Daily faith-based accountability for your small group
Your circle keeps you on the path.
Guardrails helps your group stay in the Word daily and stay close between meetings. Daily check-ins, real leader visibility, and a private AI companion, all built around the one thing that keeps people on track: each other.
Free to start. Built for groups of 2–30.
Most groups meet once a week. Life happens every day.
The real battles don't wait for the next meeting. Guardrails keeps your group connected every day, not just when you're in the same room. No more finding out three weeks later that someone has been struggling alone.
You became a leader to care for people, not manage spreadsheets.
“Guardrails gives leaders the tools to see, respond, and act, before a struggling member disappears.”
Example: the leader dashboard
Tuesday Men's Group
- JMChecked in · 7:02 AMStanding firm
- DRChecked in · 7:40 AMStruggling
- TKChecked in · 8:05 AMConfession
- ALChecked in · 8:15 AMStanding firm
- BWSOS · leaders notifiedNeeds prayer now
One glance shows who's standing firm, who's struggling, who shared a confession, and who needs prayer right now.
Will members really check in every day? A check-in takes about 30 seconds, and if someone goes quiet for days, Guardrails nudges you so you can reach out.
Sample group shown. Members appear by initials here for privacy.
Your group is your guardrail.
Guardrails isn't a social network or a habit tracker. It's a focused tool for small groups in churches and in Bible-based organizations, and for accountability partners who want to walk the road together.
Small group leaders
Stay in touch with every member between weekly meetings.
Men's and women's circles
Groups that need deep trust and a safe place to be honest.
Pastors & organizational leaders
See how every group across your church or organization is really doing.
Committed individuals
Believers looking for gentle, regular accountability, never shame.
Not connected to a group yet?
You don't have to walk alone. Sign up on your own, browse the outreach and open groups that churches and organizations have set up, and ask to join one. Start where you are.
Churches and organizations: open a door
Set up an outreach group or an open group for people who aren't connected to a church or organization yet. They can find it online and ask to join, and you decide who comes in.
What makes it different
Faith at the center
Scripture and prayer are part of every day, not an afterthought.
Small on purpose
Made for groups of 2–30. No feeds, no likes, no noise.
Men's and women's groups stay separate
So people can share openly, without holding back.
A safety net that’s built in
SOS and follow-up alerts come standard, not as add-ons.
Everything your group needs. Nothing you don't.
Built specifically for groups of 2–30. No algorithmic feeds, no vanity metrics. Just scripture, honest check-ins, and the safety net your leaders need.
Daily Scripture
01Stay in the Word daily. The same passage reaches every member at the time your group picks. Everyone reads together, and leaders don’t have to send a thing.
Daily Check-Ins
02A 30-second check-in on how you’re doing spiritually, emotionally, and day to day. Only your group sees it.
Leader Dashboard
03One screen shows the whole group. Green means standing firm, yellow means struggling, blue means a confession was shared, and red means someone needs prayer now.
Smart Alerts
04Guardrails notices when someone goes quiet for days and nudges the leader. Resolved follow-ups clear themselves.
SOS Button
05In a crisis, one tap alerts your leaders right away and shows quick links to 911 and the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Private AI Companion
06Encouragement and guidance rooted in biblical principles. A private place to pray and reflect. Nothing you say is saved.
Group Management
07Invite links, co-leaders, member changes, and archiving. Men’s and women’s groups always stay separate.
Prayer Requests
08A private prayer wall for your group. Tap to pray, send encouragement, and mark prayers answered.
Personal Journal
09A private, encrypted journal. Use “Go Deeper” to take an entry into a guided conversation with the AI Companion.
Church & Organization Admin
10For senior pastors and organizational leaders: see the health of every group, your leaders, and organization-wide trends, and set up groups in bulk.
The Library
11Teaching from 50+ contributors: over 200 free sermons, podcasts, and links to paid books and courses when you want to go deeper.
A grace-filled place to process.
The AI Companion is private. Nothing you share is stored or captured, unless you choose to send it. Use it to reflect, pray, work through something hard, or just think out loud. It will be there when you need it. Gone when you don't.
- No conversations are stored on our servers.
- Close it, and it’s gone.
- Only what you choose to send ever leaves it.
