# Page 4 | Flocknote Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 4 - Is Flocknote the right Church Management solution for you? Explore 149 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/149433/Flocknote/reviews --- Flocknote 4.7 (149) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/149433/Flocknote/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 4 - Reviews of Flocknote ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 76-100 of 149 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use KD Kristen D. Coordinator of Music & Liturgy Religious Institutions Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Professional and Easy to Use!" January 8, 2021 5.0 This has been an amazing tool to maintain our parish community. Everyone feels included and can easily respond to questions or sign up for events. The sign-up feature came just in time for us to implement Mass signups. We have also found that parishioners are more likely to update their communication information so they don't miss out on anything. Pros I love that I can easily create professional-looking notes for groups of people. I love that it's easy to add sign-ups, links, photos, and surveys and organize notes in a user-friendly way. Cons I wish that there was a way to send a note to only those who have signed up for an event, using the email or phone number that they used to sign up. Review Source Response from Flocknote January 27, 2021 Thanks for this review, Kristen! And good news -- there IS a way to send a note to those who have signed up for an event. We're going to follow up via help@flocknote.com to show you how, so be on the lookout for that real soon. :) TH Tom H. Director of Youth Ministry Religious Institutions Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great product - Constant improvements " May 30, 2019 5.0 It's a wonderfully designed communication tool that reaches our church members and keeps us from using our personal numbers with our teen population. Pros They are constantly updating, improving and adding tools. They take customer feedback very seriously. Cons The more people who you have use it, the more it costs. But hey, that's life. Review Source Response from Flocknote June 1, 2019 Thanks for the review, Tom! You're right -- we do take customer feedback seriously. Your thoughts directly affect how we build Flocknote. Stay tuned for some exciting new features we're launching very soon! :) EH Elizabeth H. Ministry Leader Religious Institutions Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Love, love, love Flocknote!" February 11, 2019 5.0 I feel confident that because my info is mostly received via text that a far greater percentage of group members are receiving pertinent info in a secure and timely manner. I'm reaching my target audience and couldn't be happier about it. It's also great because group members who are vacationing, homebound, or deployed on military operations, can still feel "plugged-in" to the parish. Pros I am a Group Administrator at my parish. The thing I love most about what Flocknote has to offer is that you can send out a note to EXACTLY the people you're trying to reach in just a matter of minutes. Whether it's a gorgeous graphics-filled, colorful quarterly update or just a simple one-sentence meeting reminder, this can be done with ease right from my phone. It's also super helpful that group members can reply publicly to the group or privately to the admins. Appreciation for Flocknote's security versus using traditional email is not lost on participating members. Cons I honestly can't think of any cons, truly. I just wish everyone single member of the parish would enroll! Review Source Response from Flocknote February 12, 2019 ¿ Wow - what a stellar review, Elizabeth! Hearing this feedback is what gives us energy to continue making Flocknote better and better for our members. You are so appreciated! ¿ JCH John C H. Deacon Religious Institutions Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Flocknote is the future of parish software " August 3, 2019 5.0 When I first started to use it I thought it was just another Facebook for religious people But I found out it is so much more and I can see it growing to be the only software a parish or dioceses Will ever need Pros It is the easiest to use and setup and I look forward to all the things they are going to add Cons I love the software I can’t say a bad word about it Reason for choosing Flocknote I will be switching from ParishSOFT once the giving is turned on in flocknote Review Source Response from Flocknote August 7, 2019 Hi Deacon John, thank you so much for this awesome review! It makes our day to hear you've been loving Flocknote and we want to keep that up! Please let us know if you ever have questions, concerns, suggestions, or just want to chat! ;) BC Brad C. Retired Computer tech Religious Institutions Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Flocknote People assessment" December 3, 2019 4.0 We have no Parish Registry and our recording of Sunday offering is done in Excel. Pros Ease of use. Well organized and stable. Cons I'm particularly interested in next development cycle (import, reports, receipts..) I would like to be able to duplicate batches from a previous month. We have electronic giving for 55 individuals who give the same amount monthly. Additionally I'd like to be able modify fund designations as well as remove designations where there is no $ amount. Renaming or removing batches would be helpful as well as exporting batches in its entirety. Recording of fund campaigns would be a nice addition. Alternatives considered [Gabriel](https://www.capterra.com/p/171737/Gabriel/) Reason for choosing Flocknote Communicate piece. We are still evaluating Flocknote People. Review Source Response from Flocknote December 3, 2019 Hiya Brad -- thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review! Good news -- we are currently working on some new developments, including some of the features you mentioned you'd like to see. I will share all your suggestions with our development team as they work on those new features. I appreciate your feedback! :) AP Anthony P. DRE among many Religious Institutions Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Smart, Simple and Effective - isn’t that what it’s all about?" May 9, 2019 5.0 I had several mistakes I made in setup and tech support took care of them immediately. And it was user error not theirs. There’s a lot to lear but the tutorials are there. I just opened my second account with my second church and would recommend it highly. Pros Simple, easy, and very effective It offer so much and there are plenty of tutorials and support if you need. This seems to meet ALL the criteria any church needs to effectively communicate, including affordable. Cons So far not anything to dislike. I started in 2017 but never gave it the chance until last month and I have used it every day and wondered what took me so long. Great tool. Review Source Response from Flocknote May 10, 2019 Hi Anthony, thank for taking some time out of your day to leave us a kind review! We really appreciate it and it helps to improve communication in more and more churches! God bless! :) DW David W. Congregational Leader Religious Institutions Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Amazing" July 3, 2019 5.0 It's helped us communicate to our community, and they've been super helpful. Pros Very helpful tool for keeping in touch with our community, especially through texting. I was searching for a way to communicate by texting and found this one (most people don't really read emails from congregations). Also, the team is very responsive and helpful. Cons Nothing. Everything about it is helpful. Review Source Response from Flocknote July 5, 2019 Woohoo -- thanks for the glowing review, David! We're glad to hear that your congregation has enjoyed the texting feature. We want to be sure you continue to have a great experience, so if you ever have a question or have suggestions for future features, send us an email to help@flocknote.com. God bless you! :) EC Eric C. Administrative Assistant Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Better than adverstised" February 20, 2019 5.0 Pros Personally, I like the user friendly software. Because I normally handle so many different programs and outreach for the church, I find myself running out of time a lot. Therefore, I cannot spend a lot of time on all of the programs. With Flock note, the learning curve was very much easy and that was a blessing. Cons The fact that I cannot have everyone chat or respond to each other after I send a text to a group. Review Source Response from Flocknote February 22, 2019 Hi Eric, we're thrilled you found the Flocknote learning curve to be easy! We're happy to hear it's been a timesaver in your busy schedule. I do want to point out that you do have the option for group engagement through the comment stream of each note. While this will not work like a group chat where you're getting text notifications for every message, the members can always respond to each other and turn their comment notifications ON to get each message. Would you mind reaching out to us at help@flocknote.com -- we'd love to walk you through your options relating to this! :) DC Darlene C. Evangelist, Teacher, Admin Religious Institutions Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Evangelist" January 24, 2020 4.0 Good Pros I like the features. I very satisfied with the program. I like how I can see people's response, how I can sent a text email to myself first Cons I only wish that the texting could be a little more characters. it is easier and faster for text but you are very limited in what you can write. Overall, I like the system. We are only using it for messaging Review Source Response from Flocknote January 27, 2020 Howdy Darlene! We're so pleased that you took the time to leave us a kind review. Yes, the text field caps out at 160 characters -- I'm sorry about that, but I'd love to explain why. The primary reason for this is so we can ensure that every cell carrier delivers each text as one single message. Beyond 160, some carriers will cut off extra characters into a second text, which would, for example, break any links that you included or just generally cause confusion. What you can do is send