Software profile
Chancel
A UK-developed app for sending church news, events, alerts, media, contacts, forms and surveys to people’s phones.
30-second answer
What to know before you open the full record
- What it is
- A UK-developed app for sending church news, events, alerts, media, contacts, forms and surveys to people’s phones.
- Contexts worth testing
- Churches seeking a focused mobile communication and content app, Parishes needing app-based alerts, news, events and documents, Churches that want members to receive notices without adopting a full church-management system
- Relevant UK checks
- UK-specific evidence · UK registered
- Shortlist when
- Churches focused on mobile notices, events, alerts and member-facing information
- Check first
- Request current pricing and data terms, then test editor workflow, notification permissions, accessibility and app-store ownership with a real parish content cycle
- Evidence date
- Sources checked 25 July 2026
This is an evidence-led starting point, not a ranking or hands-on verdict. Supplier sources establish what they publish; your church should test material workflows and resolve the questions below.
Five-minute assessment
Assess the likely fit and trade-offs
Directory assessment
Chancel is a specialist communication app rather than a replacement for a church database or finance system. It may suit a parish that wants a well-defined mobile channel for timely notices, events, documents and media, but it should be purchased only after the church agrees who curates content, how notifications are governed and what happens to the app, data and app-store presence if the service changes.
Decision framing
Shortlist when, then check first
- Shortlist when
- Giving a congregation a reliable mobile channel for notices and church information
- Test in a real workflow
- A communication-first church app rather than a full management suite
- Settle before buying
- Request current pricing and data terms, then test editor workflow, notification permissions, accessibility and app-store ownership with a real parish content cycle
Decision evidence
Published details for a shortlist
These details are traced to the source shown. Supplier material establishes what the supplier publishes; it is not hands-on testing.
- UK purchasing availability
- Independent sourceSchappit Ltd trades as Piota and is registered in England and Wales under company number 09084187.Source: Recorded evidence · checked 25 July 2026
Best suited to
- Churches focused on mobile notices, events, alerts and member-facing information
- Parishes that need a lighter communication layer beside existing church software
- Teams able to assign named owners for app content and notification decisions
Evidence-backed strengths
- Live iOS/iPadOS app with a recent recorded release
- Focused scope across news, calendar, alerts, forms and media
- UK company identity and public app privacy material are available
Limitations and questions
- Ask Piota for current pricing, service terms, support, hosting, DPA, sub-processors and export arrangements
- Not a substitute for governed people records, finance administration or safeguarding case management
- Developer-provided App Store privacy disclosures should be checked against the supplier’s current service documentation
What the supplier publishes
- News, blogs, newsletters and website updates
- Events calendar and device-calendar links
- Targeted alerts and push notifications
- Sermons, photos and video
- Contacts, policies and key information
- Forms, surveys and app responses
- Multiple-church selection in one app
What does the supplier currently publish?
Pricing and trial
Pricing is by written proposal. Ask Piota to include app configuration, support, publishing, app-store arrangements and renewal terms.
| Tier or starting point | Published price | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Chancel church app | Contact supplier | Request complete pricing and contract terms in writing |
Full due diligence
Evidence, operations and source record
Use this full record to test practical details, retain source links and take specific gaps to the supplier.
Published operations and support details
- Data protection information
- Schappit publishes a privacy policy for Piota apps and the App Store gives a developer-provided privacy disclosure. These sources do not establish an individual church's controller/processor roles, service DPA, hosting, sub-processors, retention or export arrangements. Obtain those before publishing personal or sensitive content.
- Integrations
- Supplier describes content curating from websites and social media, Mobile operating-system notifications and device-calendar additions
Sources reviewed
Sources support only the fields named beneath each link. Supplier material is not independent testing; external review material is included as a limited signal rather than a verdict.
- Chancel App Store listing
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Live app, Feature scope, Developer identity, Recent release history, App privacy disclosure - Piota terms of website use
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Operating company, UK company number, Registered address - Piota app privacy policy
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Published privacy material, Need for service-specific data terms - Companies House: Schappit Ltd
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: UK-registered organisation