What the Companion is, and what it's for
Full of grace, love, and mercy
It meets you with kindness, never shame or judgment. However you come, you’re met with the same grace God offers each of us.
A safe place for the hard things
Some struggles are hard to say out loud, even to people you trust. The Companion gives you a private place to put words to what’s unspoken, so it gets easier to share.
A help to pastors and organizational leaders
Leaders can’t be everywhere, every hour. The Companion is there in the in-between moments and helps people get ready to have honest conversations with their leaders. Leaders never see what’s said there.
Always points back to people
It’s never meant to be the answer on its own. It always encourages you to reach out to your group, your pastor or organizational leader, trusted friends, or a qualified professional, because healing happens in real relationships.
A support, never the final word. The AI Companion offers encouragement, reflection, and guidance rooted in biblical principles. It doesn't replace counseling, pastoral care, or real relationships, and it always points you toward trusted friends, your faith community, and qualified professionals when needed.
Faith and accountability, wherever people are.
Many facilities give residents tablets for approved content. Guardrails can be one of those apps, bringing daily scripture, honest check-ins, and a caring community to people who need it most.
Built for facility tablets
Daily scripture, check-ins, the Library, and group support, all on the tablets your residents already use.
Set up around your rules
Every facility has its own rules for tablet apps. Guardrails is tailored to fit yours, so you choose what residents can see and use.
Monitoring when you need it
Where your protocols call for it, staff can monitor activity. Where they don’t, it can stay private.
Connection that carries forward
Residents build faith habits and real relationships inside, and can stay connected to a group when they leave.
Why the AI Companion matters here
Caring for the mind and spirit, even in the loneliest places.
Loneliness inside wears down the mind and the spirit. The hardest nights often come after chaplains and counselors have gone home.
The AI Companion is there in those hours, offering encouragement and guidance rooted in biblical principles. It doesn't replace counselors, chaplains, or real relationships. It points residents back to people and follows your facility's rules.
A healthy mind and a living faith grow together. Neither should have to grow alone.
- For the mindA calm voice at 2 a.m. for racing thoughts.
- For the soulPrayer, scripture, and grace, never shame.
- For the whole personPoints back to chaplains, counselors, groups, and family.
- In the hardest momentsUrges anyone in crisis to tell staff right away.
Simple enough to start this week.
Built for the road ahead. Not the road you've already traveled.
- 01
Leader creates the group
Your leader creates a private group and invites members with a single link. It takes under two minutes.
- 02
Members check in daily
You check in with a tap. How are you doing spiritually and emotionally? Your leader sees. Your group cares.
- 03
Leaders act and respond
Smart alerts go off when someone is struggling or drifting. Care happens in days, not weeks.
Free to start. Simple when you grow.
Join a group for free. Upgrade when you're ready to lead one, or bring your whole church or organization along at a lower price per person.
Free
For members joining a group
$0forever
- Join 1 group
- Daily scripture and check-ins
- AI Companion: 10 questions a day
Individual
For leaders and anyone who wants it all
$9.99per month
or $99 per year
- Create and lead your own groups
- Join more than one group
- Full AI Companion access
- Try everything free for 7 days
Group Plan
For churches and Bible-based organizations
Per person, per month. The more people, the lower the price.
| 1–10 people | $8.00 |
| 11–20 people | $7.50 |
| 21–50 people | $7.00 |
| 51–100 people | $6.50 |
| 101–199 people | $6.00 |
Pay yearly and get 12 months for the price of 10.
Get StartedEnterprise: 200 people or more
Larger churches, networks, and organizations get custom rates built around their size.
Good teaching, ready when you need it.
The Guardrails Library puts sermons, podcasts, and trusted resources right inside the app. Your group can go deeper together between meetings, without hunting all over the internet.
50+
Contributors
200+
Free sermons
Free
Podcasts
Trusted contributors
Teaching from more than 50 pastors, teachers, and organizational leaders, all in one place.
Free sermons
Over 200 sermons you can watch or listen to anytime, at no cost.
Podcasts
Faith-centered podcasts for the commute, the gym, or a quiet morning.
Paid resources
Links to books, courses, and studies from our contributors when you want to go deeper.
Ready to build a group that actually shows up?
Guardrails is free to start. Your group is waiting.
Get StartedBuilt for the long road. Free to start.