multiple text messages and put footnotes (1/3, 2/3, 3/3) at the end of your text so that members know that there are multiple parts to your text. Also, we've found members prefer short and sweet texts vs. long texts. I hope this helps, but if you'd like to discuss this some more, simply email us at help@flocknote.com -- we'd love to chat! SME Sr. Mary E. Youth Group leader Religious Institutions Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Review from Parish Youth Leader" January 13, 2021 5.0 Excellent communication tool for a smartphone generation of parishioners! I recommended Flocknote to a missionary outreach organization I worked for years ago, because a parish I had worked at with that missionary group already used Flocknote. I'm glad to now be back on Flocknote as a religious sister working in an entirely new parish, and finding this program well-suited to communicating easily and efficiently with the high school youth and parents I serve. Pros 1) both email/text messages sent 2) ease of use for staff members 3) ease of signup and registration for parishioners 4) ability to draft and schedule messages to be sent later 5) analytics on how many have opened and read the materials sent 6) ability to receive by email any replies that come to flocknote messages Cons Sometimes adding attachments (.pdf or .mp4) didn't always getting sent through. But worked around it using hyperlinks instead. Review Source Response from Flocknote January 27, 2021 Thanks so much for the review, Sr. Mary! We appreciate the kind words! You did mention an issue with attaching files that sounds peculiar -- if you are still experiencing this, please send an email to help@flocknote.com so that we can fix that for you! :) MS Mark S. Youth Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "So Many Features, So Much Time" April 25, 2019 3.0 Pros I have a need to contact many people with the same message, and email or social media is not always the best option. Flocknote is helpful for this exact purpose. If you need to get in touch with the intent of sharing information about events and activities, this is an amazing tool for this purpose. Cons Unfortunately, as useful as this software is for the purpose of sharing information with a group of people, there is much to learn for a first time user. As with any software, you must be willing to invest a decent amount of time to figure out all the features of Flocknote. Review Source Response from Flocknote April 30, 2019 Hi Mark, thank you for the honest feedback! I'm so happy to hear that the tool has been so useful when you need to get out news and info about events! I'd love to discuss the learning curve you had and how we could improve this, so please shoot us an email at help@flocknote.com. We're all ears -- thanks for keeping us sharp! ;) MW Michael W. Retired Religious Institutions Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "more time to really review" January 7, 2021 3.0 I didn't select or pay for it, the church administration did. I can see the potential for using this software but I need to understand it more. Pros Once the members are correctly entered it is marvelous at creating a professional notification and sending it to the correct people. Cons On my first excel upload to a subgroup, I learned that unless you have access to the EVERYONE group I won't know about persons who have already been entered. Thus I may overwrite data that I don't want to lose. There is no undue or 2nd warning before the update is done and permanent. I think the documentation needs a lot more work and functionality. Review Source Response from Flocknote January 13, 2021 Hi Michael, I appreciate the time you took to leave us a review and some helpful feedback. I'm passed along this feedback to our developers as they continue to improve the site. I'd also be happy to hop on a call with you to provide any additional training you might need for free. You can schedule that at a time that works for you at Flocknote.com/call. Or, if you prefer, simply shoot us an email at help@flocknote.com and any one of our Happiness Engineers would be glad to help. :) MK Mary K. communications director Religious Institutions Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "User/Admin Opinion" January 13, 2021 4.0 Flocknote staff is great! I've always had my questions answered and provided with solutions. Pros Simplicity. Both our older parishioners who head up ministry groups as well as students and staff are able to create their own communications. Cons No required fields for sign-ups so we end up with many contacts with just a phone number or email address and some emails and phone numbers with no associated names. Review Source Response from Flocknote February 3, 2021 Thank you for your review, Mary! We appreciate this feedback and it has been shared with the team. God bless you! DW DeAnne W. Stewardship Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Communicate with confidence" January 31, 2019 5.0 Pros Easy to learn, so many tools to make great notes. Easy to respond and track results. Cons It sometimes drops users. Not sure how that is happening. They look like they are there but do not receive