Confession Planner vs iConfess

Confession Planner is intended for persons above 13 years of age to aid the repentant person with their confession with their father of confession. By no means does it replace receiving the absolution from the priest! The Confession Planner app helps prepare you in a gentle manner by guiding you through a series of questions with the repentant answering yes or no to each offense. Each question is rooted to the ten commandment and supported by verses from the bible. Additionally, to help you understand the offenses, the questionnaire is divided into three categories of: Sins against God; Sins against my neighbors; Sins against myself. At the end of the examination questions, a text box allows you to type in any additional offenses that might be on your mind. Completing the questionnaire generates a report presented in a “first person” format making it easy to read during confessional. Included also are prayers of repentance before and after confession. Rest assured, the app does not ask your name or any sort of information. You have the ability to save the report which will self-destruct in 7 days also delete at any time. This app was created by dedicated youth from: Holy Nativity Coptic Orthodox Church Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii www.hncoc.org

Confession is such an important sacrament for us as Catholics, and yet it can be intimidating and difficult to go to regularly. iConfess was designed to break down these barriers so that we can benefit more often from this wonderful sacraments and lead lives of holiness. Confession can be intimidating: Confessing your sins to priests is hard and nerve-racking, which is why iConfess walks you through how to make a good confession. Part of this includes completing an examination of conscience, so that you can include all the sins since your last confession. Confession can be hard to find: Often times, we aren't familiar with the confessions times at the churches near us. iConfess allows you to easily find churches near your location, and shows you the relevant confession or mass times, according to your preferences. Confession can be difficult to do regularly: Sometimes we can go months or years without confession because we simply never get around to it. iConfess provides the ability to set reminders to create a variety of spiritual habits, including going to confession regularly. The goal of all of these features is to enable every Catholic to dive deeper into the sacrament of Confession, so that they can receive forgiveness and continue on their path to sainthood. If you have any requested features or any feedback, please don't hesitate to reach out: iConfessionApp@gmail.com