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Synodo
What Synodo is
Synodo is church software for running small groups such as community groups, life groups, mentoring pairs, and short courses. Meetings can include a leaders-only guide with preparation, a run of show, and discussion prompts, separate from member content. Churches can create a study once, copy it into groups, and resync improvements without replacing group customizations. Messages, prayer requests, photos, polls, and announcements stay alongside each study. Leaders can view attendance, homework, and message activity week by week and contact people by phone, text, or email. Intake tools support nominations, approvals, leader applications, co-leader pairing, member matching, availability polls, and scheduling. Synodo exchanges selected groups with Planning Center Groups. It works on web, Android, and iOS; mobile installations support push notifications. Each church gets isolated data, encrypted traffic, hashed passwords, and export or deletion controls. The single plan costs $49 a month per church, with unlimited groups and people, every feature, and a 30-day trial without a credit card.
Who it suits
Synodo suits churches coordinating multiple small-group formats that need study management, communication, participation tracking, and intake workflows. It also fits churches using Planning Center Groups.
What it does well
- Separate leaders' guides from member materials
- Resyncs study improvements while keeping customizations
- Combines messages and participation tracking
- Supports group intake and member matching
- 30-day trial without a credit card
What to know first
- No free plan
- Costs $49 a month per church
- Planning Center transfers require selecting groups
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One plan | per church · Unlimited groups · unlimited people · every feature included | $49 a month |
As synodo.app lists them, read 8 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Synodo brings small-group content, communication, attendance, and enrollment into one church-focused service. Its unlimited-per-church plan and 30-day trial provide a clear setup for congregations evaluating group management software.
Facts from Synodo's own pages
- Data export and deletion
- Churches can export data or cancel at any time, and the page says administrators can download the church's data and permanently delete a person or the whole church from Settings. · synodo.app, 8 Oct 2026
- Data use
- Synodo says church content is never sold or used to train AI models. · synodo.app, 8 Oct 2026
- Group communication
- Messages, prayer requests, photos, polls, and announcements sit alongside the group study. · synodo.app, 8 Oct 2026
- Intake and matching
- For churches that use group intake, Synodo supports nominations, approvals, leader applications, co-leader pairing, member matching, availability polls, and scheduling. · synodo.app, 8 Oct 2026
- Leader guides
- Each meeting can have a leaders-only guide with preparation, a run of show, and discussion prompts, separate from what members see. · synodo.app, 8 Oct 2026
- Participation tracking
- Attendance, homework, and message activity appear together week by week, and leaders can contact people by phone, text, or email. · synodo.app, 8 Oct 2026
- Phone access
- Synodo installs to the home screen on iPhone and Android and sends push notifications. · synodo.app, 8 Oct 2026
- Planning Center integration
- Synodo can import groups from Planning Center Groups or send Synodo groups there, with the church choosing which groups to transfer. · synodo.app, 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Synodo is software for churches to run small groups, including community groups, life groups, mentoring pairs, and short courses. · synodo.app, 8 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- The page says each church's data is isolated, passwords are hashed, traffic is encrypted, and uploaded files are restricted to the owning church. · synodo.app, 8 Oct 2026
- Study library
- Churches can create a study once, copy it into groups, and resync later improvements without overwriting group customizations. · synodo.app, 8 Oct 2026
- Trial
- Every church can start a 30-day free trial without a credit card. · synodo.app, 8 Oct 2026
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