NW Scheduler (New World Scheduler) is a software program designed for Jehovah’s Witnesses. NW Scheduler can schedule and organise the Christian Life and Ministry meeting, Public Talks, Secretary Records, Field Service schedules, Public Witnessing Carts, Territories, Duties and Kingdom Hall Cleaning, Literature Requests, LDC Maintenance, and even more!
NW Scheduler 7.9
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New World Scheduler is available in 120+ languages
It is used by thousands of congregations in 180+ countries
JW Scheduler has been renamed New World Scheduler (NW Scheduler). We hope this avoids any confusion between our software and official jw.org software. Everything else remains the same.
- Note: To download the NW Publisher app, please visit the NW Publisher app website.
New World Scheduler 7.9
Overview
Welcome to NW Scheduler 7.9!
This release consolidates several updates, improvements and bug fixes.
Registration Costs: All around the world the cost of living is increasing, including the costs for developing software, licensing fees, hosting, servers, etc. Despite this, we have always worked very hard to keep our costs as low as possible. You will be pleased to know that due to tips, donations and economies-of-scale savings, throughout 2025 we have:
- Reduced standard registration costs by around 25%.
- Simplified and greatly expanded Limited Financial Means Registration. 176 countries now qualify for Limited Financial Means registration, and over 65 of these countries receive a 90% discount.
This has resulted in many more brothers and sisters benefiting from NW Scheduler and NW Publisher app. (2 Corinthians 8:14)
Warm Christian Love, New World Scheduler Team
Release Notes
UPDATES
PROGRAM
- New Warning added if NW Scheduler has been open for over 1 hour. Some brothers are closing their laptop lid, or sleeping their computer, while NW Scheduler is still open. Please do not do this, it may cause data sync problems. NW Scheduler must be properly closed and opened for data to sync correctly, especially if you are using the NW Publisher app or Congregation Sharing.
INFORMATION BOARD
- Combined ‘Documents’ and ‘Letters’ for simplification.
PUBLIC SPEAKER SHARING
- Faster connection and syncing times.
- Public Speaker Sharing is self-managed by all congregations in a circuit. This has resulted in some circuits being neat, orderly and well organized. However, other circuits are inconsistent and confusing. We will soon be auditing all circuits worldwide and cleaning up each circuit.
SCHEDULING
- ‘Select Person’ dialogue box now includes a Search field selected by default. This means you can type in any letter to immediately find a person.
- ‘Select Person’ dialogue box can now double-click to choose a person.
SCHEDULE – PUBLIC TALKS
- Can choose how many Previous months and Future months to show on the Public Talks Schedule. Adjust in Me > Settings.
SCHEDULE – FIELD SERVICE
- Added a new button “Copy to CO Schedule” that will copy the current weeks Field Service Schedule to the CO Visit Schedule. This button only appears if a Circuit Overseer Visit Congregation Event has been created for that week.
SCHEDULE – PUBLIC WITNESSING
- Changed the Select Person dropdown box to a ‘Select Person’ dialogue box, with Date of Last Assignment. This also allows Field Service Groups to be selected and scheduled.
- Added a “Not Available” option for specific Public Witnessing shifts, in case a specific shift on a specific day must be cancelled.
SCHEDULE – CO VISIT
- Added a new button “Copy to Field Service Schedule” that will copy the field service activities from the CO Visit Schedule to the Field Service Schedule. This button is the same as the new “Copy to CO Schedule”, but in reverse.
TERRITORIES
- Added an Address Language option. (see Territory Settings)
- Increased maximum Not at Home Attempts to 5. (see Territory Settings)
- Bing Maps has been removed (depreciated by Microsoft) and replaced with MapBox.
- Added three new Geocoding providers: LocationIQ, OpenCage and MapBox. (see Territory Settings)
- Added more options to Territory Master Map printing to produce better results for larger territories.
- Added Completed Percentage to the Territories List View for each Assigned Territory.
- Territory Campaign percentages and charts improved.
- Territory Assignment ‘Select Person’ interface improved, and now shows a Dialogue box.
- Territory Notifications email addresses have been combined.
- All Territory App Settings can now only be edited by the Territory Servant (e.g. User Access – Territories – Edit).
TEMPLATES
Renamed Public Talk Availability to Public Talk Outline Availability and added speaker names.
NW Publisher App UPDATES
(version 3.8.0 and greater)
- Note: To keep NW Publisher app secure and reliable, at times it is necessary to raise the minimum Android and iOS requirements to run the app. We generally align with JW Library requirements, which are found on jw.org. As of NW Publisher app version 3.8.0, Android 7.0+ is required.
- When adding a New Addresses, can now specify the Status, e.g. At Home, Not Home, Available, etc.
- Added Percentage Completed to the bottom-right corner of the Map View. This can motivate publishers to stay out longer to complete territories.
- Disabled Buttons will still show the Name, Phone and Notes on NW Publisher app.
- Midweek meeting parts timing (Minutes) added.
- ‘This Week’ changed to ‘Upcoming’ and now shows Assignments and Duties in the next 7 days, rather than calendar week.
