Metanoia: Catholic Confession
Examination of Conscience
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Now in 14 languages, interface and prayers. Metanoia walks you through confession step by step. Everything stays on your phone, encrypted. Free, no account, no ads.
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.
Metanoia 1.1.1: the app now speaks 14 languages.
NINE NEW LANGUAGES
German, Italian, Polish, Filipino, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Korean, Tamil, and Hindi join English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Malayalam, 14 languages in total, for both the interface and the spiritual content: the examination of conscience, the prayers, and the confession guide.
A DEEPER DAILY EXAMEN
The daily journal is now a guided Ignatian Examen grounded in Scripture, a few quiet minutes of gratitude, honesty, and hope at the end of each day.
CONFESSION MODE, COMPLETE
Confession Mode now walks you through the whole rite, from the opening words to the final blessing: your list, the Act of Contrition, and your penance, step by step.
ALSO IN THIS UPDATE
• All data is encrypted on your device
• Corrected prayers and texts in several languages
As always: no account, no cloud, no ads, everything stays on your phone.
The developer, HolyStack, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- HolyStack Ltd
- Size
- 36 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
16+
- 16+
- Infrequent
Mature or Suggestive Themes
- Copyright
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