iConfess vs Metanoia

Prepare for a good confession, pray the Rosary, and keep a private record of your spiritual life — all in one calm, beautiful app. Your confession stays between you and God. Everything you write in iConfess is kept only on your device, encrypted. Never uploaded, never shared, never seen by anyone else. No account, no cloud, no tracking, no ads. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • All data stays on your iPhone or iPad, encrypted • Face ID / Touch ID lock, asked when you open the app or return after 30 seconds • Optional app password • Passphrase-protected backup file that you save wherever you choose — iConfess never uploads it • No accounts, no analytics, no tracking EXAMINE YOUR CONSCIENCE • My Focus Areas — the struggles you chose to watch, always first • Daily Examination — a few honest questions for each day, with Confess and Focus buttons • Ten Commandments — a thorough examination, commandment by commandment • Other Examinations — capital sins, precepts of the Church, theological virtues, sins of omission • Add your own in your own words — it goes straight to My list • Personal notes on any question CONFESS • My list gathers everything you want to confess • Step-by-step Guide: what to say and what to expect • Finish confession to log the priest's advice, your penance and resolutions — your list clears itself • Penance reminder with links to the prayers you were given PRAY • Guided Holy Rosary with audio — all four mystery sets, today's mysteries suggested • Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary with audio • Background audio with lock screen controls • Prayers before, during and after confession, and everyday prayers • Favorites at the top for the prayers you bookmark JOURNAL • Confession log with dates, advice and penance • Resolutions — grouped into Working on and Kept • My Notes and Saved prayers and readings LEARN • What confession is, how to go, and how to make a good examination • Clear, faithful explanations of mortal and venial sin DESIGNED FOR YOU • Soft, readable design in light and dark mode • iPad sidebar layout • Works fully offline Free. No ads. Made with love for the faithful. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins." — 1 John 1:9

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.