Babel Praise displays song lyrics and Bible verses in two languages at the same time. Made for volunteers to run easily on Sunday morning, with 100% offline reliability so your service never skips a beat.
Designed for volunteers and worship leaders so everyone can run Sunday services with confidence.
Worship leaders can pick songs, arrange setlists, and prepare lyrics from home or church in a web browser. Add translations in seconds or let the built-in translation assistant match lines for you.
Show bilingual lyrics in the sanctuary for your congregation, clean words on the live stream for viewers at home, and helpful cues or chords on stage monitors for your musicians.
Volunteers simply tap the spacebar or use an ordinary wireless clicker. If the church internet disconnects, your laptop keeps everything running without a stutter.
Experience how clean and readable bilingual lyrics and scriptures look for your congregation.
Never let spotty church Wi-Fi or sudden internet outages interrupt your worship service.
Plan your service online with your team during the week. On Sunday morning, save the service to your church laptop in one click. Once saved, your laptop powers all screens completely on its own—no internet required.
The app controls your projector directly from your laptop. It never has to call an outside server while you are live.
All song lyrics, Bible readings, and slide themes are stored right on your machine, so nothing has to buffer or load during worship.
Your song library is continuously saved, so your team never loses their preparations.
Built from the ground up to solve the real challenges of multilingual services and volunteer tech teams.
Display two languages at the same time so everyone can sing together. Choose stacked or side-by-side layouts, with independent font sizing so both languages stay legible.
Complete English (King James) and Hungarian (Károli) Bibles are built right into the app. Look up scriptures and project them side by side in seconds without internet.
Advance slides once, and Babel Praise instantly updates the sanctuary projector, stage confidence monitors for the band, and transparent lower-thirds for your live stream.
Adding a new song? Paste lyrics in one language and let the built-in translation helper suggest matched lines in your second language, saving hours of manual typing.
No complicated menus or AV training needed. Volunteers can run slides using just the spacebar or an ordinary presentation clicker with complete confidence.
Every song, setlist, and edit is automatically saved and protected, so your team's hard work is never lost between rehearsals and Sunday.
Whether you run everything from a single laptop, collaborate online with your team, or unplug completely for offline peace of mind.
Everything is built into a single app on your Mac or Windows PC. No extra software or complicated setup required.
Volunteers can quickly search songs, select playlists, and switch slides with simple arrow keys or a clicker.
Plug an HDMI cable straight into your projector or TV for crystal-clear bilingual lyrics.
Give every team member exactly what they need on Sunday—without confusion or complex training.
Pick songs, organize setlists, and prepare lyrics from home during the week in your web browser.
A clean, distraction-free screen to advance slides, blackout, or clear lyrics with zero confusion.
Musicians see upcoming lyrics, section cues, and chords on stage monitors or tablets so everyone stays in time.
Automatically sends synchronized, transparent lower-third lyrics to OBS Studio or your video switcher.
See how Babel Praise compares to traditional church presentation software.
| Feature | Babel Praise | ProPresenter | EasyWorship | OpenLP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simultaneous Bilingual Lyrics | ✔ Built-in (Stacked or Side-by-Side) | Manual copy-paste | Manual duplicate boxes | Not supported |
| Works 100% Offline on Sunday | ✔ Runs directly on your laptop with zero internet | Often requires constant internet | No embedded server | No embedded server |
| Ease of Use for Volunteers | ✔ Simple & clean — press Space to advance | Overwhelming menus | Steep learning curve | Complex interface |
| Live Stream & Stage Displays | ✔ Included free out of the box | Paid add-on licenses ($$$) | Requires extra plugins | Basic output only |
| Price & Licensing | ✔ 100% Free & Open Source Forever | $399 – $999+ / year | $180 – $360 / year | Free (GPL) |
Free and open source for every church. Choose your platform below.
Babel Praise can also be hosted on your own local server or Raspberry Pi using Docker. Setup instructions and technical specs are in our documentation.
Explore our comprehensive user manual, keyboard shortcuts, display setup guides, and self-hosting instructions.
Everything you need to know about using Babel Praise in your church.
Not at all! The live presentation interface is clean and distraction-free. Volunteers only need to press the Spacebar or right arrow key to advance slides, or tap 'B' to blank the screen. Anyone can learn it in two minutes.
Babel Praise gives you flexible layouts: stacked (one language above the other), line-by-line, or side-by-side columns. You can set the secondary language to a slightly smaller font size or a softer color, making both languages easy to read from the back row.
Nothing interrupts your service! When running Babel Praise on your church laptop, all songs, Bible readings, and presentations run locally. You can unplug the internet completely and the presentation will keep running smoothly without a hitch.
Yes! Babel Praise includes complete public-domain Bibles (King James Version in English and Károli Gáspár in Hungarian) built right into the app. You can search chapters and verses and project them in seconds without needing an internet connection.
Yes! Any tablet, phone, or TV connected to your local network can open the stage display view. It shows upcoming lyrics, section markers, and chord charts so musicians and singers always know what is coming next.
Yes! Babel Praise is completely free and open source under the MIT license. There are no trial periods, no locked features, and no recurring subscriptions. Your church can use it forever at zero cost.
