NWS Mobile vs SG Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
SG Planner
Organize field service groups into vehicles efficiently. Generate suggested assignments, customize names, and easily rearrange members. Save and restore previous arrangements for quick access.
- Generate publisher-to-vehicle assignments
- Optimize for vehicle count or comfort
- Edit publisher and vehicle names
- Drag and drop assignments
- Save and restore assignment history
- Manage publisher lists
- Multi-language support (English/Spanish)
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Service Group Planner helps organize field service groups into vehicles quickly and clearly. Choose the number of publishers and vehicles, generate a suggested distribution, then adjust the result as needed. Rename publishers and vehicles, drag publishers between vehicles, save useful assignments, and restore previous results later. Features: * Generate publisher-to-vehicle assignments * Choose between minimizing vehicles or maximizing comfort * Edit publisher and vehicle names * Drag and drop publishers between vehicles * Save and restore result history * Manage a saved publisher list * Use Service View to track publisher selections during service * Switch between English and Spanish * Store preferences and saved results on device Service Group Planner is designed to make group organization faster while keeping the final arrangement flexible and easy to update.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SG Planner at 5.0 against NWS Mobile's 4.4. NWS Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (92 vs 1) and device support (4 vs 1). 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.
SG Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NWS Mobile has 92 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | NWS Mobile | SG Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (92 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 92 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | New World Solutions Pty Ltd | ANDREW TELLEZ |
Customer experience
NWS Mobile
SG Planner
In-app purchases
NWS Mobile
No in-app purchases
SG Planner
No in-app purchases









