Returns Pro vs NWS Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Returns Pro
This tool helps Jehovah's Witnesses manage their ministry by quickly adding and updating return visits. It's designed for speed and simplicity, offering a lightweight experience for efficient record-keeping.
- Fast return visit tracking
- Easy update functionality
- Simple and beautiful interface
- Lightweight design
- Ministry assistance tool
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A beautiful, simple, and easy to use return visit app to assist Jehovah's Witnesses with ministry. This app was designed to be fast and lightweight to quickly add and update your return visits without being bogged down with too many taps. I hope you enjoy using it. This app is NOT an official app from Jehovah's Witnesses. Please feel free to report bugs to me at fgathright@me.com
NWS Mobile
This app assists Jehovah's Witnesses in organizing congregation activities. It facilitates scheduling meeting parts, public talks, and various duties. The app also includes territory management and data sharing capabilities with other compatible applications.
- Schedule meeting parts
- Assign public talks
- Manage congregation duties
- Territory management
- Data sharing with NW Publisher app
- View publisher reports
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NWS Mobile (New World Scheduler Mobile) is designed for Jehovah’s Witnesses to help with scheduling and organizing your congregation. Easy. Simple. Fast. NWS Mobile is a mobile companion to New World Scheduler, which allows appointed brothers to schedule and organize many aspects of the congregation, including scheduling Christian Life & Ministry meeting parts, Public Talk assignments, & Duties. It also contains Territory Management, send & receive selected data to NW Publisher and more! CONGREGATION - View Congregation Overview, Congregation Information, Congregation Events, Congregation Field Service Reports, Publisher Reports. PERSONS - View Persons Information, Away Periods, Spiritual Information, Privileges, Assignments, Publisher Reports, Emergency Contacts. SCHEDULE - Christian Life & Ministry Meeting, including Main & Auxiliary classes, and Local Needs. - Local and Away Public Talks, including visiting speakers and hospitality. - Assignments, including chairman, reading, hospitality and prayers. - Duties, including attendants, security, sound, video, microphones, platform, and even custom duties. TERRITORIES - Territory Information, Territory Addresses, Assign Territories, Territory Campaigns. NW PUBLISHER APP - Share selected data with publishers using NW Publisher app. - Receive data from publishers using NW Publisher app, including Publisher Reports, Away Periods.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NWS Mobile at every 2 weeks against Returns Pro's every 4 months. NWS Mobile also leads on ratings volume (87 vs 19) and device support (4 vs 2). Returns Pro's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 60%). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Returns Pro against 4.3 for NWS Mobile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 87 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Returns Pro's written reviews are positive against 60% of NWS Mobile's.
Returns Pro ships an update every 4 months, NWS Mobile every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Returns Pro | NWS Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (19 ratings) — better | 4.3 (87 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 60.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 87 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Floyd Gathright | New World Solutions Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Returns Pro
NWS Mobile
In-app purchases
Returns Pro
No in-app purchases
NWS Mobile
No in-app purchases









