# Realm Shepherd - for Pastors

> Pastoral Care Ministry

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1342781809](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1342781809)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1342781809`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ACS Technologies Group, Inc.
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (963 ratings)
- **Version:** 2026.6.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-10
- **First published:** 2018-09-01
- **Size:** 38 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/realm-shepherd-for-pastors/id1342781809)
- **Website:** [https://www.acstechnologies.com/products/realm](https://www.acstechnologies.com/products/realm)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.acstechnologies.com/company/privacy-policy](http://www.acstechnologies.com/company/privacy-policy)

## Description

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.

## Rankings

- #56,645 — Overall

## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1342781809)