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Altar Live is used by churches of all sizes for Sunday services, fellowship time before and after, and throughout the week.
Small to medium size churches and ministries.
The folks at Altar Live have been responsive and super helpful. They have been a delight to work with.
Initially I found some of the constraints (four people in a row, for instance) to be an irritating challenge.
I find the team supportive and helpful and responsive, and I really like what they have developed.
Our online broadcast was primarily on Facebook and it was so limiting - some people aren't on Facebook, those that are on are hesitant to comment for the entire world to see.
I love all the features of Altar Live. Especially the ability to have organized break-out rooms and the ability to assign hosts to those tables prior to meeting.
Many of our users have had trouble logging onto the platform.
The emphasis on community interaction is great. Setting up meeting rooms that we can gather in at anytime is a great addition.
I haven't used this long enough to find the things that frustrate me.
It is so easy to create a fabulous looking presentation for our church services. We absolutely love this program it is a priceless asset to any organization needing song lyrics for their services.
However, Versions 5, 6, and now 7 are so riddled with problems that I have decided I will not invest any more money in this software. Tired of them repackaging the same program with the same problems.
It helps us keep a clean nice image on our screens at worship with a high level of reliability (which is a must.).
Worst of all the company has a no return policy as if it were an "open box.
This kind of platform for multimedia is great. The database function and song database are fantastic.
New users to this software can be easily confused and lost becuase the interface is for advanced users.
Ease of use and reliability are the main benefits. I also have always been impressed with the customer support.
I miss the "BOB" option that the Media Shout programs had previously.
Karen: My name is Karen. I am an administrative assistant. I give MediaShout a five rating. For more information, click below. When I came to work at this church, there was no media program at all. But I had seen the program MediaShout being used in another small church, and I thought, "Well, maybe this would be something that would make the church run more smoothly on a Sunday morning." So we started looking at programs, MediaShout and others as well. When we started looking for programs, I had heard of MediaShout and I had heard of ProPresenter. So I went online and I started to do some research. One of the things I love best about MediaShout, and one of the reasons we made that decision to go that direction, is because it gave us a 30-day free trial. And during that 30-day free trial period, I was able to learn how to use the program. And also, I had live phone support and lots and lots of tutorials and things to teach me about it. When I went and looked at the other program, it didn't have any kind of a free trial. And I wasn't sure about what the support would look like, because it really didn't tell you much about it on the website, so we went with MediaShout. MediaShout, at first, was incredibly intimidating to me. Now I'm pretty tech savvy, but I had never used any kind of a program like MediaShout before. But it was not hard at all. I got the basic tutorial and I printed it out and I used it as a guide, and within a week, I felt fairly comfortable. Within the end of the first month, I was very comfortable using the program. Now, I'm a lover of MediaShout, you can tell. I use the program every week. And at first it took me a couple of hours to put together the Sunday service. But now, I put everything together, including the announcements before church and everything in an hour, it's maybe even less. It's a real simple program once you get used to it. So here's what I suggest, go to the MediaShout website, download that free 30-day trial and see what it can do for you. I think you'll be amazed, even if you've never done anything like this before. We trained an 88-year-old man to be the guy who runs it in the church, and he and I work together all the time with it.
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