Shepherd vs LDS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
LDS
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This app can be used to track member attendance at Sunday meetings. Those not attending can be sorted by name or room number. It has also been updated to count visitors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Shepherd at 3 against LDS's 1. Shepherd also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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 ships an update every 2 months, LDS every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shepherd | LDS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Coots | Ken Law |
In-app purchases
Shepherd
No in-app purchases
LDS
No in-app purchases
