FSGroup Mobile vs Shepherd
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FSGroup Mobile
This app allows Group Overseers to easily submit Field Service reports to the secretary. It serves as a companion to KHS (Kingdom Hall Schedules) for streamlined reporting.
- Submit Field Service reports
- Companion to KHS
- For Group Overseers
- Report submission to secretary
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FSG Mobile is an app designed as a compliment to KHS (Kingdom Hall Schedules) for Group Overseers to submit Field Service reports to the secretary.
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 FSGroup Mobile's 4.1. FSGroup Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (105 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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.
Shepherd holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FSGroup Mobile has 105 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FSGroup Mobile | Shepherd |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (105 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joe Majestic | Adam Coots |
Customer experience
FSGroup Mobile
Shepherd
Bugs and requests
FSGroup Mobile
Reported bugs
28 issues- Filtering not working
- Uploading FGS file hit or miss
- App opens to splash page and closes
- Entry disappearing after tapping DONE
- Designating publishers as pioneers incorrectly
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- App won't open after entering time
- File won't import for secretary
- FSG file empty on import
- Records out of order and half reports have no publisher name
- App crashes when trying to open it
- Data not accepted or disappears after inputting
- Numbers reset to 0
- Secretary unable to open file
- App deletes entries and takes multiple tries to save
- App tends to delete everything when tapping DONE
- App keeps crashing
- Numbers don't stay after inputting
- Placements resets to 0 when entering hours
- Secretary unable to open file
- App crashes when trying to open email file
- Send button greyed out
- Filter hides publishers who haven't turned in time
- App flashes and closes on file import
- Names do not appear in FSG once imported
- App crashes on file import
- Can't open publisher archive
- Works great on iPhone but crashes and loses data on iPad
- Only previous month completed reports available
Requested features
12 requests- Indicate filled reports on main screen
- Manually upload publisher information
- Add another publisher directly in app
- Option for Secretaries to use for ALL publishers
- Input meeting attendance
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- Sync iPad with iPhone
- Change number entry text color to black (resolved by dark mode)
- See which publishers time has been entered for
- Record 'Less than an Hour'
- Mass send all listed info in one email
- Full featured version similar to PC version
- KHS for iOS
Shepherd
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
FSGroup Mobile
No in-app purchases
Shepherd
No in-app purchases
