True Confessions vs 1689.
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 This interactive reference app provides on-the-go access to significant historical documents.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.
1689.
Access the complete Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) with scripture proofs in three translations. Features include offline access, full-text search, bookmarking, and personalized notes.
- Complete 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith
- 770 scripture proofs in 3 translations
- Parallel scripture view
- Full-text search
- Bookmarking and study notes
- Offline functionality
- Adjustable reading sizes and themes
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The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689), complete and unabridged: thirty-two chapters, the 1677 preface To the Judicious and Impartial Reader, the Appendix Concerning Baptism, and all thirty-seven signatories. Every one of the 770 scripture proofs opens in place, in three public-domain translations: the Berean Standard Bible, the King James Version, and the World English Bible, side by side in parallel view. - Instant full-text search across the confession, the apparatus, and every proof text - Bookmark any paragraph and keep your own study notes beside the text - Today's reading: one paragraph a day through the whole confession - Picks up right where you left off - Five reading sizes, light and dark - Works entirely offline; the whole text ships with the app - No ads, no account, no tracking, no cost. Ever. The text is public domain. The app is a gift.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: 1689. at every 5 days against True Confessions's every 5 months. True Confessions's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for True Confessions against 5.0 for 1689.. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: True Confessions has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
True Confessions ships an update every 5 months, 1689. every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | True Confessions | 1689. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kecker LLC | Intent Mesh LLC |
In-app purchases
True Confessions
No in-app purchases
1689.
No in-app purchases
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