Realm Shepherd - for Pastors

Name: Realm Shepherd - for Pastors
Rating: 4.5 (937 reviews)
Author: ACS Technologies Group, Inc.

By: ACS Technologies Group, Inc. App

Pastoral Care Ministry

Overview

Version:

2026.6.0

Last updated: 2026-06-10

Ranking

#61,589 ▼ 276

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Realm Shepherd gives pastors and pastoral staff instant, on-the-go access to your church data. Look up individuals and family members, see small group participation, and track where people are in their spiritual journey—directly in Realm from your mobile device.

Create, view, and edit pastoral notes linked to specific individuals, record interactions, and monitor discipleship progress and visitation notes on the move. View full profiles (names, family, relationships, contact details, addresses, birthdays, photos, groups, and pathway participation). Realm Shepherd is a free app for churches using Realm (included with your Realm subscription); active accounts are required to sign in. For support, contact shepherd@acst.com.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Communication Data Education Task Management

By:

ACS Technologies Group, Inc.

Rating:

4.50

(937) 4 new ratings

Version:

2026.6.0 Last updated: 2026-06-10

Version code:

886747334

Creation date:

2018-09-01

Compatible devices:

Size:

38.29MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-17

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Ranking

# 61,589 ▼ 276

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Developed by:

ACS Technologies Group, Inc.

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/realm-shepherd-for-pastors/id1342781809

Website:

https://www.acstechnologies.com/products/realm

User Reviews

Reviewers praise quick access to member data and basic communication tools, and note Realm Shepherd is an improvement over older systems with useful Pathways visibility. However, multiple users report repeated sign-in prompts, frequent crashes, and a clunky UX, with Pathways features often missing or incomplete. Overall, it’s a helpful pastor-facing directory with room for stability, UX polish, and feature completeness.

Pros

Easy access to member contact information (addresses, phone numbers, family).
Ability to send emails or texts and quickly get directions.
Improved over older church management systems.
Pathways features exist and are valuable for tracking group involvement; more enhancements requested.
Easier to find people and view details (ages, groups) compared with other apps.

Cons

Frequent re-authentication and login friction.
Crashes and instability, especially after updates or during use.
Clunky, confusing UI and poor user experience.
Pathways functionality is missing or incomplete.

Recent reviews

Keeps logging you out requiring a full sign in from scratch. I seldom use it for this reason. I get logged out several times a week. No one has solved this. It haired on both Android and when I switched to iOS.