Hourglass Time vs NWS 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.
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hourglass Time at 4.6 against NWS Mobile's 4.4. Hourglass Time also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 60%) and ratings volume (806 vs 93). NWS Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). 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 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hourglass Time has 806 ratings behind it against 93, 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 60% of NWS Mobile's.
Hourglass Time ships an update every 4 weeks, NWS Mobile every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hourglass Time | NWS Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (806 ratings) — better | 4.4 (93 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.0% of reviews — better | 60.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 806 — better | 93 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Congregation Software Foundation | New World Solutions Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Hourglass Time
NWS Mobile
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)
NWS Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hourglass Time
No in-app purchases
NWS Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
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