Divine Mercy vs Catholic Confession
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Divine Mercy
Explore the message and devotion of Divine Mercy with this comprehensive app. Access daily meditations, interactive prayers like the Chaplet and Way of the Cross, and hundreds of quotes from St. Faustina's Diary. Receive configurable prayer reminders and engage with novenas to deepen your faith.
- Interactive Chaplet of Divine Mercy
- Daily meditations from St. Faustina's Diary
- Configurable prayer reminders
- Quotes from St. Faustina's Diary
- Interactive novenas
- Interactive Way of the Cross
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The message of The Divine Mercy is simple. It is that God loves us – all of us. And, He wants us to recognize that His mercy is greater than our sins, so that we will call upon Him with trust, receive His mercy, and let it flow through us to others. Thus, all will come to share His joy. From the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, promoters of the authentic Divine Mercy message since 1941, this free app offers the complete message and devotion in an easy to navigate format. • Interactive Chaplet of Divine Mercy with multiple audio voices. • Daily meditations from the Diary of St. Faustina. • Configurable prayer reminders. • Hundreds of quotes from the Diary of St. Faustina organized by themes. • Interactive novenas to The Divine Mercy, St. Faustina, and St. John Paul II. • Interactive Way of the Cross. Discover why the message of Divine Mercy is the largest grassroots movement in the history of the Catholic Church. "There is nothing that man needs more than Divine Mercy." – St. John Paul II "Devotion to Divine Mercy is not a secondary devotion, but an integral dimension of a Christian's faith and prayer." – Pope Benedict XVI
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.
- Daily reflection feature
- Sin tracking
- Days since last confession counter
- Examination of conscience
- Password and PIN protection
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Divine Mercy at 4.2 against Catholic Confession's 4.0. Divine Mercy also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months) and device support (4 vs 2). Catholic Confession's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Divine Mercy holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 399 and 112 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Divine Mercy's written reviews are positive against 60% of Catholic Confession's.
Divine Mercy ships an update every 6 weeks, Catholic Confession every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Divine Mercy | Catholic Confession |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (399 ratings) — better | 4.0 (112 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.9% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 399 — better | 112 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception | Hold Me Inc. |
Customer experience
Divine Mercy
Catholic Confession
Bugs and requests
Divine Mercy
Reported bugs
5 issues- Notifications broken with most recent update
- Stops in the middle of the Chaplet
- Crashes
- App doesn't work right now after 5 years
- Chaplet recitation too slow
Requested features
7 requests- Move purgatory board and intention for the day on main landing page
- Adding a widget to IPhone where I don't need To open the app to see what today's intention is for quick and easy reference when in prayer
- Option for Fr Gaitely's voice back
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
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- Alarm capability within the app
- Speed control on the auto chaplet
Catholic Confession
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Divine Mercy
No in-app purchases
Catholic Confession
No in-app purchases
Questions
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