In general, it’s best to use the app for day-to-day communication and local community management. At the same time, the admin website is designed for managing an Area or the organisational structure as a whole.
The table below breaks down the types of things you can do using each platform:
TYPES OF ACTIVITY
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APP
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WEB ADMIN
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Community Creation
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Create public Communities
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✓ |
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Create private Communities
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✓ |
✓ |
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Create Supercommunities
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✓ |
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Create Communities in which you’re not a member (i.e. for someone else)
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✓ |
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Create a Community from Planning Center
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✓ |
✓ |
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Send bulk email invitations to join a Community
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✓ |
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Community Membership Activities
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|
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Add/remove members
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✓ |
✓ |
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Set member permissions
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✓ |
✓ |
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Join a pubic Community
|
✓ |
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Admin
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|
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Top-level organizational views
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|
✓ |
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Manage organization Owners and Administrators
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✓ |
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Manage organization Areas
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|
✓ |
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Chat Activities
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|
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Create a post
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✓ |
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Send a message on someone else’s behalf
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✓ |
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All other chat Community activity (messages, reactions, photos, etc.)
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✓ |
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Settings
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Editing your personal profile (email address, photo, etc.)
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✓ |
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Turn on/off high-contrast and dark mode
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✓ |
✓ |
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Set your notification preferences for a Community
|
✓ |
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