Comparison
Holyrics alternative for churches
Holyrics is free and gets installed on the church computer. Worshi projects too, even without internet, and on top of that it gets the team who plays ready and translates the sermon live. Here's how they compare.
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Who Worshi is for
For churches that struggle to coordinate their musicians
If every Sunday someone shows up with the old lyrics, if the guitarist plays in G while the keyboard player has the song in C, or if the setlist gets decided at the last minute. Everything is prepared on the web during the week, every musician has it on their phone, and on Sunday it's projected with the free app for Mac or Windows.
How Worshi really differs
Both project, and both know who's playing on Sunday. The difference is in the chords, on every musician's phone, and in the fact that the song library doesn't live on one particular computer.
Chords and keys, not just lyrics
Every song stores its chords in ChordPro and transposes by semitones, up or down. Each musician keeps their own key for that song without changing anyone else's.
The band, on their own phones
During the service, every musician follows the lyrics and chords on their phone or tablet, each in their own key and turning their own pages. Works with Bluetooth foot pedals that send the page-turn keys.
Your song library doesn't live on one computer
Your songs are on the web, not on the hard drive of the church laptop. If that computer breaks down or gets left at home, Sunday's setlist is still right where it always is.
Prepared together
Invite your team and everyone signs in with their own account from wherever they are: whoever builds the setlist, whoever checks the lyrics and whoever projects are all working on the same thing.
Streaming with a URL
The livestream output is a web address with a transparent background: paste it into an OBS browser source and the lyrics appear over the broadcast while you project with the desktop app.
Your church's public songbook
Every church has its own online songbook with its own URL to share with the congregation, showing the lyrics of published songs and their key.
Live translation
Everyone in your church understands the sermon, whatever language they speak
Worshi listens to the sermon and, a few seconds later, delivers it translated: as subtitles on the screen and on the stream, and with a voice that reads it in the other language. No interpreter, no special equipment: the computer that runs your projection, with the desktop app, and the audio from your mixer or a microphone.
On the projector and on the stream, with the size, position and background band you choose.
A voice reads the translation through the audio output you choose: speakers in a separate room, or headphones.
The preacher's language is detected automatically: a guest speaker doesn't mean changing anything.
Subtitles in the same language as the sermon, for people who are hard of hearing. Uses half the hours.
Included in Pro and Premium, with hours every month. See pricing →
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Worshi and Holyrics, side by side
Information from Holyrics' official website, checked in October 2026 and reviewed in November. If anything has changed since then, their website always takes precedence.
| Feature | Worshi | Holyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free-forever plan; Pro at €19.99 a month, with 2 h of live translation, and Premium at €67.99 with 15 h (VAT included). 15 days of Pro free, no card required | Free: “Holyrics is free”, according to their site |
| Installation | Prepared in the browser; to project, a free app for Mac or Windows | Software installed on Windows, Linux or Mac, with apps for Android and iOS |
| Works without an internet connection | Yes: the desktop app downloads your services and projects even if the internet goes down | Yes, everything happens on the computer |
| Language | Interface in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan | Their site is offered in more than 30 languages |
| Chords and transposition | Yes, in ChordPro, with American or Latin notation | Not part of what they advertise |
| Musicians follow the lyrics on their phone | Yes, live mode on phone or tablet, in each person's key | Their mobile app looks up data and controls the presentation |
| Live sermon translation | Yes: subtitles and translated voice in 78 languages, on screen and on the stream. Included in Pro (2 h a month) and Premium (15 h) | Not part of what they advertise |
| Stage display | Yes: current slide, next slide, notes and timer, from the desktop app | Yes, return monitors with their own settings |
| Sunday's team and assignments | Yes, with one position per person in each service | Yes: registers members and builds the team schedule |
| Usage reports | CCLI report by period, downloadable as a PDF | Reports on most-played songs, scheduled songs and members |
| Working with several people during the week | Yes: everything is on the web and everyone signs in with their own account | Data lives on the computer where it's installed |
| Streaming output | Browser source URL with a transparent background, from the desktop app | Not part of what their homepage advertises |
| Public songbook for the congregation | Yes, every church has its own online songbook with its own URL | Not part of what they advertise |
Frequently asked questions
If Holyrics is free, what does Worshi add?
Everything that happens with the musicians and the sermon: ChordPro chords with transposition, each person's own key, the lyrics and chords on every musician's phone during the service, a setlist that several people can prepare together from anywhere, and live translation of the sermon, with subtitles and voice. And it has a free plan to get started.
What languages is Holyrics available in?
Their site is offered in more than 30 languages, so the most reliable way to check the interface languages is in the software itself. Worshi is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan, and chords are shown in American (C, Dm, G7) or Latin (Do, Rem, Sol7) notation, whichever each musician prefers.
Does Worshi work without internet, like Holyrics?
Yes, for projection. The desktop app for Mac and Windows downloads your services to the church computer and projects them even if the internet goes down; anything you change in the meantime syncs automatically when the connection comes back, and the OBS output keeps working over the local network. What needs internet is preparing the service on the web, and live translation.
Can I move my Holyrics song library to Worshi?
Yes, with AI import on the Pro and Premium plans: paste the song text, upload a PDF or take photos of your songbook, and Worshi rebuilds the sections and where each chord goes. It's worth checking the result before saving. You can also type them into its chord editor, in ChordPro.
Can both be used to livestream the service?
Worshi gives you a web address with a transparent background that you paste into an OBS browser source: the lyrics appear over the broadcast video with no plugins to install. That output is served by the desktop app while it projects. Holyrics' homepage doesn't advertise an equivalent output, so it's worth checking their documentation for that.
Which is better for a small church?
If the hard part is coordinating your musicians (different keys, outdated lyrics, a setlist decided over text messages), Worshi is built for exactly that, and the free plan is enough to get started. As your team grows, Pro removes the limits on songs, services and members.
Try it with your team
Sign up and start with 15 days of Pro for free, no card needed. Afterwards, your church stays on the free plan.
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