asks who was cleared on a past dateChecks in People, schedules in Services, training somewhere else. Shield shows any date, ready to print for your insurer or board.wtxLabs ShieldFree 30-day trial
- First time guests with nothing since their first visitPlus duplicates, half finished profiles, and people your emails can’t reach.wtxLabs TendFree 30-day trial
- We use more than one app, and want one place to run themOne Planning Center sign-in, one bill, and one page for who on staff uses what.wtxLabs HubFree with any app
- We aren’t on Planning Center yetMoving off an old church management system, with the history intact.wtxLabs Migrate
- Our website needs someone looking after itUpdates, backups, uptime and security, on retainer.wtxLabs Watch
// for planning center churches
Church apps for Planning Center
Our specialty is helping churches get the most out of Planning Center. These apps read from the Planning Center your team already keeps, so there's no second database to keep up. The wtxLabs Hub gives every app one sign-in and one bill, and each one starts with a 30-day free trial.
wtxLabs Sync
Your Planning Center data, live on your own website
One script tag on the website you already have — WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, hand-written HTML — and your live Planning Center data renders in your own fonts and colors. Eight embeds covering registrations, calendar, groups, sermons, forms, giving, announcements, and setlists, updating within about fifteen minutes. Not a website builder, and not a replacement for Church Center.
30 days free, then $19 a month or $190 a year
wtxLabs Shield
Know who was cleared to serve, on any date
Every volunteer's background check and child-safety training on one calm screen, starting from who is actually serving, so no one slips through because they never had a check. Shield opens on what needs doing this week, shows who serves before Sunday without a clearance, keeps a dated record you can print for your board or insurer, looks two years ahead at rescans, and reads the checks your screening provider records in Planning Center without ever changing anything there.
30 days free, then $29 a month or $290 a year
wtxLabs Tend
Find the people your church is quietly missing
Tend checks your Planning Center every night and tells your staff what to fix first: people your emails can’t reach, first-time guests with nothing since, likely duplicates, records that break your own rules, admin access that should have been removed, and forms, lists and groups that have gone stale. Leadership gets engagement figures they can check and a ready-to-print monthly report. Read-only, and it stores facts, not identity.
30 days free, then $29 a month or $290 a year
The wtxLabs Hub gives Sync, Shield and Tend one Planning Center sign-in, one bill, and one page for who on your staff uses what.
How the Hub worksNot affiliated with or endorsed by Planning Center.
// the extras
Everything Planning Center does, and then some
Planning Center is a wonderful home for your church’s information, and it stays exactly that. Our apps sit beside it and add the views, checks and reports your staff keep wishing for, so the people who serve your church spend less time hunting and more time with people.
Every app
Guided setup, and plain words everywhere
Each app walks you through setup one step at a time, every number explains where it came from, and every empty screen tells you what to do next.
wtxLabs Hub
One sign-in, one bill, one switcher
Your Planning Center account opens Sync, Shield and Tend, on one bill for your church, with a switcher to hop between them in a moment.
Shield and Tend
Your week’s to-do, on one Home page
Open the app and see straight away what needs a look today, or a cheerful note that everything is clear.
wtxLabs Shield
The volunteer with no check, found first
Shield starts from who is actually serving, so someone who never had a background check is at the top of the list, not missing from it.
wtxLabs Shield
Rescans seen two years ahead
A month-by-month runway of clearances coming due, so a busy month is planned for long before it arrives.
wtxLabs Tend
Duplicates with reasons, decisions remembered
Likely duplicates sorted strong, medium and low with the reasons in words, and a “not a duplicate” that stays decided.
wtxLabs Tend
Your own data rules, checked every night
Write the rules your church already follows, like “a member has finished the class”, and Tend checks every profile against them.
wtxLabs Tend
A leadership report, already counted
Who is new, who came back and who is serving, in one frozen monthly report that is ready to print for your leadership meeting.
wtxLabs Sync
Planning Center, live on your own website
Events, groups, sermons, signups and more on the website you already have, in your own fonts and colors, always up to date.
// built for planning center churches
Your Planning Center, left as it is
Planning Center stays your record
Your people stay in Planning Center, and you keep editing them there. The apps read from it, so there's no second database to keep up.
Shield and Tend only read
Neither ever changes anything in Planning Center. Sync’s embeds are read-only too: forms, signups and giving open Planning Center’s own pages.
Your permissions, not ours
Shield and Tend show a name only to staff whose own Planning Center access already lets them see it. Sync shows only what you’ve made public.
// also from wtxLabs
wtxLabs Watch
Ongoing support and care for your website: uptime monitoring, security patching and backups. We also build websites and connect the tools you already use, including Planning Center setup. Watch is also where our clients follow their projects and invoices.
Not a church?
Our specialty is churches and Planning Center, but we also build custom software, integrations and IT strategy for many small businesses and other nonprofits.
See everything we do// questions
Questions churches ask
Do we need Planning Center to use these apps?
Yes. Every app works from your church's own Planning Center account, and you sign in with it. If your church isn't on Planning Center, we can still help — see our services and wtxLabs Watch.
Do we need the Hub?
Yes, and it comes with every app at no extra cost. The Hub is where you set up your church, sign in with Planning Center, keep one bill and decide who on staff can use each app.
Do the apps change anything in Planning Center?
Shield and Tend only read Planning Center; they never change anything there. Sync's embeds are read-only as well: signing up, giving and forms open Planning Center's own pages, so what a visitor types goes straight to Planning Center.
What does it cost?
Sync is $19 a month or $190 a year. Shield and Tend are $29 a month or $290 a year each. Every app starts with a free 30-day trial, no card needed, that ends on its own. On one bill, two apps are 10% off and all three are 20% off.
Is wtxLabs part of Planning Center?
No. wtxLabs is an independent company. The apps use Planning Center’s own sign-in and API, and wtxLabs is not affiliated with or endorsed by Planning Center.
Not on Planning Center yet? wtxLabs Migrate moves your church onto it with its history intact.
Not affiliated with or endorsed by Planning Center.