the messages. Review Source Response from Flocknote February 2, 2019 Wow thank you so much for the great review, DeAnne! I'm very happy to hear you've found Flocknote so easy to learn and use! I want to make sure everything is always running smoothly for you guys, so if for some reason your members aren't receiving their notes, don't hesitate to let me know at help@flocknote.com. I'd be happy to look into this and get everything sorted out. God bless! :) BW Bonnie W. Head of Staff, Senior Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great church communication tool " March 18, 2019 5.0 has already improved communication with the congregation and helps us reach everyone no matter their choice of contact. We no longer use the other service (MailChimp). This is so much more professional looking and so many more functions and options. Pros Ease of use. Quick to learn and get it up and running. Cons Having some issues working with it on my phone (sening notes) when I am away from the office. Review Source Response from Flocknote March 28, 2019 Hey Bonnie! I'm glad you found Flocknote to be easy to learn and get up and running -- that's our goal! If you have any particular issues on mobile, I encourage you to reach out to us at help@flocknote.com and we'll be happy to troubleshoot this with you! :) JD JoAnn D. Volunteer Religious Institutions Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Need to be able to have duplicate emails or duplicate phone numbers" November 26, 2019 5.0 Pros it is SO easy and intuitive. The developers thought about so many aspects (such as sending an email via text if there is no email address on file) Cons There are often shared email addresses or shared cell phone numbers. If the software could accomodate this that would be wonderful Review Source Response from Flocknote December 2, 2019 Thanks so much for this review, JoAnn! Our team really values this feedback and we read everything to make sure we're constantly improving Flocknote and giving you all the tools you need for success. If you have any other suggestions, feel free to send them our way at help@flocknote.com. God bless you. :) TB Tom B. Deacon Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great way to communicate with Church Staff, Volunteers, Members" January 8, 2021 5.0 Pros Easy to administer. People can join by sending a text. We have 6 different groups so far, and each group has an administrator who can manage the group. Notes go out to e-mail and/or cell phones. Cons I have not found any significant shortcomings with the software. Review Source Response from Flocknote January 27, 2021 Woohoo-- thank you so much for this great review, tom! The team appreciates the time you took to provide this feedback. God bless! YR YOLANDA R. ADMINISTER Religious Institutions Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "DELETE OF AMDMSR" October 1, 2019 4.0 Pros PROBLEM.. WHILE USING FLOCKNOTE I SAW AN EMAIL ADDRESS WITH NO NAME TO IT. I WANTED TO DELETE IT TO LEAVE ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS..THAT BOX WAS RIGHT BELOW MY NAME ADMINISTRATOR. I CLICKED THE WRONG BOX AND IT CAME BACK TO ME "ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO REMOVE JOHN" .... I CLICKED YES AND IT REMOVED ME BECAUSE I TOO AM A JOHN...I HAVE TRIED TO GET THE OTEER ADM TO WORK THRU THIS BUT HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO PUT MY NAME BACK AS ADM. BUT I STILL CANT SIGN IN NOW AND I CANT SEEM TO USE THE OTHER ADMS SIGN IN. HELP PLEASE Cons SEE PREVIOUS Review Source Response from Flocknote October 6, 2019 Hi Yolanda! It looks like you may have been attempting to reach our support team, but you've left a review instead. In any case, I'd love to get this fixed for you and figure out what happened here. Your email is not listed with this review so would you mind sending an email to help@flocknote.com? Alternately, you can set up a call at Flocknote.com/contact. One of our Happiness Engineers will help you in a jiffy! :) JO Janice O. Parish Life Religious Institutions Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Flocknote; A great way to reach your Parishioners!" February 12, 2019 5.0 Our parish is reaching more people than ever before with Flocknote. We are able to see which parishioners are opening the messages and which parishioners are inactive. Now we know exactly who we need to reach out to. Pros This software is easy to use. I am not very computer savvy but am able to produce emails for my parish with ease. Cons The canned messages used can not be changed. I addressed a message that automatically shows up at the bottom of an email and although misleading, it can not be changed. Review Source Response from Flocknote February 14, 2019 Hi there, Janice! It makes us happy when we hear that you're able to connect with your parish at ease. Our goal is to set you up for success to reach your parishioners, so would you mind reaching out to help@flocknote.com so that we can clear up any confusion about those edits you wanted to make with your notes? We look forward to hearing from you! God bless! TT Troy T. Lead Pastor Religious Institutions Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to