iConfess vs InPrayer by CPH
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Examination of conscience guide
- Find nearby confession times
- Set confession reminders
- Spiritual habit formation
- Guidance for making a good confession
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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
InPrayer by CPH
Access daily devotions and scripture on the go. Organize your favorite resources, customize your routine, and reflect on God's Word with engaging visuals. Strengthen your spiritual habits with this user-friendly application.
- Personalized devotional library
- Customizable daily routine
- Bookmark favorite devotions
- Engaging imagery and visuals
- Widgets for quick access
- User-friendly layout
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Access your favorite devotions anywhere with InPrayer by Concordia Publishing House. Spend less time flipping through pages and more time growing closer to Jesus Christ in this easy-to-use app. With the InPrayer app, you can create a personalized library of devotional resources to meet your needs. Customize your daily devotion routine by choosing from a from a variety of devotional resources including the Treasury of Daily Prayer, Portals of Prayer, Advent devotions, Lent devotions, and more. Bookmark your favorite devotions to come back to them anytime. Features of InPrayer: * Simple, user-friendly layout * Customized Today view featuring your favorite devotions for each day * My Library feature to organize and bookmark all your content * Engaging imagery and visuals to help you reflect on God's Word * Widgets help keep your devotions top of mind * Customizable preferences to optimize your devotional time Download today to begin strengthening your devotional habits. Privacy policy: https://www.cph.org/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.cph.org/inprayer-eula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iConfess at 4.0 against InPrayer by CPH's 2.4. iConfess also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (52% vs 18%). InPrayer by CPH's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. InPrayer by CPH sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. iConfess asks for nothing beyond the download.
iConfess holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 70 and 74 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of iConfess's written reviews are positive against 18% of InPrayer by CPH's.
iConfess ships an update every 2 months, InPrayer by CPH every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iConfess | InPrayer by CPH |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (70 ratings) — better | 2.4 (74 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.6% of reviews — better | 18.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 70 | 74 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Xavier Polisetty | Concordia Publishing House |
Customer experience
iConfess
InPrayer by CPH
User reviews
iConfess
From 70 App Store ratingsWhat 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
InPrayer by CPH
From 74 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Well-polished app design
- 👍 Nice app design and navigation
- 👍 Good content and presentation
- 👍 Handy for daily devotionals
- 👍 Includes scripture text
Room to improve
- 💰 Subscription model disliked
- 💰 Perceived as a money grab
- 💰 Previous purchases not honored
- 💰 Content behind paywall
- 💰 No free content available
Bugs and requests
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
InPrayer by CPH
Reported bugs
25 issues- App crashes frequently
- App is slow to load
- App crashes on startup
- App fails at least once a month
- App becomes unresponsive
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- App freezes
- App crashes phone
- App closes suddenly
- App crashes after scrolling
- Widget only shows John 3:16
- App crashes on load
- App is unstable
- App crashes upon opening
- App is unusable
- App is not working
- App is totally useless
- App crashes before readings can be read
- App doesn't work on iPhone 17 Pro
- App is not made to work/adjust to iPads/iPadOS
- App is not made to work/adjust to Macs
- App is not intuitive
- App is cumbersome to use
- App is slow
- Going to the next section is wonky
- App only works in landscape on iPad
Requested features
20 requests- Bring back PrayNow app
- Include writing for the day
- Offer multiple Bible translations
- Set chant tone as default
- Make Treasury of Daily Prayer free
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- Include Small Catechism as one-time purchase
- Add subscriptions for 'Day By Day' and 'Faith Alone'
- Enable family sharing for subscriptions
- Make more materials available
- Include prayer resources
- Focus on prayer itself with guided prayer
- Include hymns and chants with audio files
- Add Orders of Daily Prayer
- Improve iPad/Mac compatibility
- Offer a free trial or preview
- Grandfather subscriptions for previous PrayNow purchasers
- Make content free for owners of print editions
- Offer a free, all-in-one app for doctrinal material
- Make app more intuitive and less cumbersome
- Add support for portrait orientation on iPad
In-app purchases
iConfess
No in-app purchases
InPrayer by CPH
- Treasury of Daily Prayer14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Portals of Prayer Annual14 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Today's Light14 Days trial$9.991 Year
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- Treasury of Daily Prayer14 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Peace Came to Earth$3.49
- Be Gracious to Me$3.49
- His Name Shall Be Called$3.49
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- The Hand of the Lord$3.49
- For Us$3.49
- Day by Day$19.99
Questions
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