Hourglass Time vs FSGroup Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hourglass Time
Manage congregation assignments and schedules, submit field service reports, and receive important notifications. Requires an invitation from your Congregation Secretary to get started.
- View assignments and schedules
- Enter field service reports
- Receive notifications and reminders
- Accept congregation invitations
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View congregation assignments and schedules, enter your field service reports, receive notifications and reminders, and more! To use this app for the first time, you need an invitation from your Congregation Secretary. Open the invitation email on your device and accept the invitation.
FSGroup Mobile
This app allows Group Overseers to easily submit Field Service reports to the secretary. It serves as a companion to KHS (Kingdom Hall Schedules) for streamlined reporting.
- Submit Field Service reports
- Companion to KHS
- For Group Overseers
- Report submission to secretary
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FSG Mobile is an app designed as a compliment to KHS (Kingdom Hall Schedules) for Group Overseers to submit Field Service reports to the secretary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hourglass Time at 4.6 against FSGroup Mobile's 4.1. Hourglass Time also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (805 vs 105). FSGroup Mobile's advantage is iOS requirement (14.1 vs 17.0). 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.
Hourglass Time holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hourglass Time has 805 ratings behind it against 105, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Hourglass Time's written reviews are positive against 63% of FSGroup Mobile's.
Hourglass Time ships an update every 4 weeks, FSGroup Mobile every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hourglass Time | FSGroup Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (805 ratings) — better | 4.1 (105 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.0% of reviews — better | 63.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 805 — better | 105 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Congregation Software Foundation | Joe Majestic |
Customer experience
Hourglass Time
FSGroup Mobile
User reviews
Hourglass Time
From 805 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient for publishers
- 🚀 Helpful for secretaries
- 🚀 Saves time and effort
- 🚀 Improves reporting
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🔍 Difficult to find support
- 🔍 Lack of documentation
- 🔍 Confusing setup process
- 🔍 Limited functionality
FSGroup Mobile
From 105 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Helpful and convenient app
- 🚀 Efficient for collecting reports
- ✅ Green check mark for submitted reports
- 💡 Great idea for an app
- ✨ Makes reporting easy
Room to improve
- 🐛 App frequently crashes
- 🐛 App does not work
- 🐛 Data not saving or disappearing
- 🐛 File import issues
- 🐛 Send button greyed out
Bugs and requests
Hourglass Time
Reported bugs
5 issues- Reports not loading
- Unable to see group service reports
- Publisher information not editable
- Invitation links not working
- Incorrect default start dates for pioneers
Requested features
9 requests- Add calendar function for assignments
- Allow tracking of field service activity
- Provide option to choose auxiliary pioneer
- Add ability to enter time in increments
- Improve label printing functionality
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- Add option to cache publisher data
- Provide ability to edit mistakes after submission
- Implement iCloud or other backup solution
- Add more language support (e.g. Spanish, Albanian)
FSGroup Mobile
Reported bugs
28 issues- Filtering not working
- Uploading FGS file hit or miss
- App opens to splash page and closes
- Entry disappearing after tapping DONE
- Designating publishers as pioneers incorrectly
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- App won't open after entering time
- File won't import for secretary
- FSG file empty on import
- Records out of order and half reports have no publisher name
- App crashes when trying to open it
- Data not accepted or disappears after inputting
- Numbers reset to 0
- Secretary unable to open file
- App deletes entries and takes multiple tries to save
- App tends to delete everything when tapping DONE
- App keeps crashing
- Numbers don't stay after inputting
- Placements resets to 0 when entering hours
- Secretary unable to open file
- App crashes when trying to open email file
- Send button greyed out
- Filter hides publishers who haven't turned in time
- App flashes and closes on file import
- Names do not appear in FSG once imported
- App crashes on file import
- Can't open publisher archive
- Works great on iPhone but crashes and loses data on iPad
- Only previous month completed reports available
Requested features
12 requests- Indicate filled reports on main screen
- Manually upload publisher information
- Add another publisher directly in app
- Option for Secretaries to use for ALL publishers
- Input meeting attendance
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- Sync iPad with iPhone
- Change number entry text color to black (resolved by dark mode)
- See which publishers time has been entered for
- Record 'Less than an Hour'
- Mass send all listed info in one email
- Full featured version similar to PC version
- KHS for iOS
In-app purchases
Hourglass Time
No in-app purchases
FSGroup Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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