Comparison

Pocket Stations vs Going to Confession

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Stations

A straightforward prayer guide for the Way of the Cross. It offers the essential stations and prayers to help users focus on their spiritual practice without unnecessary distractions.

Highlights
  • Stations of the Cross
  • Guided prayers
  • Focus on spiritual practice
  • Sleek interface
  • Offline prayer tool
Features
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Praying the Stations? With Pocket Stations you have a simple and sleek prayer guide so that you can pray the Way of The Cross. Nothing fancy, just the stations, the prayers, and the tools you need to focus on God.

About

Going to Confession

This app guides users through the examination of conscience and the steps of confession. It offers customizable examination options based on age and sin categories, and provides real-time assistance during confession, including tracking sins and confession history.

Highlights
  • Examination of conscience by commandments or categories
  • Customizable examination based on age
  • Real-time confession assistance
  • Automatic tracking of confession history
  • Custom sin creation
  • Face ID protection for sensitive information
Features
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Going to confession! This app is the perfect tool to assist you with your examination of conscience, and help you through the steps of going to confession. Experience peace of mind during your next Reconciliation, whether it's been years since your last confession or you're a frequent visitor to the sacrament. Designed for the whole family with helpful examinations for all ages. Prepare with Confidence: * Choose from specific examinations for Child's First Confession, Child, Teen, or Adult. * Group your examination by The Ten Commandments or by God, Others, and Self. * Simply by combining Commandments 6 & 9 and 7 & 10. * Track sins with counts, per day, per week, or per month. * Add additional sins for your examinations. Step-by-Step Guide: * Use the Confession Tab in the confessional for a guided walkthrough of every prayer and step. * The app automatically displays your sins and their counts. * Automated history tracking. Privacy & Control: * Keep your examination completely private with Face ID. * Quickly reset clear your examination data back to defaults.

Screenshots

Pocket Stations2 screens
Going to Confession4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Going to Confession at none against Pocket Stations's 3. Going to Confession also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (28 vs 3). Pocket Stations's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating 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. Pocket Stations sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Going to Confession asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pocket Stations against 4.9 for Going to Confession. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Going to Confession has 28 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Stations ships an update every 9 months, Going to Confession every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Pocket Stations versus Going to Confession: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket StationsGoing to Confession
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.9 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings328 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTercaet LLCAnthony Splaver

Customer experience

Pocket Stations

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Going to Confession

All ratings28 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pocket Stations

One-time3
  • Generous Tip$1.99
  • Massive Tip$5.99
  • Amazing Tip$9.99
None

Going to Confession

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Stations free?
Pocket Stations is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Going to Confession free?
Going to Confession is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Stations or Going to Confession?
Pocket Stations is rated higher. Pocket Stations averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Going to Confession averages 4.9 from 28 ratings.
Do Pocket Stations or Going to Confession have ads?
Pocket Stations shows ads; Going to Confession does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Stations or Going to Confession?
Pocket Stations ships an update every 9 months, and Going to Confession every 4 months. Most recently, Pocket Stations was updated on October 12, 2026 and Going to Confession on October 24, 2026.

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