True Confessions vs Westminster Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
True Confessions
Access historical Baptist resources on your mobile device. This interactive reference app provides on-the-go access to significant historical documents. Advanced search capabilities for 17th-century materials require a login.
- Interactive reference application
- Access historic Baptist resources
- On-the-go accessibility
- Advanced search for 17th-century resources
- Login required for advanced search
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True confessions is an interactive reference application based on the work by Dr. James Renihan. It provides access to historic baptist resources on the go in an accessible manner. To use the advanced search features which search 17th Century resources, you must have a login.
Westminster Reader
Access and study the Westminster Standards offline, including the Confession of Faith and Catechisms. Features include chapter browsing, search, flashcards, reading plans, and customizable themes. Enjoy a focused reading experience with included KJV proof texts.
- Offline access to Westminster Standards
- Searchable KJV proof texts
- Study flashcards
- Customizable reading plans
- Adjustable font size and themes
- Bookmark passages
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Westminster Reader is a clean, focused reading app for the Westminster Standards — the Westminster Confession of Faith, the Westminster Shorter Catechism, and the Westminster Larger Catechism — with full offline KJV proof texts included. (WCF, WSC, & WLC match the PCA/OPC versions.) Browse by chapter or question, search prooftexts, study flash cards, set up a reading plan, and bookmark passages for quick return. Adjust font size and choose your preferred reading theme for day or night.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Westminster Reader at every 4 days against True Confessions's every 5 months. 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 — 5.0 for True Confessions against 5.0 for Westminster Reader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
True Confessions ships an update every 5 months, Westminster Reader every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | True Confessions | Westminster Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kecker LLC | BENJAMIN DAVID RATLIFF |
Customer experience
True Confessions
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In-app purchases
True Confessions
No in-app purchases
Westminster Reader
No in-app purchases
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