Comparison

Verbum Catholic Bible Study vs iConfess

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

Head to head
About

Verbum Catholic Bible Study

Access a comprehensive theological library and powerful Bible study tools for Catholic insights. Organize reading plans, take notes, and search resources offline. Features include daily readings, the Catechism, and panel linking for synchronized study.

Highlights
  • Offline Bible and commentary access
  • Organized reading plans
  • Enhanced text selection with notes and highlights
  • Powerful search across all resources
  • Daily Lectionary readings
  • Integrated Catechism of the Catholic Church
  • Panel linking for synchronized resources
Features
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The Bible is the book of the Church. Read like you believe it. Most Bible apps give you the verse. Verbum helps you understand it with over forty free Bibles (including the USCCB’s approved translations) and books, including powerful commentaries, homily prep tools, and writings from renowned theologians and Church Fathers. Create a free account and start exploring: * Reading Plans: Build a habit with plans you can customize and share. * Study Assistant: Ask a question, get answers drawn only from your Logos books (limited free uses). * Smart Search: Search your Bible by verse, topic, or the question you actually have (limited free uses). * Factbook: Uncover instant background on the people, places, and ideas you run into. * Notes: Take notes that travel with you everywhere. Every tool is free to try. If you want to keep going, a subscription gets you more use of AI features like Study Assistant and Smart Search, access to more books, and even subscriber-exclusive free books and discounts. This app offers optional subscription plans called Verbum Plus and Premium. If you choose to subscribe, * Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. * The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least twenty-four hours before the end of the current period. * Your account will be charged for renewal within twenty-four hours prior to the end of the current period and will identify the cost of renewal. * You can manage your subscriptions or turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://www.logos.com/privacy Terms of use: https://www.logos.com/terms EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

iConfess

This app helps Catholics engage more regularly with the sacrament of confession. It provides guidance on how to make a good confession, locate nearby churches with confession times, and set reminders to foster spiritual habits.

Highlights
  • Examination of conscience guide
  • Find nearby confession times
  • Set confession reminders
  • Spiritual habit formation
  • Guidance for making a good confession
Features
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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

Screenshots

Verbum Catholic Bible Study4 screens
iConfess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Verbum Catholic Bible Study at 4.8 against iConfess's 4.0. Verbum Catholic Bible Study also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 52%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). iConfess's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads and device support 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. Verbum Catholic Bible Study sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. iConfess asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Verbum Catholic Bible Study holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Verbum Catholic Bible Study has 4K ratings behind it against 70, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Verbum Catholic Bible Study's written reviews are positive against 52% of iConfess's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Verbum Catholic Bible Study ships an update fortnightly, iConfess every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Verbum Catholic Bible Study versus iConfess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVerbum Catholic Bible StudyiConfess
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4K ratings) — better4.0 (70 ratings)
Positive reviews86.3% of reviews — better51.6% of reviews
Number of ratings4K — better70
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size330 MB57 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFaithlife CorporationXavier Polisetty

Customer experience

Verbum Catholic Bible Study

All ratings3,946 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive86.3%
Neutral4.4%
Negative9.3%

iConfess

All ratings68 ratings
Positive72.1%
Neutral8.8%
Negative19.1%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive51.6%
Neutral16.1%
Negative32.3%

User reviews

Verbum Catholic Bible Study

From 4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great resource for study and prayer
  • 👍 Comprehensive library of Catholic resources
  • 💡 Excellent for Bible study and homily preparation
  • 👍 Powerful search and cross-referencing features
  • 👍 Helpful for deepening faith and understanding

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and stability issues
  • 🐛 Difficult to navigate and find content
  • 🔒 Concerns about non-Catholic resources and perspectives
  • 🔒 Expensive subscription model

iConfess

From 70 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great for preparing for confession
  • 👍 Helpful for tracking sins
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 👍 Makes confession easier
  • 👍 Good for daily examinations

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App freezes frequently
  • 🐛 Buttons don't work
  • 🐛 Examination of conscience gets stuck
  • 🐛 Inconsistent button actions
  • 🐛 AI integration broken

Bugs and requests

Verbum Catholic Bible Study

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on launch or during use
  • Highlighting and note-taking features not working properly
  • Syncing issues between mobile and desktop versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline access to all resources
  • Better sorting and organization of notes and highlights
  • More Catholic-specific resources and translations
  • Improved search functionality and relevance
  • Audio Bible and audio resources

iConfess

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Examination of conscience gets stuck on 8th commandment on iPhone
  • App constantly locks up
  • Button actions don't work
  • Unable to choose 'married' as proper ID
  • Examination of conscience hangs at 8th commandment
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  • AI integration is broken
  • Daily examination of conscience not working
  • Next button on examination of conscience does nothing
  • Freezes on opening screens when choosing station in life
  • Examination of conscience stops part way through
  • Goes through 8 of 10 commandments and gets stuck
  • Many screens don't work
  • Cannot click 'Next' sometimes
  • Message part of the app is broken
  • Next button hangs and works inconsistently
  • Swiping up inconsistent

Requested features

8 requests
  • Allow editing confession log
  • Record date of last confession
  • Option to choose 'married' as proper ID
  • Ability to write daily within the app
  • Link or questionnaire for applying reminders
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  • List of commandments after review as a cheat sheet
  • Add list of rosary mysteries
  • Set reminders for reconciliation

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Verbum Catholic Bible Study

One-time10
  • Verbum Domini$2.99
  • New American Bible, rev. ed.$9.99
  • The Ignatius Bible$9.99
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  • The New Jerusalem Bible$9.99
  • Vatican II Documents$12.99
  • The Didache$19.99
  • A Catholic Commentary$19.99
  • Catholic Study Bible, 2nd ed.$19.99
  • The Navarre Bible$59.99
  • Early Church Fathers$99.99
None

iConfess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Verbum Catholic Bible Study free?
Verbum Catholic Bible Study is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iConfess free?
iConfess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Verbum Catholic Bible Study or iConfess?
Verbum Catholic Bible Study is rated higher. Verbum Catholic Bible Study averages 4.8 out of 5 from 4K ratings, while iConfess averages 4.0 from 70 ratings.
Do Verbum Catholic Bible Study or iConfess have ads?
Neither Verbum Catholic Bible Study nor iConfess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Verbum Catholic Bible Study or iConfess?
Verbum Catholic Bible Study ships an update fortnightly, and iConfess every 2 months. Most recently, Verbum Catholic Bible Study was updated on November 1, 2026 and iConfess on November 3, 2026.

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