- Weekend Meeting dates now update accurately.
- Can choose the Territory Map Overlay in Settings.
- Congregation Events will now also show on Schedules view, including any meeting day changes (e.g. Memorial).
- Public Witnessing Cart Locations can be minimized, making it easier to view when there are many locations.
- 4 New Languages: Ewe Èʋegbe, Ga, Slovak slovenčina, Tamil தமிழ்.
BUG FIXES
- Bug fixes are usually released in Minor Updates. If you have a problem or bug, please click Me > Updates > Check for Updates and install the latest Minor Update. Even if you don’t experience any problems, we recommend installing the latest Minor Update at least once a month.
New World Scheduler 7.8
Download Link: New World Scheduler 7.8
Overview
This release contains many behind-the-scenes improvements, especially with NW Publisher app. We have added 5 new App Regions: North America, South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa. This will not only increase the speed of NW Publisher app connections but will also help us to reduce App server fees.
Registration Costs: All around the world the cost of living is increasing, including the costs for developing software, licensing fees, hosting, servers, etc. Despite this, we have always worked very hard to keep our costs as low as possible, e.g. relocating our App servers will help us reduce App server fees. Additionally, as the number of users grows, we have been able to make some savings due to “economies of scale”. Therefore, since the beginning of 2025 we have been gradually reducing the price of registration, and we hope to be able to continue doing this going forward.
*** Important *** 1: After updating, ONE Congregation Administrator should click App > Change App Region, and then select your nearest region. Afterwards, please tell publishers which region they should select (although it should be obvious).
*** Important *** 2: After publishers update NW Publisher app, they should not have to ‘Connect to your Congregation’ again. If they do see this screen, they should “force close” and then re-open NW Publisher app.
*** Important *** 3: After a Congregation Administrator has changed the App region, all app users will need to please update to NW Publisher 3.7.0 and then select their Region. If publishers choose the correct region, there will be no need for them to re-login.
Territory Addresses: If any congregation in the USA needs assistance gathering addresses for your congregation territory at no additional cost, please Contact Us.
Warm Christian Love, New World Scheduler Team
Release Notes
NEW FEATURES
NW PUBLISHER APP
- 5 new App Regions. We have added 5 new App Regions: North America, South America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa. This will not only increase the speed of NW Publisher app connections but will also help us to reduce our App server fees. A Congregation Administrator should please click App > Change App Region and then select your closest region. Afterwards, please inform all publishers.
NEW TEMPLATES
- Right-to-left Weekly Overview. Used for languages with right-to-left text.
UPDATES
CONGREGATION SHARING
- User Access has again been simplified. E.G. Field Service and Public Witnessing have been combined, Congregation Administrator and App Administrator have been combined, Schedule CO Visit has been combined with Congregation Events.
PUBLIC SPEAKER SHARING
- Many bug fixes and improvements.
PERSONS
- Separated the “Disable App” and “Remove Personal Information” fields.
- Removed “LDC Volunteer” and replaced with Custom 7. (This term is now obsolete and was replaced with A-2 as shown on jw.org)
- When deleting a person, will now warn if any outstanding Territory Assignments.
SCHEDULE – DUTIES
- Auto-Assign Duties will now start with the duties that have the least amount of assigned brothers. This should ensure a more even distribution.
SCHEDULE – FIELD SERVICE
- Added a new “Recurring” option to Field Service Meetings, to signify this is a recurring arrangement, e.g. the same every week. This can then be used to limit which Field Service Meeting assignments are sent to NW Publisher app.
TERRITORIES
- The Last Territory Assignment date will now be retained indefinitely.
- Email Notifications can now be sent when a person completes a territory using NW Publisher app.
- New button to Export Selected Address Types to CSV, e.g. export foreign language addresses, Do Not Calls, No Access addresses, etc.
TEMPLATES
Can now optionally show Address Notes on printed Territory Cards.
NW Publisher App UPDATES (version 3.7.0 and greater)
- NOTE: Immediately after updating, some publishers may have to “Force Close” and then re-open NW Publisher app. Otherwise, they may be required to login again.
- Changed “Prepare and Send” buttons to “Send with Notifications” and “Send without Notifications”.
- 5 new Regions for faster access.
- Improved security and encryption.
- Updated Field Service, Public Witnessing and CO Visit Schedule UI.
- Regular Pioneers can now see their yearly hour target difference (tap Me > Field Service History).
- Light and Dark Themes. Select in Settings.
- 10 new languages! Albanian shqip, Amharic, Catalan català, Hindi हिंदी, Iloko Ilocano, Indonesian bahasa Indonesia, Serbian srpski, Sesotho, Thai ภาษาไทย, Zulu IsiZulu.
BUG FIXES
- Bug fixes are usually released in Minor Updates. If you have a problem or bug, please click Me > Updates > Check for Updates and install the latest Minor Update. Even if you don’t experience any problems, we recommend installing the latest Minor Update at least once a month.
Previous Versions of New World Scheduler
For all previous versions of New World Scheduler, including information about what changed with each version, please visit New World Scheduler Download Archives.