ServiceReady
Engineered specifically for the individual pastor, worship leader, or minister. No 5-person IT crew required, no £400/year subscriptions, and no accidental desktop notifications on the sanctuary screen. ServiceReady puts your songs, scripture readings, prayers, notices, and sermon slides into one calm, reliable running order. (Multi-user team sync is actively on our development roadmap!)
Church presentation shouldn’t feel like a high-wire act. We built ServiceReady around the exact friction points that make Sunday mornings miserable for pastors and volunteer operators.
You connect PowerPoint or Keynote with screen mirroring. Halfway through the sermon, the pastor's private texts, WhatsApp notifications, and a low battery warning flash across the 120-inch church wall.
How ServiceReady fixes it: ServiceReady physically isolates operator controls. Your presenter notes and running order stay on your Mac or iPad. Only clean, distraction-free slides are ever transmitted to the sanctuary display.
It's 11:30 PM on Saturday. You're copying and pasting verses from Google into blank slide decks, manually fixing line breaks, and trying to look up what hymnbook number matches your congregation's edition.
How ServiceReady fixes it: Curated indices for the most popular church hymnals are built right into the app. When your minister calls out a hymn number, your operator types the number straight from your church's actual book.
Cloud presentation software buffers mid-service because 100 people just connected their phones to the church Wi-Fi. The screen spins on verse 2 while the congregation waits in awkward silence.
How ServiceReady fixes it: ServiceReady is built 100% offline-first. Every song, scripture reading, sermon PDF, and audio track is stored locally on your device. You can present without an internet connection.
Your regular tech volunteer is sick. A retired deacon steps in to help. Enterprise church software requires a three-hour training course with 500 knobs, ribbons, and obscure menus.
How ServiceReady fixes it: Trained in 30 seconds. Press the Spacebar to advance, Left Arrow to go back, and the Standby button during prayer. It's so intuitive anyone can run it flawlessly.
Most church presentation software is designed for enterprise megachurches with dedicated media teams, complex video switchers, and full-time audio technicians. ServiceReady is crafted for the solo minister or worship planner who does it all themselves.
When you're preparing a Sunday service alongside pastoral visits, sermon prep, and church administration, you don't have hours to wrestle with complicated slide layouts or train volunteers on 500 different buttons.
Choose your hymns directly by your church’s published hymn numbers, format responsive scripture readings, and drop in your sermon PDF deck in minutes.
ServiceReady automatically checks your service items: lyrics cached offline, sermon slides intact, and videos ready to play — zero surprise Wi-Fi drops on Sunday morning.
With Pro, your running order syncs via your personal Apple iCloud to your iPad or sanctuary Mac. Step up to the desk, press Spacebar, and lead with calm composure.
Launching first as a single-leader app, we are actively developing multi-user team support to grow with your church community.
ServiceReady is built 100% in native SwiftUI for Apple silicon and Intel Macs. No slow web wrappers, no Electron memory hogging, and zero subscription traps. Take a tour of key features inside the completed Mac app:
When you click "Start Service", ServiceReady puts you in complete command. Your operator window shows the live slide countdown, upcoming lyric cues, and presentation controls — while the congregation sees only pristine, formatted typography.
Build the full service sequence in minutes. Add Welcome screens, Hymns, Scripture readings, Liturgical prayers, Notices, and Sermon slides. Drag to reorder, add estimated timings, and attach speaker notes.
No more copying and pasting lyrics from Google or trying to figure out which edition your pastor used. ServiceReady cross-references major UK, US, and Commonwealth hymnals so you can type the hymn number right from your pew book.
The dreaded Sunday morning shock — missing sermon slides, an unlinked hymn, or a broken video link — is solved. ServiceReady’s built-in Readiness audit evaluates every service item before you step into church.
Say goodbye to garish stock wallpapers and clunky PowerPoint templates. ServiceReady renders slides natively with Apple typographic hierarchy, high-contrast readability from the back pew, and subtle sanctuary gradient themes.
Different churches cherish different hymnbooks. ServiceReady doesn't lock you into one collection. Choose the hymnals your church uses, search songs by their exact published numbers, and cross-reference titles effortlessly.
ServiceReady isn't just a lyrics player. It handles every moment of a Sunday gathering from prelude to benediction.
Set a warm holding screen with your church logo, service title, and countdown before the service begins.
Mission Praise, Songs of Fellowship, Living Hymns, and custom songs. Add backing audio, or link video in seconds.
Display Bible passage references or multi-slide scripture text formatted with clean typography tested for back-row legibility.
Lead congregational prayers and responsive readings with alternating leader and congregation prompts.
Organize announcements into clean, readable multi-slide cards for upcoming events, youth club, and fellowship.
Export PowerPoint or Keynote decks as PDF and drop them in. ServiceReady renders razor-sharp vector slides with clicker support.
Display communion liturgy, words of institution, and quiet holding screens during the bread and cup.
Clear, respectful on-screen giving details with bank transfer info, text-to-give prompts, or giving links.
