Going to Confession vs Confession
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Confession
This digital tool aids Catholics in practicing confession, offering a private space for reflection and repentance. It provides guidance, allows for recording confessions, and includes penitential prayers to support faith.
- Digital confession practice
- Sin reflection and repentance
- Confession recording
- Penitential prayers
- Spiritual support
- Privacy protection
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This app is a tool designed to help Catholics practice confession digitally. Users can confess their sins and experience reflection and repentance in a sacred environment. Along with guidelines for confession, it allows users to record their confessions, follow penitential prayers, and receive the spiritual support needed to maintain their faith. This app offers a modern opportunity to practice the important sacrament of confession while thoroughly protecting privacy and preserving the essence of faith.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Going to Confession at 100% against Confession's 0%. Going to Confession also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (28 vs 2). Confession's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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.
Going to Confession holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Going to Confession has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Going to Confession's written reviews are positive against 0% of Confession's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Going to Confession | Confession |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (28 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anthony Splaver | JUHWAN LEE |
Customer experience
Going to Confession
Confession
In-app purchases
Going to Confession
No in-app purchases
Confession
No in-app purchases
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