AppForWorshipUse backing tracks without live musicians.
Lead worship with high-quality backing tracks. Give your congregation the musical support to sing together, even when no musician is available.
Explore AppForWorship
Features and plans.
A small team can still lead a whole congregation. Bring your music, words and service together, with accompaniment that supports the way you worship.
Backing tracks for worship.
Explore the music catalogue.
Explore the worship songs and hymns currently available in AppForWorship Plus. Bring everyone together with the songs that mean something to your church.
Repeat or change song sections.
With AppForWorship Plus, repeat a chorus or change sections while leading supported songs. Adjust the available accompaniment to support your team. You lead. The music follows.
Prepare and present your service.
Lyrics on the big screen.
Beautiful, clear lyrics for everyone to follow. Help your congregation sing together with words that are easy to read.
Show readings, images and videos.
Display Bible passages, sermon notes, images and videos. Bring each part of your service to the screen.
Organise your service in one app.
Prepare your entire church service in a single app. Keep songs, readings and everything else together, ready for Sunday.
Prepare services with your volunteers.
Designed for volunteers, not technical experts. Give your team a straightforward way to prepare and lead the service.
Use your computer, projector and sound system.
Use your existing computer, projector and sound system. Get started with the equipment your church already has.
Start free and add subscriptions.
Professional worship resources without the expense. Start with Free, then add Essentials or Plus to suit your church.
Control songs in AppForWorship Plus.
When musicians are few, backing tracks give your congregation support. AppForWorship Plus adds flexibility on supported songs, so you can respond to the moment as you lead.
Repeat sections and keep accompaniment playing
Repeat a chorus or change sections while leading a supported library song. Keep available accompaniment playing as you speak or pray.
Adjust accompaniment and vocals
Adjust available accompaniment and vocals, or move between fuller and quieter backing on supported songs. Give your team the support it needs.
Change key and tempo
AppForWorship Plus lets you change the key and tempo of supported library songs. Essentials and Plus both include key and speed changes for supported backing tracks you bring yourself.
Musical controls vary by song. Choose from the songs currently available in the app.
Prepare lyrics, music and displays.
Free gives you a place to prepare and present the whole service. Add the extras that help your church.
Time lyrics to your backing tracks
Add and preview lyrics timed to your own backing tracks. Let the words advance automatically and hide during instrumental sections, so the operator has less to juggle.
Save and reuse services
Save songs, readings, prayers and notices in a complete service. Prepare and practise beforehand on the device you will use at church, then run your prepared service offline.
Use separate congregation and musician displays
Show clear words to the congregation and different information to musicians. Follow upcoming lyrics and available chords, adjusted for your guitar capo.
Import your music and presentation slides.
Moving from PowerPoint or Google Slides? Export your slides as pictures and bring them into AppForWorship. Add your own backing tracks, connect your TV or projector and prepare your first service. You can build from there.
Find the download for your deviceCompare Free, Essentials and Plus.
Start with Free. Choose Essentials for all app features, including cloud and live syncing, or Plus for everything in Essentials and the music catalogue.
Start with Free
Free
Prepare and run your service on one device. Import your own MP3 audio and MP4 lyric videos, time your lyrics and run a prepared service offline. Try our three free AppForWorship Plus songs. Free works independently, with no cloud or device syncing.
Download and start freeAdd Essentials
Adapt supported backing tracks to your congregation’s key and pace, with a larger media library and cloud access for your preparation.
See Essentials pricesAdd Plus
Everything in Essentials, plus ready-to-use worship songs, lyrics and arrangements, with flexible musical controls on supported songs.
See Plus pricesThese are the standard paid subscription prices. The free Essentials trial is separate. Paid subscriptions renew until cancelled; check the final price and tax at checkout.
Try Essentials free.
Get AppForWorship Essentials free for three months.
AppForWorship Plus includes everything in Essentials and the music catalogue.
Full feature comparison
✓ Included · — Not included. On smaller screens, scroll the table sideways to compare.
| What you can do | Free | Essentials | Plus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your whole service | |||
| Build, save and reuse complete services | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Present song lyrics, readings, prayers and notices | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Easily split longer lyrics and readings into pages | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Find and present Bible passages | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Adjust fonts and text to make slides easy to read | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Present images and import slides exported as pictures from PowerPoint | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Play lyric videos | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Present videos during the service | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Use still images or silent, looping videos as backgrounds | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Show lyrics and slides on a TV or projector | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Show different information to musicians and the congregation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Follow upcoming words and available chords, adjusted for your guitar capo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lead worship with your own music and backing tracks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Add and preview lyrics timed to your backing tracks | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Advance lyrics automatically and hide them during instrumental sections | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Set slides to advance automatically or use timings as a guide | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Display song credits and your church’s CCLI number | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Track song use to help with reporting | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prepare and practise before the service | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prepare beforehand and run services offline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Devices | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Essentials — extra tools for your own music and team | |||
| Change the key and speed of supported backing tracks | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Play background music between songs | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Choose from a larger library of backgrounds and presentation media | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Keep full AfW apps in sync while running the service | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Access and sync your services and media across devices through the cloud (10GB total, 1GB per file) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recover cloud-saved services and media after losing a device | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Plus — flexible, prepared worship songs | |||
| Choose ready-to-use worship songs with prepared lyrics and arrangements | — | — | ✓ |
| Create your own verse and chorus order for library songs | — | — | ✓ |
| Repeat or change sections while leading supported library songs | — | — | ✓ |
| Adjust available accompaniment and vocals to support your team | — | — | ✓ |
| Switch between fuller and quieter accompaniment on supported songs | — | — | ✓ |
| Keep accompaniment playing while speaking or praying on supported songs | — | — | ✓ |
| Change the key and tempo of supported library songs | — | — | ✓ |
Free is a standalone app for preparing and running services on one device. Each installation is independent, with no cloud or device syncing. A connected TV or projector does not count as another device.
AppForWorship Essentials includes all app features, including cloud and live syncing. AppForWorship Plus includes everything in Essentials and the music catalogue. Choose one paid plan; both paid plans have a five-device allowance.
Music controls and accompaniment vary by song. Cloud access and recovery are included with Essentials and Plus; contact us about recovery coverage. Song-use tracking helps with reporting and does not automatically submit reports to CCLI.
Download the app or choose a subscription.
Try preparing a service with your own music and slides, or explore the paid additions for your church.