use and learn" February 6, 2020 4.0 It was solidly, easy to use, reliable, and a great value add to our ministry compared to other options. Pros The "all you can eat" nature of this product is among its best features. It's easy to use, deploy among my staff and is reliable. Cons Getting it set up, while wasn't horrible, was time consuming since we couldn't just use shortcodes for every area without paying more. Review Source Response from Flocknote February 10, 2020 Hi Pastor Troy - thank you for this short and sweet review! If you have any questions or suggestions to make the initial set up easier, we'd love to talk with you. Simply email us at help@flocknote.com. :) MC Madison C. Director of Young Adult & College Campus Ministry Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great customer service & user friendly" January 11, 2021 5.0 User friendly & great customer service. Pros It's user friendly & any time my staff or I have had questions, the customer service is phenomenal. Cons I have a heard time selecting custom colors and getting them to be easily reusable. (If I enter in the color name/number it changes when I hit enter and does a wonky color I didn't want.) Reason for choosing Flocknote not sure, wasn't here when purchased Review Source Response from Flocknote January 27, 2021 Hi Madison - thank you for this review and for that feedback using the Note Composer! If you run into this issue a lot, I think it'd be best to chat. Simply email help@flocknote.com and we'll troubleshoot this with you in a jiffy! :) MB Marie B. Pastoral Care Hospitality Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "New start-up Church" November 25, 2019 5.0 We are implementing effective communication with potential members. Pros I liked that it is free, easy to use and provide. Cons My learning curve when seeing who received the note etc. Working with the notes is really hard for me. Reason for choosing Flocknote I looked for a good product for a funds strapped start up church. Review Source Response from Flocknote November 26, 2019 Hi Marie -- thanks for this helpful review! You mentioned you have had a little trouble learning how to use our Note Composer and I'd love to fix that. Feel free to reach out to us at help@flocknote.com and we'll be happy to provide some extra training and resources. :) ET Elizabeth T. Director of Faith Formation Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Staying connected during this pandemic. " January 13, 2021 5.0 It’s highly efficient and it’s given me reliable and accessible communication methods. It’s user friendly and the messages are professional, pretty and easy to read. Pros I like that I can choose between email or text. Also the Signup feature which tallies participant count for events. Also people can reply to your message and you see them all on this app. The newsletter-style message template helps me save time. Cons You cannot send a message to the same group using an older message. You have to start over with a new message and input the group names from scratch. I don’t like that Unolytics lists all activities one after the other. This makes it hard to read and find what you’re looking for. Suggestion: categorize them with tabs. Review Source Response from Flocknote February 3, 2021 Thank you for these insights, Elizabeth! We really appreciate the time you took to leave this feedback and it has been shared with the team. We appreciate you! :) SW Sherri W. Parish catechetical leader Religious Institutions Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good and bad" January 7, 2021 4.0 Moderately pleased, frustrated with limitations Pros Easy to use Good within limited parameters Cons Need: more characters for text without upgrading, ability to add feature for sender to create a response option that lists who responds (just the number of responses is not sufficient), more customizing ability in email option. Review Source Response from Flocknote January 27, 2021 Thank you so much for this review, and for that helpful feedback, Sherri! It sounds like you've experienced some frustration, so we're going to be reaching out via email to discuss this! Until then, God bless! ZC Zachary C. Principal Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Flock Note - Great for Parish Communications!" December 4, 2019 5.0 We'd recommend flock note for any parish looking to communicate more quickly/easily, especailly for any who rely solely on bulletins for sharing info. Pros Flock Note is easy to use on the backend and does a great job of quickly spreading messages. It's a very important tool in the modern age when parishes may otherwise rely only on bulletins for sharing info. Cons N/A - Flocknote has been a positive asset for our use in parish life. We don't have any negative concerns or frsutrations. Review Source Response from Flocknote December 6, 2019 Wowi Maui -- what a great review! We know you're very busy and wear lots of hats, so we appreciate you taking the time out of your day to leave us those kind words. Our team really appreciates it and it inspires us to continue making Flocknote better and better for ya! :) Similar Products Featured