Comparison

Catholic Confession vs iConfess

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Catholic Confession

This app aids in spiritual reflection and confession preparation. It includes a daily reflection feature to track sins and an examination of conscience. All your data is secured with password and PIN protection.

Highlights
  • Daily reflection feature
  • Sin tracking
  • Days since last confession counter
  • Examination of conscience
  • Password and PIN protection
Features
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Use our daily reflection feature to keep track of your sins. Tracks how many days since your last confession. Examination of conscious included in the app. Information is password and PIN protected.

About

iConfess

This app guides users through the Sacrament of Confession with detailed examinations of conscience, prayers, and educational resources. It also offers guided Rosary and Litany prayers with professional narration and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Guided Rosary and Litany with audio narration
  • Comprehensive examination of conscience
  • Collection of Catholic prayers
  • Educational resources on confession
  • Progress tracking for prayers
  • Smart search for examination topics
Features
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Prepare for a good confession, pray the Rosary, and keep a private record of your spiritual life — all in one calm, beautiful app. Your confession stays between you and God. Everything you write in iConfess is kept only on your device, encrypted. Never uploaded, never shared, never seen by anyone else. No account, no cloud, no tracking, no ads. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • All data stays on your iPhone or iPad, encrypted • Face ID / Touch ID lock, asked when you open the app or return after 30 seconds • Optional app password • Passphrase-protected backup file that you save wherever you choose — iConfess never uploads it • No accounts, no analytics, no tracking EXAMINE YOUR CONSCIENCE • My Focus Areas — the struggles you chose to watch, always first • Daily Examination — a few honest questions for each day, with Confess and Focus buttons • Ten Commandments — a thorough examination, commandment by commandment • Other Examinations — capital sins, precepts of the Church, theological virtues, sins of omission • Add your own in your own words — it goes straight to My list • Personal notes on any question CONFESS • My list gathers everything you want to confess • Step-by-step Guide: what to say and what to expect • Finish confession to log the priest's advice, your penance and resolutions — your list clears itself • Penance reminder with links to the prayers you were given PRAY • Guided Holy Rosary with audio — all four mystery sets, today's mysteries suggested • Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary with audio • Background audio with lock screen controls • Prayers before, during and after confession, and everyday prayers • Favorites at the top for the prayers you bookmark JOURNAL • Confession log with dates, advice and penance • Resolutions — grouped into Working on and Kept • My Notes and Saved prayers and readings LEARN • What confession is, how to go, and how to make a good examination • Clear, faithful explanations of mortal and venial sin DESIGNED FOR YOU • Soft, readable design in light and dark mode • iPad sidebar layout • Works fully offline Free. No ads. Made with love for the faithful. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins." — 1 John 1:9

Screenshots

Catholic Confession3 screens
iConfess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Catholic Confession at 60% against iConfess's 0%. Catholic Confession also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (112 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Catholic Confession holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Catholic Confession has 112 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Catholic Confession's written reviews are positive against 0% of iConfess's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catholic Confession ships an update every 4 months, iConfess every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Catholic Confession versus iConfess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatholic ConfessioniConfess
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (112 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings112 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB50 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperHold Me Inc.Blueinstinct App Solutions

Customer experience

Catholic Confession

All ratings114 ratings
Positive74.6%
Neutral6.1%
Negative19.3%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral8.9%
Negative31.1%

iConfess

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Catholic Confession

No in-app purchases

None

iConfess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Catholic Confession free?
Catholic Confession is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iConfess free?
iConfess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Catholic Confession or iConfess?
Catholic Confession is rated higher. Catholic Confession averages 4.0 out of 5 from 112 ratings, while iConfess averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Catholic Confession or iConfess have ads?
Neither Catholic Confession nor iConfess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Catholic Confession or iConfess?
Catholic Confession ships an update every 4 months, and iConfess every 3 months. Most recently, Catholic Confession was updated on November 2, 2026 and iConfess on October 30, 2026.

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