GetVerse vs Metanoia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GetVerse
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Talk with the saints. Pray every day. Grow closer to Christ. GetVerse is a Catholic prayer companion with an AI Mentor rooted in Scripture, the Catechism, and the lives of the saints. • Talk with the saints: ask St. Thérèse of Lisieux how to pray when you feel nothing, or St. Augustine about a restless heart. Also St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis de Sales, St. John of the Cross, and St. Teresa of Ávila. • Chat with Mentor: a gentle guide for your questions, worries, and decisions, any hour. • Today's readings: the day's Gospel, the liturgical season, and the saint of the day. • Quick prayers at your fingertips (Our Father, Hail Mary, Act of Contrition…) plus the Holy Rosary. • Guided Daily Examen with St. Ignatius. Free: today's readings and 3 messages a day with Mentor and the saints. New? Your first 7 days are unlimited, then 3 messages a day with Mentor and the saints. GetVerse Plus: unlimited conversations with Mentor and the saints. Try it free for 7 days. Saint conversations are AI-generated, inspired by the saints' lives and writings. They are not the saints' own words. No ads. No judgment. Just truth and love. GetVerse Plus is an optional auto-renewing subscription (monthly or annual) with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase or, if you start the free trial, when the trial ends. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Metanoia
This app guides users through the Catholic sacrament of confession, offering preparation, examination of conscience questions, and prayers. It ensures complete privacy by storing all data locally and encrypting it, with no accounts or cloud storage required. The app also includes a daily examen and reminders for penance.
- Step-by-step confession guidance
- 243 examination questions
- Confession preparation and prayers
- Private, encrypted on-device storage
- Daily Ignatian examen
- Penance tracking
- Multi-language support
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Metanoia at none against GetVerse's 2. Metanoia also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). GetVerse's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. GetVerse sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Metanoia asks for nothing beyond the download.
GetVerse ships an update every 9 days, Metanoia every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GetVerse | Metanoia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Barre Tanguis | HolyStack |
In-app purchases
GetVerse
- GetVerse Plus (Monthly)7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- GetVerse Plus (Yearly)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Metanoia
No in-app purchases








