This guide helps to thoughtfully examine your conscience, guides you through the steps of the sacrament, offers key prayers, and includes "last confession date" feature!
Important: Please note that the app does not support a dark mode feature.
The Confession Guide App is a free Catholic resource for preparing for the Sacrament of Penance, based on the popular booklet "Short Guide for Confession" by Fr. James Socías. It offers clear instructions for what to do before, during, and after confession, featuring a concise Examination of Conscience, the Act of Contrition, and the Rite of Reconciliation.
Key features
- Aide for all ages: Includes a simplified Examination of Conscience for children, making the process accessible for younger penitents.
- Practical features: Includes a "Last Confession Date" keeper to help penitents remember their last confession.
- Comprehensive preparation: Provides a prayer before confession and an expanded Examination of Conscience based on the Ten Commandments for adults.
- Custom Reminder view with Weekly, Monthly, Annually or non-recurring events.
Guide to making a good confession: Offers instructions on the qualities of a good confession, such as being clear, concise, concrete, and complete.
User-friendly experience: An interface designed to be used in the confessional, with large, bold text for prayers and clear instructions.
User-controlled privacy: Guides you through your examination of conscience and create a private checklist of sins to confess.
Information and support
App developer: St Clement ePress
Contact for technical support: info@stclementepress.org
Website: http://www.stclementepress.org
Booklet publisher: Midwest Theological Forum
Contact for book inquiries:
Address: 4340 Cross Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515
Phone: (630) 739-9750
Website: http://www.theologicalforum.org
I was very pleased with another confession app but it was discontinued. This app is by far the best replacement I’ve found. I would like a place to make notes for my personal examinations of conscience. Also Some people also use The Examen of Consciousness by St. Ignatius of Loyola as a basis of examination. Some use the Seven Deadly Sins and their daughters. Regardless, this is a solid, well thought out app. Good job.
Very thoughtful and concise App
Mercy's Child
I found this app to be very useful in preparing to receive the Sacrament. I found it to be concise but thorough and touches on all the bases for a good confession - not only in examining one’s conscience but also demonstrating how one should properly present their failing to a priest. A very good app and worthwhile for those desiring to make a good confession.
Concise but Hard to Read
TheTags3
The colors and brightness/contrast levels make everything VERY hard to see and read and it’s not that I am elderly or have vision difficulties. Should consider changing the color scheme/palette. The color scheme that’s displayed on the App Store is NOT what I’m seeing. Mine is black with purple writing… some verbiage does not even show up so I have big sections of nothing 😩
Developer Response
The App Store images come directly from this free app. The design and colors are by choice.Thank you for the feedback
Please disable Dark Mode
Rafael Infante León
When in dark mode, the app's background turns black, yet some text doesn't turn white, it stays black. I really like the app but I don't want to disable dark mode iny phone just for this.
Updated views and modernized objective C code to all views. Reminder view added to setup custom reminders; Weekly, Monthly and Annually, or non-recurring reminders!
Version 11.05
The developer, Bil Kimes, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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