Comparison

CmsApp vs WitnessWork

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

CmsApp

This application assists Jehovah's Witnesses in tracking their daily field service activities and submitting monthly reports. It includes contact management with map integration, activity statistics, and important notifications. The app also facilitates communication with contacts and provides directions.

Highlights
  • Track daily field service activity
  • Submit monthly congregation reports
  • Manage contacts and return visits
  • Map integration for contact locations
  • Visualize service statistics
  • Receive important notifications
  • Direct communication with contacts
Features
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CmsApp is an application designed for Jehovah’s Witnesses to help organize and manage ministry activities. • Activity tracking Keep an accurate and simple record of your daily activity and monthly report. • Daily activity with timer Track your ministry time and monitor your progress clearly. • Report submission Send your monthly report directly to your congregation quickly and securely. • Contact management Organize return visits and Bible studies with an easy-to-use contact list. • Map integration View addresses and locate contacts easily using the integrated map. • Territories and lists Manage territories and lists, including foreign language territories. • Congregation programs Stay organized by viewing updated assignments and schedules. • Notifications Receive important reminders and notifications directly on your device. • Device integration Call, message, or email contacts directly from the app. • Multilingual Available in English and Spanish.

About

WitnessWork

This app helps Jehovah's Witnesses manage their field service activities. It offers features for scheduling, tracking time, managing contacts with map integration, and generating reports. Designed for ease of use, it provides automatic reminders and customizable options for efficient ministry.

Highlights
  • Automatic contact mapping
  • Contact sharing and import
  • Service time scheduling and planning
  • Map view for nearby contacts
  • Service time tracking
  • Return visit reminders
  • Automatic study counting
Features
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WitnessWork (formerly JW Time) is the easy way for Jehovah's Witnesses to manage their field service priorities. Designed to focus on user experience, WitnessWork is simple yet feature-rich. KEY FEATURES CONTACTS - Automatic Pins place a contact's address on your map - Dedicated Contacts tab with fuzzy search, smart sorting, and stacked filters - Contact avatars — a photo or emoji, with tap-to-expand fullscreen viewing - Share & import contacts via secure links — easily transfer calls to other publishers - Switching from MyTime? Import your contacts and visit history from a MyTime backup, with a preview before anything is added - Customize pin colors, or touch, hold, and drag to adjust any pin's location - Create coordinate-only contacts for rural territory - Customize the day thresholds and colors behind contact staleness - Dismiss contacts you no longer wish to visit, with reminders when it's time to return - Recover deleted contacts, and add custom fields to any contact - Swift options to reach an address, call, message, email, & more CONVERSATIONS & RETURN VISITS - Make "conversations" that link to contacts and notify you about upcoming return visits - "Upcoming Visits" reminds you of the day's conversations, so you never forget a return visit - Approaching and missed conversations surface on your home screen - Intelligent and automatic study counting SCHEDULING & PLANS - Schedule your service time and create one-time or recurring plans - Recurring plans by day of week and week of month (e.g. "first Monday"), with per-instance overrides - Assign a Type to each plan so projected totals reflect the right credit - A Schedule screen with a calendar view of day plans and recurring conversations - Annual Schedule view to confirm you've planned enough time for the whole service year TIME TRACKING & PROGRESS - Timer (stopwatch) to track your day's service time - Time tracking for every type of publisher, or customize it to exactly what you need - Automatic goal creation based on your publisher type - Time credit with an automatic 55-hour monthly cap, plus time rollover into the next month - Progress Screen 2.0 — Month, Year, and All-time views with customizable milestones, category breakdowns, and lifetime hours - Statistics on your monthly and yearly reports, plus notes on time entries - Beautiful celebrations the moment you cross a goal - Gamified service reporting via your "Monthly Routine" MAP - Quick access to relevant info while finding nearby contacts - Address autocomplete — start typing to see suggestions - Live progress while locating contacts, which you can skip midway SYNC, BACKUP & WIDGETS - Home screen widgets — month calendar, appointments, hours, and contacts - iCloud sync (Supporter) keeps reports, contacts, and plans in step across your devices, with optional photo sync - Backup and restore in seconds, with automatic backup reminders PERSONALIZATION - A whole new look — floating tab bar, frosted cards, and a fresh, modern feel - Redesigned home profile card showing your role, time served, and fun stats - Toggle visibility of home screen sections - Light, dark, or device theme, plus an optional custom accent color (Supporter) - Choose how time displays — decimal (13.5) or hours & minutes (13 Hrs 30 Mins) - Set date format, clock style, and start of week independently from app language, with an Auto option - Adjustable font size, and available in 18 languages MORE - Easy-to-understand monthly and annual service reports - Continual FREE updates WitnessWork does not and will never track any personal information. All personally identifiable data stays local to your device and is never sent to external servers. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

CmsApp4 screens
WitnessWork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: WitnessWork at 95% against CmsApp's 50%. WitnessWork also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (427 vs 23). CmsApp's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 23) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 16.4). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. WitnessWork sells 23 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. CmsApp asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WitnessWork holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WitnessWork has 427 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of CmsApp's written reviews are positive against 95% of WitnessWork's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CmsApp ships an update every 3 months, WitnessWork every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
CmsApp versus WitnessWork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCmsAppWitnessWork
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23 ratings)4.9 (427 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews95.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23427 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.2 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRuben CarreonLevi Wilkerson

Customer experience

CmsApp

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

WitnessWork

All ratings427 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral1.4%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.3%

Bugs and requests

CmsApp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

WitnessWork

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Glitches After Latest Update
  • Time Calculation Discrepancies

Requested features

5 requests
  • Lock Screen Widget
  • Ability to Configure Week Start Day
  • Time Entry with Notes
  • Integration with Congregation Apps
  • Placement Tracking for Literature and Videos

In-app purchases

None

CmsApp

No in-app purchases

23 purchases

WitnessWork

Subscriptions14
  • Monthly Donation$0.991 Month
  • Monthly Donation$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Donation$2.991 Month
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  • Monthly Donation$3.991 Month
  • Monthly Donation$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Donation$5.991 Month
  • Annual Donation$9.991 Year
  • Monthly Donation$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Donation$10.991 Month
  • Monthly Donation$11.991 Month
  • Monthly Donation$12.991 Month
  • Annual Donation$14.991 Year
  • Monthly Donation$14.991 Month
  • Annual Donation$19.991 Year
One-time9
  • One Time Donation$0.99
  • One Time Donation$1.99
  • One Time Donation$2.99
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  • One Time Donation$3.99
  • One Time Donation$4.99
  • One Time Donation$5.99
  • One Time Donation$9.99
  • One Time Donation$14.99
  • One Time Donation$19.99

Questions

Is CmsApp free?
CmsApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WitnessWork free?
WitnessWork is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CmsApp or WitnessWork?
WitnessWork is rated higher. CmsApp averages 4.7 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while WitnessWork averages 4.9 from 427 ratings.
Do CmsApp or WitnessWork have ads?
Neither CmsApp nor WitnessWork shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CmsApp or WitnessWork?
CmsApp ships an update every 3 months, and WitnessWork every 11 days. Most recently, CmsApp was updated on September 8, 2026 and WitnessWork on September 25, 2026.

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