Bible Read vs Shepherd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bible Read
Track your Bible reading progress with this dedicated application. Monitor your reading schedule and stay organized with your spiritual journey. Designed for personal study and spiritual growth.
- Bible reading progress tracking
- Personal study organization
- Spiritual growth monitoring
- Reading schedule management
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Please note that this app is NOT sponsored or supported by Watchtower And Tract Society. If you need support, please contact me at: wolinweb@gmail.com.
Shepherd
This app assists field service group overseers for Jehovah's Witnesses by managing tasks, tracking attendance, and facilitating group projects. It helps overseers stay responsive to their group's needs with reminders and note-taking features.
- To-do list management
- Event reminders
- Attendance statistics tracking
- Note-taking for conversations
- Group project initiation
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Shepherd is an app for Jehovah's Witnesses. It is designed to help field service group overseers remain alert and responsive to the needs of their group. With this app you can: - Keep track of to-dos - Get reminded of important events - Track meeting and ministry attendance statistics - Keep notes on important conversations - Start a project to accomplish a task across your entire group - and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shepherd at 5.0 against Bible Read's 4.5. Bible Read's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (179 vs 5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Shepherd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bible Read has 179 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bible Read ships an update weekly, Shepherd every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bible Read | Shepherd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (179 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 179 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 158 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Manuel De Freitas | Adam Coots |
Customer experience
Bible Read
Shepherd
Bugs and requests
Bible Read
Reported bugs
6 issues- All progress erased with update
- Reading plans disappeared
- App crashes and won't open
- Progress not saving
- Timer doesn't work
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- Verse 4 missing in Jeremiah 47
Requested features
6 requests- Option to pick accent color
- Sync accent color from Mac
- Change reading speed of audio
- Option to choose KJV Bible version
- Ability to track reading chronologically
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- Automatic backup of progress
Shepherd
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bible Read
No in-app purchases
Shepherd
No in-app purchases
