Documentation

PraisePro on Your Phone

Check your assignments, plan services, and run Sunday morning from the device already in your pocket.

No App Store Needed

PraisePro is a full web app. There is nothing to download from the App Store or Google Play, no updates to install, and no "your version is out of date" messages. You simply sign in at my.praisepro.app in your phone's browser, and you have the whole app: schedules, teams, calendar, everything.

Because it is the same app everywhere, your whole team is always on the same version. When we improve PraisePro, everyone gets the improvement the next time they open it. And there is no separate "mobile app" with missing features: what you can do on a desktop, you can do on your phone.

Adding PraisePro to Your Home Screen

For the best experience, put PraisePro on your home screen. It gets its own icon, opens full screen without browser buttons, and feels just like a regular app.

The easy way: the Install banner

On most phones, PraisePro shows a small Install banner at the bottom of the screen after you sign in. Tap Install, confirm, and you are done. If you dismiss the banner, that is fine too; you can always install later from your browser menu.

iPhone (Safari)

  1. Open my.praisepro.app in Safari.
  2. Tap the Share button (the square with the arrow pointing up).
  3. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
  4. Tap Add. The PraisePro icon appears on your home screen.

On iPhone, PraisePro shows a hint pointing you to this Share menu, since Apple does not allow web apps to install themselves.

Android (Chrome)

  1. Open my.praisepro.app in Chrome.
  2. Tap the three-dot menu in the top corner.
  3. Tap Add to Home screen (on some phones it says Install app).
  4. Confirm, and the icon is added.

Tip: Walk your volunteers through this once during rehearsal. Thirty seconds per phone, and from then on PraisePro is one tap away for everyone on the team.

What Volunteers See

Most volunteers only need one screen: Home. It opens first and shows what matters to you personally, with your upcoming assignments front and center. A quick glance on Saturday night answers the big questions: am I serving tomorrow, what role, and what time.

Need the latest? Pull down to refresh: drag the Home screen down with your thumb and release, and PraisePro fetches the freshest schedule. Handy on Sunday morning when the worship leader was making changes late the night before.

From Home, tapping a service shows the full lineup, so you can see the whole flow of the morning, not just your part.

On your phone, PraisePro puts its navigation where your thumb already is: a bottom bar with four buttons.

Tapping More slides out a menu with the rest of the app: Search, plus the admin areas like Teams, Members, Requests, and Integrations if your role includes them. Volunteers see a shorter list; admins see it all. If there are pending song requests, a small badge appears on the More button so admins notice without hunting.

When Your Signal Drops

Church buildings are famous for bad cell signal, so PraisePro plans for it. The app remembers the data you have already loaded, and if your connection drops, a small banner appears saying "You're offline - showing your last-synced data."

That means the schedule you looked at in the parking lot is still readable in the basement. A few things to know:

Tip: Serving somewhere with no signal at all? Open PraisePro on WiFi before you head in. Whatever you load stays viewable.

Running a Service: Turn Your Phone Sideways

If you are the one advancing the schedule during the service, PraisePro's Operator View gives you a big, glanceable full-screen layout built for live use. On a phone, it works best in landscape: turn your phone sideways and the current item, timer, and controls get room to breathe. PraisePro will even remind you to rotate if you open it in portrait.

That said, the most comfortable operator setup is still a tablet or laptop at the sound booth, with phones as the backup in your pocket. For the full walkthrough of running a service live, see Running a Live Service.