# Planning Center Check-Ins

> Child and Volunteer Check-In

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ministrycentered.checkins](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ministrycentered.checkins)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.ministrycentered.checkins`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Planning Center
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 112,883
- **Rating:** 3.45 / 5 (129 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.0.7
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2015-09-14
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 25 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ministrycentered.checkins)
- **Website:** [https://help.planningcenter.com/](https://help.planningcenter.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://planning.center/privacy/](https://planning.center/privacy/)

## Description

**Planning Center Check-Ins** is an efficient attendance system tailored for managing kids and volunteers in organizations. It simplifies the check-in process, making it faster and safer, thereby reducing stress for staff and parents. Volunteers are easily organized and managed, allowing them to focus on their essential roles without administrative burdens.

With live updates on volunteer and staff locations, this extension ensures you always know where everyone is during events or services. Seamlessly integrated with all Planning Center applications, it offers effortless syncing of people data, streamlining your organizational workflow. Note that an active Planning Center Check-Ins account with at least Viewer permissions is required to use this app.

## Rankings

- #209,474 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT`
- `android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN`
- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.ministrycentered.checkins.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Overall, users report Planning Center Check-Ins generally works well and helps streamline check-ins, with responsive support and some successful printer setups. The positive feedback highlights reliability and efficiency gains. However, multiple reviews point to persistent downsides: a confusing, unintuitive UX and frequent usability regressions; recurring login/permission and redirect errors; ongoing printer reliability issues; and intermittent stability problems like freezes or device lockups. The mixed experiences suggest the app performs well in some environments but needs UX redesign, robust authentication handling, and more stable printer integration.

### Pros

- Generally reliable and effective for check-ins
- Support team is responsive and helps resolve issues
- Improves efficiency of check-ins
- Printer integration can work well with certain printers (e.g., Brother printers)

### Cons

- Unintuitive and unnecessarily complicated UX
- Login/permissions and redirect errors
- Printer issues and unreliable printing
- Stability issues such as freezes, hangs, and device lockups

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.ministrycentered.checkins)