Grace Gate Check-In
Grace Gate Check-In is a children's check-in system for churches and similar organizations.
What Grace Gate Check-In is
Grace Gate Check-In is a children's check-in system for churches and similar organizations. Its iPad kiosk handles check-in and checkout, with family codes used to verify authorized pickup. The service also includes a web dashboard, volunteer scheduling, label printing, and an optional free parent app; families can use a browser version too. Parents can receive alerts, pre-check-in, manage authorized pickup people, and view class photos. Staff see live room counts and rosters, while classroom volunteers can page parents for pickup, comfort, medication, or assistance. Churches can schedule volunteer rotations, collect confirmations, track coverage, and record background-check dates. Planning Center and Breeze support two-way sync; Elvanto supports directory import, and other systems can be brought in by CSV. The iPad continues check-in during Wi-Fi outages, and daily backups can be restored from snapshots retained for 90 days. The paid plan is $9.99 a month for every paired iPad, with a 30-day trial and no free plan listed.
Good
- Family codes verify authorized pickup.
- iPad check-in continues when Wi-Fi drops.
- Planning Center and Breeze have two-way sync.
- Daily backups have snapshots retained for 90 days.
- Includes a free parent app.
Watch out
- No free plan is listed.
- The plan costs $9.99 a month for every paired iPad.
- The dashboard is for account holders aged 18 or older.
Who it suits
It is intended for churches, religious organizations, and similar entities that need child check-in, pickup verification, classroom communication, and volunteer coordination. Dashboard account holders must be at least 18.
Verdict
Grace Gate Check-In brings child check-in, pickup, parent communication, and volunteer tools together for church settings. Its per-paired-iPad monthly plan and trial terms are important to weigh for the organization.
Plans and prices
From Grace Gate Check-In's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Grace Gate Check-In | $9.99 a month | Check-in, labels, dashboard, reports, parent app, classroom paging, volunteer scheduling, background-check tracking; every paired iPad |
| Grace Gate Check-In | $110 a year | Check-in, labels, dashboard, reports, parent app, classroom paging, volunteer scheduling, background-check tracking; every paired iPad · Or $110 a year, one month free. |
The facts
Each one read from Grace Gate Check-In's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Check-in and pickup
- The kiosk supports check-in and checkout, and pickup uses family codes to verify authorized pickup.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Eligibility
- The service is intended for churches, religious organizations, and similar entities, and dashboard account holders must be at least 18.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Planning Center and Breeze support two-way sync; Elvanto supports directory import, and other systems can be imported from CSV.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Offline and recovery
- The iPad keeps checking children in when Wi-Fi drops, and daily backups can be restored from snapshots retained for 90 days.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Printing
- A free print tool for Mac and Windows sends name tags to a label printer, and the kiosk supports common Dymo and Brother printers.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Privacy and compliance
- The maker says it does not sell personal information or use advertising trackers, and describes its handling of children's information as COPPA-compliant by design.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Grace Gate Check-In is a children's check-in system for churches and similar organizations, with an iPad kiosk, web dashboard, volunteer scheduling, label printing, and an optional parent app.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says network traffic uses TLS 1.2 or higher, passwords use PBKDF2-SHA256 with 100,000 iterations, and CloudKit access is scoped by kiosk device ID.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Staff and classroom tools
- Staff can view live room counts and rosters, while classroom volunteers can page parents for pickup, comfort, medication, or assistance.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker provides a support FAQ and help guides and lists [email protected] for contact.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Volunteer scheduling
- Churches can schedule volunteer rotations, collect confirmations, track coverage, and keep background-check dates on file.checked 2 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Parent app
- The free parent app lets families receive alerts, pre-check-in, manage authorized pickup people, and view class photos; parents can also use a browser version.checked 2 Oct 2026
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