Nobody says goodbye. They just stop showing up on Sunday.

Anyone who has checked in at least once in the last 90 days. That is the only number your plan is measured against — so import the whole roster you already have, including the names you are not sure about. People who never turn up are never counted and never billed, and somebody who drifts away stops counting three months later without you doing anything. We measure it monthly and use the highest of the last three months, so one packed Easter does not reprice your year.

You can top up in bundles that do not expire, at the rate for your country. If you would rather not, nothing breaks: the absence list still flags people, the digest still arrives in the office inbox, and the check-in door carries on as normal — you just call or visit instead of texting. The allowance is one message per active member per month, and because messages only go out when somebody passes the absence streak you set or has a birthday, most churches use a fraction of it.

No. Foldmetric does not replace your current software, it fits into the way you already work and improves how you stay connected with your members. Your existing system keeps your membership records, giving and rotas. Bring the member list you already have, or start from scratch and let people add themselves the first time they check in.

No. It is a web page that opens when you scan your church’s QR code or type the address.

One code, printed once and taped by the door. It never changes, so the same sign works every Sunday. A member scans it, enters their phone number or email, and that is the check-in. Download the printable sheet from your dashboard; it comes with your church’s name and logo above the code.

They scan, and because the number is new they get one extra field: their name. That is the whole form. From that moment they are a member, checked into the service, and counted as a first timer for 30 days. If they stop coming, they show up on your absence list like anyone else.

Yes — that is three services, which Core covers. Each one has its own name, days and optional time window, and its own wording on the check-in screen. Attendance is then counted per service, so a full Sunday morning and a thin midweek show up as two different facts. Free covers one; Growth and above, as many as you run. The schedule runs in your timezone on our servers, so changing the date on a phone does not open the door on a Tuesday.

Yes, from Growth up. Growth covers three churches; past that the rate is quoted, and there is no ceiling on it. Each branch signs up on its own, then you invite its administrator by email or phone, and they choose what you see: totals, turnout and trends (the default), plus names, or everything including contact details. The view is read-only and nothing merges: a branch keeps its own check-in page, members and administrators, and can leave whenever it likes. Networks run four levels deep.

Yes, on the Growth and Network plans. Turn on check-in points in Settings and give each one its own check-in page and printed sign: the choir, the ushers, the teens, the children’s church. Choir members check themselves in with the same number they use at the main door. At the children’s church a parent enters their own number, ticks their children in, and each child is given a pickup tag — numbered for you, or the tags you already have — and checked out at the same page. Check-ins there never change your service turnout. Growth covers up to 400 children, and Network has no limit.

You export it — every view, any time, on every plan including Free. There’s no export fee and no wind-down period where the data is held hostage. Delete the account and it’s gone from our systems.