Comparison

True Confessions vs For The Master

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

Head to head
About

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 This interactive reference app provides on-the-go access to significant historical documents.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.

Highlights
  • Interactive reference application
  • Access historic Baptist resources
  • On-the-go accessibility
  • Advanced search for 17th-century resources
  • Login required for advanced search
Features
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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.

About

For The Master

Features
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You know the moment. Someone asks why you believe what you believe — at the door, across the table, in the break room — and you freeze. That's not a character flaw. It's being unprepared, and unprepared is fixable. For The Master gets you ready before the conversation starts. It's completely free, works without an account, and works with no signal. MEMORIZE THE VERSES 24 curated scripture lists — 273 verse cards drawn from 254 passages. Tap a card to reveal the verse, plus a note on why that verse belongs at that point in the conversation. It isn't a pile of verses. It's a path. Read in the translation you actually memorize in: KJV, NKJV, CSB, NASB95, NIV, NLT, or ESV. Set it once and it follows you everywhere. Track each verse as new, learning, or mastered, and watch a list fill up as you go. KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO 29 articles, 20 of them written for a specific group — Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter-day Saints, Roman Catholics, Muslims, atheists, and ten more. Where there's more than one, they're in reading order, so you're never guessing what to read next. DEFINE THE TERMS FIRST 5 term guides covering 55 words you both use and mean differently — salvation, grace, gospel, Jesus. Each shows what they mean, what you'll assume, why the gap matters, and the question that brings it into the open. Ten minutes with one of these changes the whole conversation. PRACTICE BEFORE IT COUNTS 7 role-play scripts, labeled by difficulty. Full conversations, line by line, including the awkward parts. Each ends with notes on what worked, what to skip, and when to stop talking. START WHERE YOU ARE Tell the app what you're trying to do — present the gospel, defend your faith, or talk with someone of another faith — and it takes you straight to the right material. Three taps, no hunting. WORKS OFFLINE Open it once and the whole library is on your device. Scripture lists, articles, scripts, term guides. It still works in a parking lot with one bar, which is usually where you need it. NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED Everything works signed out, and your progress is saved on your device. Sign in only if you want it to follow you between devices. Built on the Way of the Master approach: use the law to reach the conscience, then bring the grace of the gospel. Written to treat the person across from you as someone worth loving — never as someone to win an argument against. Free, with no ads and nothing to buy. For The Master Ministries is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

Screenshots

True Confessions3 screens
For The Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: For The Master at weekly against True Confessions's every 5 months. 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

True Confessions ships an update every 5 months, For The Master weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
True Confessions versus For The Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrue ConfessionsFor The Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKecker LLCBurris Consulting Group

In-app purchases

None

True Confessions

No in-app purchases

None

For The Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is True Confessions free?
True Confessions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is For The Master free?
For The Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do True Confessions or For The Master have ads?
Neither True Confessions nor For The Master shows ads.
Which is updated more often, True Confessions or For The Master?
True Confessions ships an update every 5 months, and For The Master weekly. Most recently, True Confessions was updated on September 27, 2026 and For The Master on October 18, 2026.

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