Comparison

NWS Mobile vs Visit Thread

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Schedule meeting parts
  • Assign public talks
  • Manage congregation duties
  • Territory management
  • Data sharing with NW Publisher app
  • View publisher reports
Features
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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.

About

Visit Thread

Features
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A thoughtful follow-up starts with remembering the person. Visit Thread brings people, conversations, and plans together in a calm, easy-to-use organizer. Plan return visits, Bible studies, and shepherding calls without losing track of what you talked about or what you wanted to discuss next. SEE WHAT’S NEXT Start with Today to see overdue, today’s, and upcoming visits. Use the month calendar to choose a date and schedule someone, or plan the next visit directly from their page. Set optional reminders and repeating visit plans. KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING Record what you discussed, scriptures or publication titles you shared, who went with you, and a topic for next time. Before your visit brings the last conversation and helpful details together. Frequently used companion names make entry easier. KEEP PEOPLE ORGANIZED Save contact details, addresses, best times to call, groups, and optional language or nationality. Filter by visit type and search across people, conversations, publications, schedules, and unfinished visits. Possible-duplicate warnings help you avoid adding the same person twice. FIND YOUR WAY See saved locations on an Apple Maps map. Drop a pin to begin a new record, save a Home marker, and open directions. A person’s map can show their saved location alongside your current position when you allow location access. FINISH LATER Unfinished visit notes are saved as local drafts. Reopen them from Today, or return to the same visit editor to pick up where you left off. MAKE IT YOURS Choose from fourteen color palettes, starting with Calm Blue, and use light, dark, or system appearance. Organized layouts adapt to iPhone and iPad. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases. Records stay on your device, with optional App Lock using Face ID, Touch ID, or your device passcode. Create a password-protected manual backup when you want a recovery copy or need to move saved records to another device. Apple Maps features use Apple services and may need an internet connection. Optional location access helps display your current position; your current position is not saved in visit records. Backup passwords cannot be recovered by the app. Visit Thread is an independent personal organizer.

Screenshots

NWS Mobile4 screens
Visit Thread4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Visit Thread at every 2 days against NWS Mobile's every 2 weeks. NWS Mobile's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, 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

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

NWS Mobile ships an update every 2 weeks, Visit Thread every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NWS Mobile versus Visit Thread: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNWS MobileVisit Thread
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (93 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings93 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNew World Solutions Pty LtdMetal Mirror Inc

In-app purchases

None

NWS Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Visit Thread

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NWS Mobile free?
NWS Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visit Thread free?
Visit Thread is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NWS Mobile or Visit Thread have ads?
Neither NWS Mobile nor Visit Thread shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NWS Mobile or Visit Thread?
NWS Mobile ships an update every 2 weeks, and Visit Thread every 2 days. Most recently, NWS Mobile was updated on October 30, 2026 and Visit Thread on October 31, 2026.

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