iConfess vs Shrive

Whether you're preparing for confession after many years or seeking to deepen your regular practice, iConfession provides everything you need for a thorough, meaningful confession and guided prayer. #### GUIDED HOLY ROSARY & LITANY **Pray the Rosary and Litany with Professional Voice Narration** - 63 professionally recorded audio files for authentic prayer experience - TWO NARRATION MODES: - Full Narration: Voice reads everything, auto-advances (perfect for beginners) - Leader Only: Voice leads, you respond (traditional call-and-response) - All four mystery sets: Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, Luminous - 20 mysteries with meditation texts and beautiful artwork - Dedicated Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary page with full audio - Today's mysteries automatically recommended by day of week - Progress tracking - resume where you left off (Rosary and Litany) - Visual cues show when to listen vs. when to respond - Pause/Resume controls with restart option Perfect for learning the Rosary, deepening your prayer life, or praying while driving! #### COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE - Detailed examination organized by the Ten Commandments - Smart search with 150+ topic tags - find items by keyword - Mark items as grave matter for serious sins - Add personal notes and reflections - Bookmark items for regular examination - Advanced filters: view only bookmarked items, items for confession, grave matters, or items with notes - Multiple sort options: by section, title, or priority #### BEAUTIFUL PRAYERS **Before Confession:** - Apostle's Creed / Profession of Faith - Prayer Before Confession - Prayer for a Good Confession - Prayer to Your Guardian Angel **During Confession:** - Act of Contrition (essential prayer) **After Confession:** - Our Father / The Lord's Prayer - Hail Mary - Glory Be / Doxology - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel All prayers beautifully formatted with traditional Catholic styling. #### EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES **Understanding Confession:** - What is the Sacrament of Confession? - The Seal of Confession explained - Benefits of Regular Confession **Practical Guidance:** - How to Go to Confession - complete guide from home screen - Step-by-step guide to Confession - How to make a valid Confession - How often should I go? - Comprehensive Examination of Conscience guide **Theological Understanding:** - Mortal vs. Venial Sin explained - Understanding grave matter - Perfect vs. imperfect contrition

Shrive is the ULTIMATE confession App for Catholics providing a variety of features for preparation of the sacrament. LOG YOUR SINS: Safely and privately record all of your sins so you will easily be able to read them off to the priest. REFLECT: Easily reflect before confession or even when in the confession like to help you make the most honest confession SEE WHEN YOUR LAST CONFESSION WAS: Shrive will automatically keep track when you go to confession. Upon first launch, it will ask you approximately when you last went to confession. Shrive also has widgets that count up to when you were last at confession. COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO CONFESSION: Whether this is your first or you’ve been confessing for 20 years, we understand that you may get nervous. Shrive will show you exactly what you got to say to the priest in the “Confession Time” menu including the Act of Contrition, your sins, and when your last confession was. GET CLOSER TO GOD: Logging your sins the moment you realize them will make you more likely to get to Heaven. Note: Shrive is NOT a replacement for the sacrament of reconciliation, rather it's a resource that you can use in confession to help you get closer to God.