Step through your entire service before the doors open. Verify links, slides, and transitions before you lead.
December is the most demanding month of the church year. Don’t spend another Christmas copying and pasting carols into PowerPoint at midnight. ServiceReady releases on December 1st with dedicated holiday resources:
Churches usually get stuck between two extremes: generic boardroom tools or enterprise megachurch suites.
| Capability | PowerPoint / Keynote | ProPresenter / Proclaim | ServiceReady |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing Model | Office 365 license | £300 – £450 every year | Free tier (up to 3 active services) + Lifetime option |
| Active Services Limit | Separate presentation files | Unlimited (subscription only) | 3 active on Free • Unlimited on Pro |
| Built-in Hymnals | No (Manual search & paste) | Extra paid addon | Mission Praise, Fellowship, Living Hymns & more |
| Dual Screen Display | Risk of mirroring desktop | Yes (Complex configuration) | Automatic operator / sanctuary separation |
| Full Gathering Order | Just slides | Complex multimedia | Songs, readings, prayers, notices, sermons |
| Volunteer Training | Easy to make mistakes | High learning curve | 30 seconds (Spacebar to advance) |
| Multi-Device Sync | File sharing / USB sticks | Proprietary cloud account | Apple iCloud (Mac & iPad) |
| Offline Reliability | Local only | Periodic license checks | 100% offline-first engine |
Plan up to 3 active services completely free on a single device, upgrade to Pro for unlimited active services and personal multi-device sync, or look forward to our upcoming Church plan for team collaboration.
For local church presentation on a single Mac or iPad. No sync, no account required.
For the individual pastor: one personal iCloud account syncs seamlessly between your personal devices.
For church teams: multi-user sync and shared collaboration between up to 5 team members.
Pre-ordering is completely free. When you tap "Pre-order", Apple registers the app to your Apple ID. On launch morning (December 1, 2026), Apple automatically downloads ServiceReady to your Mac and iPad in the background and sends you a notification that it's ready.
ServiceReady Free provides complete service building, multi-hymnal searching, and dual-screen projector output for up to 3 active services at any time on a single device — ideal for having this Sunday, next Sunday, and an upcoming special service planned and ready to lead.
If you create more than 3 active services, your 3 most recent services remain fully editable, while older services stay safely stored in your library in read-only mode (you can still open, rehearse, and present them on screen anytime). To actively edit and maintain unlimited services simultaneously and enable personal iCloud sync, you can upgrade to ServiceReady Pro.
ServiceReady includes curated catalogues for Complete Mission Praise (1–1000+), Songs of Fellowship (Books 1–3), Living Hymns, Singing the Faith, and Voices United. You can choose which hymnals your church uses in Settings, search songs by their exact number in your congregation's books, or add custom hymnals.
No. ServiceReady is designed local-first. All your hymns, scripture readings, sermon slides (PDFs), notices, and local audio/video files are cached on your Mac or iPad. You can present your entire service offline without relying on church Wi-Fi.
Plug an HDMI cable or USB-C adapter into your Mac or iPad, or connect via AirPlay. On macOS, set the external display to "Extended Display". When you click "Start Service", ServiceReady displays your private operator console on your Mac/iPad screen and automatically outputs clean typography to the projector.
In PowerPoint or Keynote, choose File > Export To > PDF. In ServiceReady, add a Sermon item and drop the PDF file directly into the running order. You can advance slides with your Spacebar, keyboard arrow keys, or any standard wireless clicker.
Yes! In addition to monthly and annual plans (with a 2-week free trial), ServiceReady Pro offers a one-time Lifetime non-consumable purchase through Apple StoreKit. Pay once and keep Pro forever.
ServiceReady is crafted specifically for the solo church leader, minister, or worship planner at launch. If you prepare services yourself on your Mac and present them on your iPad, you will love the simplicity. There are no complicated user hierarchies or IT setup required.
Team collaboration is on our active development roadmap! The upcoming ServiceReady Church plan will bring multi-user sync across up to 5 church leaders, shared church library archives, and volunteer handoffs without sharing personal Apple IDs.
Before you step up to lead, ServiceReady inspects your service items automatically. It displays clear badges: "Ready offline" (all lyrics, sermon PDFs, and media are safely cached locally), "Items to complete" (items still need lyrics or slide attachments), or "Presents on Wi-Fi" (an online video or link is referenced). It ensures you never walk into Sunday morning with missing slides or dead links.
At launch on December 1st, ServiceReady Pro is designed for an individual pastor or leader: it uses your personal Apple ID and private iCloud storage to sync your running orders, songs, and custom templates between your personal devices (such as your Mac at your study desk and your iPad at the church sound desk).
Later, we will introduce the ServiceReady Church plan, which will enable multi-user sync between up to 5 team members (pastor, worship leader, musicians, and volunteer operators) so your entire church team can collaborate seamlessly without sharing personal Apple IDs.
Pre-order ServiceReady on the App Store today. It will be waiting on your Mac and iPad on December 1st, ready for your Advent and Christmas gatherings.