An EasyWorship alternative that hears the sermon
NaveLight is offline-first church presentation software with on-device AI scripture detection. It runs your lyrics, scripture and media the way EasyWorship does, imports your existing library in a single step, and adds an assistant that finds the passage while the sermon is still being preached. It has a free edition that never expires, and it runs on Linux as well as Mac and Windows.
First, fairly
What EasyWorship is good at
Plenty of churches run beautiful services on EasyWorship every week. If it is working for you, there is no reason to move — and this page is not going to pretend otherwise.
It is genuinely easy
The name is earned. EasyWorship is one of the least intimidating pieces of church software to hand to a volunteer, and that matters more than feature counts.
A huge bundled media library
Premium includes tens of thousands of backgrounds, countdowns and motions. For a church without a designer, that alone can justify the subscription.
One licence, many computers
The campus licence already covers multiple machines in a building rather than charging per seat — the same principle NaveLight prices on.
The difference
Where NaveLight does something else
| Capability | NaveLight | EasyWorship |
|---|---|---|
| Live scripture detection | ● Built in, on device | — Operator types the reference |
| Meaning-based passage search | ● Built in | — Keyword search only |
| Live sermon captions | ● Built in | — Not offered |
| Runs on Linux | ● Yes | — Windows and Mac only |
| Free tier | ● Never expires, unmarked output | — 30-day trial |
| Price | ● $240/year per church, every machine, AI included | ◐ $210 Basic, $330 Premium |
| African-language Bibles | ● Six packs, no charge | ◐ Import your own |
| Bundled media library | ● None — bring your own | ● Tens of thousands of assets |
Checked against EasyWorship's published documentation and pricing on 27 July 2026. Product names and trademarks belong to their respective owners; no affiliation or endorsement is implied. If something here is wrong, tell us and we'll correct it.
Honestly
Where EasyWorship is still ahead of us
We would rather you read this here than find it out three weeks in. NaveLight is new, and new means smaller — fewer users, fewer tutorials, fewer people who can help at 9am on a Sunday when something is behaving oddly.
- The media library. EasyWorship Premium bundles tens of thousands of backgrounds and motions; NaveLight bundles none. If your church has no designer and no media budget, that gap is real and we are not going to talk you out of it.
- Twenty years of churches using it, and the support ecosystem that comes with that.
- A larger pool of volunteers who already know the software.
- No AI means nothing for the AI to get wrong. Some churches will prefer that, and it is a reasonable preference.
Moving over
Your library comes across in one step
NaveLight detects an EasyWorship 6 or 7 library automatically during setup and offers to bring across your songs, your media and your presentations in one step. You do not export anything song by song, and nothing is changed in your existing EasyWorship install — run both side by side until you trust the new one.
Import first, then check it against a midweek rehearsal before a Sunday. That is true of moving any church off software that already works, not just this one.
Straight answers
EasyWorship and NaveLight, side by side
Can NaveLight import an EasyWorship library?
Yes. An EasyWorship 6 or 7 library is detected automatically during first-run setup, and songs, media and presentations come across in one step rather than song by song. Titles, authors, lyrics and CCLI numbers all arrive together, and nothing in your EasyWorship install is modified. Section names are the one thing that doesn't survive — EasyWorship stores stanzas unlabelled, so you rename choruses and bridges in the arrangement editor afterwards.
Is NaveLight cheaper than EasyWorship?
Not against EasyWorship's entry tier. NaveLight Pro is $240 a year per church, against $210 a year for EasyWorship Basic and $330 for Premium. What differs is the unit and what is included: NaveLight's licence covers every computer in the building, where EasyWorship's is per campus, and AI scripture detection is in that price where EasyWorship does not offer it at any tier. NaveLight also has a Community edition that is free with no time limit, where EasyWorship offers a 30-day trial that ends. On Community, countdowns are Pro-only and a small NaveLight mark sits in the corner of the operator console, but nothing appears on the screens the congregation sees and it does not expire.
What does NaveLight do that EasyWorship doesn't?
It listens to the sermon. NaveLight detects spoken Bible references and finds passages by meaning, follows the line being sung, and writes live sermon captions — none of which EasyWorship offers. It also runs on Linux and includes Yorùbá, Igbo, Hausa, Twi and Èʋe Bible packs at no extra cost.
What does EasyWorship have that NaveLight doesn't?
A very large bundled media library. EasyWorship Premium includes tens of thousands of ready-made backgrounds, countdowns and motions, and NaveLight ships none — you bring your own media or source it separately. For a church without a media budget or a designer, that library is a real advantage.
Still have a question?
Ask us anything, including the awkward ones. A real person answers, and if NaveLight isn't right for your church we'll say so.
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