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Flocknote Reviews & Product Details

Flocknote is a smarter way manage your church or ministry member database, communicate with your people, AND collect payments -- all with the same tool! Cut through the noise. Reach your people. Hear back. Flocknote helps you reach people where they're already at, in their inboxes and via text message. There’s nothing for your members to download, or pick up after church, and no need for them to ‘check-in-on’ anything to stay connected with you. By organizing your church into different groups and ministries on Flocknote, you can get the message to exactly who needs it, and to no one who doesn’t. Plus your members can reply directly to any email or text message you send, vote in polls, RSVP to events and more! Consider this the end of ignored announcements and the beginning of your new life as a church communications whiz kid, er, whiz adult. Flocknote has been a game changer for over 130,000 church leaders. Stop fussing with technology and start effectively managing and communicating with your church members.

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Flocknote

Discussions

Flocknote Community

Languages Supported

English, Spanish

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Liz from Flocknote (Happiness Engineer at Flocknote)

Pricing

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Member Management Features

$39

price/month

Under 40 members

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Flocknote Media

Write beautiful emails and capture the responses that roll in in one convenient place!

Send quick text messages

Flocknote Demo - A typical church network

Communicate quickly with all of the different groups and ministries in your church.

Flocknote Demo - Capture replies & respond

Capture replies and respond in the comments section for each note!

Flocknote Demo - Easy (and fun) home page setup

An easy (and fun) home page where you can see all your groups, send texts and emails, and use SuperSearch to find things quickly!

Flocknote Demo - Collect payments and donations

With Flocknote’s communications-first approach, you can prompt giving from your members in the same place you send your regularly-scheduled emails & texts. Raise money for your church in minutes with Fund It!

Flocknote Reviews (53)

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Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/29/2018

"Just starting to use it and the videos are great and to the point!"

4/5

What do you like best about Flocknote?

Very simple to get around in the program and the support group are great to deal with ! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flocknote?

I have not learned it all yet, so i cant really give any feedback in this area yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Staci Kool D.

Online Content and Community Manager for The Network

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/31/2017

"Flocknote - relevant and helpful. "

3/5

What do you like best about Flocknote?

One thing I like about Flocknote is that they have an active social media presence. I like that they have been posting articles on their Facebook page from other sites that I am familiar with (such as Church Juice). They seem like they really want to help churches. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flocknote?

I don't like that I don't really know the creators of the app by looking at their pages. I wish I could find out in a more personal way who to connect with. But this is not a huge deal to me at the end of the day. I just like personal emails, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Flocknote:

Please do give it a try! They are on a good path and are staying very relevant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Flocknote solving and how is that benefiting you?

Flocknote makes it easy for small groups, church programs, and many others to meet and communicate in one place. One challenge is that many people still do not like to have to download an app to communicate with others. It's a hassle. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tom R.

Lead Pastor

Human Resources

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/27/2018

"a great tool for the Kingdom"

5/5

What do you like best about Flocknote?

everyone...all groups...are in one place. like the ability to get replies....and that groups can have their own admins Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flocknote?

nothing....it works exactly like we want...and accomplishes our efforts well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Religious Institutions

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/24/2017

"this is a great tool to get the word out to your congregation"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Flocknote?

I liked the ability to send text messages and schedule text messages to be sent. This allowed me to use my time more efficiently. I also like that it reached the younger demographic of my community. Flock note also allows me to customize how my community members receive my messages... by email or by text which helps a lot when you have a diverse community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flocknote?

The biggest challenge was trying to get my older community members to use email or text. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Flocknote:

I would highly recommend flocknote. Communication is so important to keeping my community connected and engaged and flocknot help me accomplish that goal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Flocknote solving and how is that benefiting you?

I volunteer my time and the ability to schedule the texts was invaluable. I also loved that for once I could reach my younger parishioners. Although I wasn't able to use it at work, I thought that the group features of flock note would aid in organizing my Liturgy committee and youth groups. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lauren L.

Marketing and Student Recruitment Coordinator

Religious Institutions

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/19/2017

"Needs an upgrade"

1/5

What do you like best about Flocknote?

We are able to insert our own stories easily! Easy to upload contacts. Inserting polls is a great feature and lets our readers engage in articles and helps us get the feedback we need to improve! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flocknote?

Lacks customization options, open rates are not accurate, many glitches that need fixing. Not a pretty template when emailed out. Mobile view is a little wonky. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Flocknote:

Limited color and style options available. Difficult to follow branding guidelines, colors are way to bright and difficult to read on a simple desktop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Flocknote solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are able to reach our entire organization with a simple newsletter. Helps us inform colleagues in and outside of central office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kaitlin Rawley of Flocknote

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Hi Lauren, thanks for your feedback :)

We are hoping to expand our styling options in the future, for sure! I've shared your feedback with the team and we do realize more customization would be super helpful! Right now we've tried to keep the design options as simple as possible as the majority of our users are ministry leaders or volunteers within their church and they often have varying skill levels in design and computer use.

