NWT Reading vs jwTerritory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NWT Reading
This app offers a structured Bible reading schedule for the New World Translation, catering to Jehovah's Witnesses. It supports multiple languages, tracks progress, and provides various reading plans, including chronological and canonical orders. Users can also explore locations mentioned in scriptures and enjoy a dark mode.
- Bible reading schedule
- Supports multiple languages
- Tracks reading progress
- Canonical and chronological plans
- Highlights key chronological events
- Dark mode theme
- Open source
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NWT Reading provides a Bible reading schedule for the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, specifically for Jehovah's Witnesses. • Supports reading the Bible in all available languages of the complete New World Translation, including sign languages. • Scriptures open in the JW Library® app. • Tracks your reading progress and shows the number of days you are ahead or behind schedule. • Offers several reading plans: canonical, in the order the Bible books were written, and chronologically, as the events took place. • Allows you to select the reading speed or read without a specific end date. • Highlights dates with key events in the chronological plan. • Shows locations mentioned in each section and where to find them in the brochure “See the Good Land.” • Use multiple Bible reading plans in parallel. • Enjoy a dark mode theme for a more comfortable reading experience. • NWT Reading is open source! Find us on GitHub and contribute. • User interface available in Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, and Spanish. JW Library is a registered trademark of the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.
jwTerritory
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jwTerritory is a free, simple, private companion for organizing field ministry of Jehovah's Witnesses. Manage your territories, keep track of visits, log your service time, and plan your week — everything stays on your devices and syncs securely through your own iCloud account with others. Manage your territories • Organize territories by street, house number and apartment • Support for both single-family and multi-family (apartment) territories • Record visits with notes and customizable statuses (e.g. Not Home, Not Interested, Other Language) • Create your own visit statuses with custom names, colors and symbols • Add tags, tenant names and phone numbers to keep helpful details close • Batch-add addresses, edit prefixes/suffixes, and move streets, house numbers and apartments with ease Share with others • Share a territory with another user through iCloud • Everyone sees the same visits and statuses, kept in sync automatically • Your custom statuses travel with the shared territory Track your time • Built-in timer with a Live Activity • Log service and credit hours • Set your goal — Publisher, Auxiliary, Regular or Special Pioneer — and watch your monthly progress • Review and share your report at the end of the month Plan your schedule • Calendar for appointments Private by design • Your data lives on your device and in your personal iCloud — no separate accounts, no ads • Available in multiple languages Download jwTerritory and keep your ministry organized, on your terms. It's an independent, unofficial tool built by one developer and isn't affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced on behalf of any organization or congregation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: jwTerritory at every 9 days against NWT Reading's every 3 weeks. NWT Reading's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NWT Reading ships an update every 3 weeks, jwTerritory every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NWT Reading | jwTerritory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (49 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Werner Fleischer | Edward Cukerman |
In-app purchases
NWT Reading
No in-app purchases
jwTerritory
No in-app purchases






