Confession vs iConfess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
iConfess
This app guides users through the Sacrament of Confession with detailed examinations of conscience, prayers, and educational resources. It also offers guided Rosary and Litany prayers with professional narration and progress tracking.
- Guided Rosary and Litany with audio narration
- Comprehensive examination of conscience
- Collection of Catholic prayers
- Educational resources on confession
- Progress tracking for prayers
- Smart search for examination topics
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Prepare for a good confession, pray the Rosary, and keep a private record of your spiritual life — all in one calm, beautiful app. Your confession stays between you and God. Everything you write in iConfess is kept only on your device, encrypted. Never uploaded, never shared, never seen by anyone else. No account, no cloud, no tracking, no ads. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • All data stays on your iPhone or iPad, encrypted • Face ID / Touch ID lock, asked when you open the app or return after 30 seconds • Optional app password • Passphrase-protected backup file that you save wherever you choose — iConfess never uploads it • No accounts, no analytics, no tracking EXAMINE YOUR CONSCIENCE • My Focus Areas — the struggles you chose to watch, always first • Daily Examination — a few honest questions for each day, with Confess and Focus buttons • Ten Commandments — a thorough examination, commandment by commandment • Other Examinations — capital sins, precepts of the Church, theological virtues, sins of omission • Add your own in your own words — it goes straight to My list • Personal notes on any question CONFESS • My list gathers everything you want to confess • Step-by-step Guide: what to say and what to expect • Finish confession to log the priest's advice, your penance and resolutions — your list clears itself • Penance reminder with links to the prayers you were given PRAY • Guided Holy Rosary with audio — all four mystery sets, today's mysteries suggested • Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary with audio • Background audio with lock screen controls • Prayers before, during and after confession, and everyday prayers • Favorites at the top for the prayers you bookmark JOURNAL • Confession log with dates, advice and penance • Resolutions — grouped into Working on and Kept • My Notes and Saved prayers and readings LEARN • What confession is, how to go, and how to make a good examination • Clear, faithful explanations of mortal and venial sin DESIGNED FOR YOU • Soft, readable design in light and dark mode • iPad sidebar layout • Works fully offline Free. No ads. Made with love for the faithful. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins." — 1 John 1:9
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Confession at 12.0 against iConfess's 15.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for Confession against 3.0 for iConfess. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
Confession ships an update every 4 months, iConfess every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Confession | iConfess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | JUHWAN LEE | Blueinstinct App Solutions |
Customer experience
Confession
iConfess
In-app purchases
Confession
No in-app purchases
iConfess
No in-app purchases
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