Messaging

I would like a mobile app for managing messaging or have the ability to manage the messaging through the Tithe.ly app. It is quite frustrating that I would have to set up a text alert that would be deducted from my monthly limit to get a notification within an hour when a mobile app would be truly mobile friendly to get real time notifications. This would also help the leaders of my church have a mobile friendly way to manage messaging within their groups.. Due to the limitations, we are considering moving to another platform. It is quite difficult from my mobile device to set up the messaging as things are cut off even when I try to scroll left or right it doesn’t function properly.

It would be a great addition if Tithely offers multiple chat options under the group chat in the app. This would allow groups to have multiple conversation to stay connected in areas of prayer, encouragement, interests, etc. Church Center through the Planning Center application(your competition if you will) allows groups to be set up and multiple chat "rooms" or message threads be open. As one example one church I know has message threads for their groups on topics like prayer, scripture reading, encouragement, accountability, sports, hunting etc.Alllowing this and having this option will build a stronger community within the church and a much closer connection. Something that is lacking within the church today.

Getting a text or email definitely helps to make sure messages aren’t missed, but it would be great if we received a notification immediately when they’re received and can respond in app.

I'm working to get our church on board with the messaging app and would love it if the admins could choose to receive an instant notification rather than after an hour the earliest option. Also would love if it had it's own app like Tithely pushpay and worship rather than having to log in with a browser.

Can you add message variables so we can quickly insert these into a message. ie: "first name", "email", "custom field 1", etc.

It would be nice if any unused messages could roll over to the next month, or have a yearly message total instead of monthly. Some months have higher message usage than others.

Would be great to be able to add pics to sms blasts.

Please add the feature to be able to add a photo to a text message blast. We send a weekly text to our children's parents with a picture of what is coming. We would like to use the title.ly site to do that vs. our children's director sending the text to everyone each week individually.

I understand that a Messaging subscription is currently only $5/month. However, a 200 SMS messages limit per month is pretty limiting. A small church could potentially manage within that constraint, but medium to large-sized congregations would hit the limit in one or two blasts. Either increasing the limit or offering additional tiered plans with higher limits would make Messaging more viable to use. Currently, 200 messages a month is hard to recommend for others to use when alternatives like Clearstream exist.