Poimaino
poy-mah-no · to shepherd
A private pastoral care companion for solo pastors at small churches.
Remember every person. Log every visit. Track every prayer request. Poimaino replaces scattered group chats, sticky notes, and memory with a focused, beautifully simple tool built for iPhone and iPad — so no one in your flock feels forgotten.
Today
Overdue Visits
Prayer Today
Tom & Carol — surgery recovery
James K. — job search
Flock · 34 members
28 visited this month
How it works
A simple, daily loop that keeps every person in your flock genuinely cared for.
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Add a person to your flock with a profile, contact info, and life context.
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Log a check-in when a visit, call, or text occurs — with notes and a follow-up flag.
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Set a reminder to revisit within a defined window of days or weeks.
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Track prayer requests per person, with status: active, answered, archived.
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Review the Today view each morning — overdue visits, prayer today, recent activity.
Everything a solo pastor needs
Not a church management system. The pastor's personal, private record of their relational ministry.
Flock Directory
Full people library with name, photo, contact info, and life stage. Color-coded visit recency so no one slips through the cracks.
Check-In Log
Log visits, calls, texts, or service encounters — with notes and a follow-up flag. A complete chronological record per person.
Prayer Requests
Structured per-person requests with status tracking. A unified Prayer Page shows all active requests across the flock in one view.
Visit Reminders
Per-person recurrence — check in every X days or weeks. Overdue visits surface prominently. Local notifications with quick-action buttons.
Today View
Every morning: overdue visits, upcoming reminders, prayer requests, and recent activity — with inline quick-action buttons.
Export
PDF care report per person with full visit and prayer history. CSV export of your flock data.
CloudKit Sync
All data is stored privately on your device and synced via iCloud. No server-side storage, no third-party access.
Fully Offline
Every feature works without internet — essential for hospital visits and rural ministry. No connectivity required.
Pay once. Own it outright.
Poimaino launches at $9.99 — a one-time purchase. Full functionality from day one. No subscription, no free tier, no upgrade prompts. Unlimited flock, full log, prayer tracking, reminders, sync, and export. Everything included.
The IAP commitment
Nothing that ships at v1.0 will ever move behind a paywall. Future in-app purchases (like AI-assisted visit summaries and team sharing) are strictly additive — new capabilities that didn't exist at launch. The app you buy will always be the app you keep.
Built for the pastor no one built for
Small-church pastors carry the relational weight of their congregation largely in their heads. Large church management systems are built for staff teams. The few dedicated pastoral care tools that exist are web-first, require subscriptions, and don't feel native to Apple.
Poimaino is the only standalone, native Apple, fully offline pastoral care app. No ongoing commitment, no login, no complexity — just a quiet tool that helps you tend your flock.
What coaches are saying
"Poimaino has completely changed how I care for my congregation. It's like having a pastoral memory that never forgets."
Pastor David R.
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