Comparison

Shepherd vs TheoTimer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • To-do list management
  • Event reminders
  • Attendance statistics tracking
  • Note-taking for conversations
  • Group project initiation
Features
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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!

About

TheoTimer

Features
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TheoTimer is a simple timing app designed for the Life & Ministry School and congregation meeting parts. Track timing for Bible Reading, Starting a Conversation, Follow Up, Talks, Gems comments, Public Talks, Watchtower comments, and miscellaneous parts. Each timer can be started, stopped, reset, renamed, adjusted, and saved to a dated ledger. TheoTimer also lets you add or remove timers when the meeting schedule changes, making it flexible for extra parts or special needs. Features include: Separate timer pages for L&M, Gems, Public Talk, Watchtower, Misc, and Ledger Editable timer names and goal times Optional goal alert sound for individual timers Save completed sessions to a dated ledger Share individual, selected, or all sessions as a PDF Export, import, backup, and restore ledger data Clean navy blue, yellow, and white design App icon splash screen for a polished launch experience TheoTimer keeps timing organized so you can focus on the meeting parts instead of managing a stopwatch and notes separately.

Screenshots

Shepherd4 screens
TheoTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TheoTimer at every 4 days against Shepherd's every 2 months. Shepherd's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shepherd ships an update every 2 months, TheoTimer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on July 9, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Shepherd versus TheoTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShepherdTheoTimer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam CootsFrankie Wellman

In-app purchases

None

Shepherd

No in-app purchases

None

TheoTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shepherd free?
Shepherd is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TheoTimer free?
TheoTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shepherd or TheoTimer have ads?
Neither Shepherd nor TheoTimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shepherd or TheoTimer?
Shepherd ships an update every 2 months, and TheoTimer every 4 days. Most recently, Shepherd was updated on July 9, 2026 and TheoTimer on September 13, 2026.

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