Comparison

HomeBound+ vs Metanoia

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

Head to head
About

HomeBound+

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HomeBound+™ is Gryphon’s optional mobile VPN and network security service, designed to extend your home’s parental controls and protections to mobile devices on the go. It securely routes mobile traffic—whether on cellular data or public Wi‑Fi—through a cloud-based virtual router, mirroring the same security, content filtering, and device management settings applied at home. The service works alongside the Gryphon Home app. To get started, you must first install the Gryphon Home app on your network administrator’s device, then install HomeBound+™ on each mobile device you wish to monitor and manage.

About

Metanoia

This app guides users through the Catholic sacrament of confession, offering preparation, examination of conscience questions, and prayers. It ensures complete privacy by storing all data locally and encrypting it, with no accounts or cloud storage required. The app also includes a daily examen and reminders for penance.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step confession guidance
  • 243 examination questions
  • Confession preparation and prayers
  • Private, encrypted on-device storage
  • Daily Ignatian examen
  • Penance tracking
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Whether it has been two weeks or twenty years, Metanoia walks you through confession step by step, what to examine, how to prepare, and the words to say. Everything you write stays on your phone, encrypted. No account. No cloud. No ads. Free, forever. RETURNING AFTER A LONG TIME? You are exactly who this app was built for. A clear step-by-step guide explains how confession works, what the priest will say, and what happens next, with honest answers to the questions people are afraid to ask. EXAMINE YOUR CONSCIENCE Prepare with 243 examination questions organized by the Ten Commandments, thoughtful, specific, and searchable. Walk through them one at a time in guided mode, or scan the full list. Add your own entries in your own words. CONFESSION MODE When you are ready, Metanoia accompanies you through the whole sacrament: the opening words, your list, the Act of Contrition, your penance, and the final blessing. It even shows how long it has been since your last confession, so you know exactly what to say when the priest asks. DAILY EXAMEN End the day with a short Ignatian examen grounded in Scripture, a few quiet minutes of gratitude, honesty, and hope. PENANCE AND PRAYERS Record the penance your confessor gives you and mark it complete, so it never slips your mind. The Act of Contrition and prayers for before, during, and after confession are always one tap away. YOUR JOURNEY Look back on where God has brought you: a private record of your confessions with dates. Prefer maximum discretion? Keep only the dates and nothing else. GENTLE REMINDERS A quiet nudge, weekly, monthly, or quarterly, so the next confession never drifts out of reach. PRIVATE BY ARCHITECTURE, NOT BY POLICY What you confess is between you, the priest, and God. Not us. • Everything is stored only on your device, encrypted at rest • Locked behind Face ID or a PIN, and hidden from the app switcher • Zero network calls: nothing is ever uploaded, because nothing can be • No account, no analytics, no tracking, no ads • Completely free, with no subscription and nothing to unlock OPEN SOURCE Do not take our word for any of this. Metanoia is fully open source: anyone can read the code and verify every promise above. NOW IN 14 LANGUAGES The interface and the spiritual content, examination, prayers, and guide, are fully translated in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Filipino, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Korean, Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi. Translated with care for the Church's own vocabulary in each language, not machine output. Metanoia means a change of heart. Whether this is your first confession or your five hundredth, it is never too late to come back. Download Metanoia and turn back to grace.

Screenshots

HomeBound+4 screens
Metanoia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HomeBound+ at fortnightly against Metanoia's every 5 months. Metanoia's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HomeBound+ ships an update fortnightly, Metanoia every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
HomeBound+ versus Metanoia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHomeBound+Metanoia
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB34 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGryphon Online Safety, Inc.HolyStack

In-app purchases

None

HomeBound+

No in-app purchases

None

Metanoia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HomeBound+ free?
HomeBound+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metanoia free?
Metanoia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HomeBound+ or Metanoia have ads?
Neither HomeBound+ nor Metanoia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HomeBound+ or Metanoia?
HomeBound+ ships an update fortnightly, and Metanoia every 5 months. Most recently, HomeBound+ was updated on November 11, 2026 and Metanoia on November 5, 2026.

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