Notebird vs Tithely
Notebird is the better fit for a care team that needs searchable private care notes, follow-up tasks, milestone reminders, and a shared activity feed. Tithely Church Management fits a church that wants one system for giving, people records, kids check-in, messaging, and service planning at a flat $72 a month. Many churches run Notebird beside Tithely.
Notebird vs Tithely at a glance
- Your care team needs to search old care notes by keyword. Tithely notes cannot be searched or reported on.
- You want private notes a whole care team can see, not only the person who wrote them.
- You use Planning Center, Breeze, or Church Windows and want a care layer that syncs with it.
Bottom line: Notebird gives a care team a shared, private, searchable record of care: notes the whole team can read, keyword search across old notes, tasks with owners, milestone reminders, a team feed, and a daily Early Bird email, and it runs beside your ChMS. Tithely Church Management is a solid all-in-one system for church admin, with people, giving, check-in, messaging, and service planning at one flat price, but its notes are not searchable, private notes are visible only to their author, and there is no care team feed. Choose Notebird for care; choose Tithely for the whole church office.
Notebird vs Tithely: features side by side
Tithely Church Management (formerly Breeze ChMS) is a flat-rate church management system that bundles a people database, kids check-in, messaging, service planning, and Tithely Giving for churches that want one admin platform. Sources for every Tithely fact are listed at the end of this page.
| Feature | Notebird | Tithely |
|---|---|---|
| Care notes per person Tithely profile Notes are dated and can be marked private, but Tithely says they cannot be searched or reported on and only the author can edit them. | Yes | Partial |
| Private (restricted) notes with permission control A private note in Tithely is visible only to the person who wrote it. Role permissions cover all notes at once. Per-team visibility needs a workaround with custom profile fields. | Yes | Partial |
| Follow-up tasks assigned to a team member with due date Tithely Follow Ups assign a task about a person to a staff member or volunteer with a due date, email alerts, and a weekly summary. | Yes | Yes |
| Milestone tracking (birthdays, anniversaries, baptisms, custom) with reminders Tithely stores birthday, anniversary, and custom fields, and workflows can send birthday emails. A reminder view for care milestones is not documented. | Yes | Partial |
| Care reports (printable per-person care history) Tithely can export all notes to Excel from account settings. It does not report on notes inside the app. | Yes | Partial |
| Team activity feed | Yes | Not documented |
| Groups / care teams with per-team-member access Tithely uses Tags and role-based permissions. Limiting a volunteer to only the people assigned to them is not documented. | Yes | Partial |
| Mobile access (phone and tablet) The Tithely (Breeze) app mirrors desktop permissions. Some admin tasks still need a desktop browser. | Mobile web app; add to home screen on iOS and Android, no store download | Yes |
| Full-text search across notes | Yes | People search only; notes are not searchable |
| Sync with a church management system | Planning Center, Breeze, Church Windows (direct); CSV import from others | It is the ChMS; syncs with Tithely Giving |
| Pricing model | Per user, graduated | Flat $72/month; $119/month All Access |
| Membership database Unlimited people records and unlimited staff users on the flat plan. | People profiles only | Yes |
| Online giving Tithely Giving is free to start; card gifts cost 2.9% + $0.30 each. | No | Yes |
| Kids check-in | No | Yes |
| Service planning and volunteer scheduling | No | Yes |
| Mass email and text messaging | No | Yes |
| Church website | No | Add-on: $19/month or included in All Access |
Which one should you pick?
Why churches choose Notebird
- Your care team needs to search old care notes by keyword. Tithely notes cannot be searched or reported on.
- You want private notes a whole care team can see, not only the person who wrote them.
- You use Planning Center, Breeze, or Church Windows and want a care layer that syncs with it.
- You want a team activity feed and a daily Early Bird email of who needs attention.
- You track baptisms, anniversaries, and custom milestones and want reminders before they arrive.
- Volunteers and lay ministers should see only the people and groups assigned to them.
When Tithely may fit better
- You want giving, people records, check-in, messaging, and service planning in one login instead of several tools.
- You want a flat monthly price with unlimited staff users, so adding volunteers never raises the bill.
- Your church already runs Breeze. Tithely Church Management is the same product under a new name, so nothing changes for you.
- You need automated visitor follow-up. Follow Up options and progressions can assign the next task when the last one is done.
- You want donor records and people profiles in the same database so giving history shows on each profile.