And we're so sorry to hear you are experiencing glitches with flocknote! We do our best to resolve issues asap when they are reported to us. We'd love to hear more about what is giving you trouble, especially the open rate problem you are seeing, and see if we can get it fixed for you :) Our open rates use the industry standard and should be as accurate as any other email marketing tool, so we're happy to investigate. My name is Kait, and you can email me at help@flocknote.com

Have a wonderful day!

God bless,

Kaitlin Rawley

help@flocknote.com

Sean O.

Web Content Manager & Social Media Strategist

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/26/2017

"Great tool for your parish"

5/5

What do you like best about Flocknote?

I love the flexibility of being able to communicate via email or text. Great that subscribers can add comments to the notes. Very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flocknote?

Not much to complain about. I has met all of my needs as a user. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Religious Institutions

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/20/2018

"Good for dual abilities!"

4/5

What do you like best about Flocknote?

Flocknote is great for emailing and texting your audience quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flocknote?

It is limiting in it's options for newsletter and email formatting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Tim G.

Director of Discipleship

Religious Institutions

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/6/2017

"After an exhaustive search, we gladly chose Flocknote"

5/5

What do you like best about Flocknote?

Flocknote is SO easy to use - it's just about foolproof. Truly, anyone can use this and not get lost. Yet at the same time, it's full-featured AND affordable, a combination that is rare. I evaluated 20-25 different texting tools for churches before purchase, and none of them provided the rare combination of ease of use, multiple administrators, affordable pricing, and a large feature set. It's quickly becoming one of my most-used communication tools! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flocknote?

Honestly, it's pretty difficult to think of anything I don't like. The only thing that would make it better is if it automatically synced with various church management software programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Flocknote:

We chose not to add our full database to Flocknote. That has made for a slower roll-out, but it has also kept our costs lower. Gradually, those who are truly interested are signing up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Flocknote solving and how is that benefiting you?

We needed a better way to communicate quick needs and reminders about events, and Flocknote is perfect for that. In addition, we have a large number of university students in our church, so our campus ministry has been able to effectively keep in touch with them using the platform they prefer. Several times, I've utilized it for urgent, last-minute volunteer needs and I have always received a response. That basically never happens with email, Facebook, and so on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jennifer M.

Owner

Marketing and Advertising

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/3/2017

"Flocknote Review"

3.5/5

What do you like best about Flocknote?

I love the new features that help make the email look professional. It's pretty easy to use once you learn where all the features are located. Most parishioners are able to use it with ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flocknote?

I wish I could get more information about what subscribers are clicking on and looking at. It would help us to design messages that are more likely to be read and get more people to click on what we want them to click on. I don't like how much work you have to do to change the text to join number. We don't change it often, but it's frustrating to have to click on that many things just to change it. You took some features away that we miss, like the robo calls (if an event was cancelled, or snow date occurred), social media integration. There are many features flocknote doesn't have that could tie in nicely, like giving, and customization forms. Currently I feel we are using too many systems to accomplish one thing. Many of our systems overlap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Flocknote:

Flocknote is a feature rich messaging tool that is geared toward Catholic Parishes. However I feel that development is still needed to make it a better tool for it's users. We are looking for better integration into our other systems, like our website, social media, app, and more interactive tools like form customization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Flocknote solving and how is that benefiting you?

Communication with the Millenial generation is important to us, as well as consistent messaging across all platforms. There may be other benefits to be realized, but without tracking information it's hard to tell. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Heather H.

Assistant to the State Director

Government Administration

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/3/2017

"Excellent"

5/5

What do you like best about Flocknote?

Flocknote has allowed our parish to expand our communications. I began with only using it to be able to send out text blasts to our religious education families when there was unexpected weather events. Then I began using it to send reminders to families & the catechists.

I LOVE the ability to set up the groups & to give administrative authority to different people for groups or for everything.

We have expanded to using it for the whole parish. We have various groups set up.

I love how people can sign up on their own or I can add them. They can designate text or email.

I even have sent out notifications for our priest to the entire parish when I have been out of town. I was able to do it from my phone because of Flocknote.

So.many.possibilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Flocknote?

Price is always an issue. I also volunteer in a nonprofit group. We are using Flicknote. I really appreciate that it is based on the number of contacts. Maybe if there was a way of tracking duplicates or lack of activity of a user? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.