Confess: Catholic Confession

Name: Confess: Catholic Confession
Rating: 4.8 (17 reviews)
Author: Perry Hampton

Examination of Conscience

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

17 Ratings
Age Rating

9+
Years
Category

Health & Fitness
Developer

Perry Hampton
Size

8.7
MB

Your confession list, ready before you go. Examination of conscience, Act of Contrition, and the words to say — all private, all on your phone. Walk into the confessional with nothing left to remember. Confess guides you through a real examination of conscience, holds your list until you go, and shows you the words when you kneel down. Everything stays on your phone, encrypted, with no account and no server. PREPARE WELL Most Catholics want to go to confession more regularly. The barrier is rarely willingness — it's preparation. CONFESS removes that barrier with three examination modes designed around your actual life: Daily Check (2–4 min) builds a daily habit of conscience awareness. Quick, focused, and designed to be done between confessions so nothing accumulates unexamined. Full Examination (10–20 min) covers all ten commandments, the Precepts of the Church, Interior Disposition, and Sins of Omission — tailored to your state of life as a single adult, married person, parent, priest, or religious. Going Today is a complete guided walkthrough for when you're preparing to go to confession. It opens with a prayer to the Holy Spirit, walks through what makes a good confession, presents your full examination, guides you through the Act of Contrition, and ends with a private confession screen — a full black display showing only your sins, the opening script, and the closing words, so you can walk into the confessional with nothing left to remember. YOUR CONFESSION LIST Every examination you complete adds to a running Confession List that persists between sessions. When Going Today, the list is already waiting for you — everything you've examined since your last confession, in one place, ready to bring to the priest. EVENING EXAMEN A guided five-step Ignatian Examen for nightly reflection: Gratitude, Awareness, Review, Sorrow, and Hope. Each step includes a timer, a text editor, and optional voice recording. Completions save automatically to your spiritual journal. SPIRITUAL JOURNAL A private encrypted journal for resolutions, reflections, examen entries, and free notes. Full-text search. Filter by type. Set reminders on resolutions. CATHOLIC PRAYERS A complete Catholic prayer library including the Rosary, Stations of the Cross, Act of Contrition, and over 30 additional prayers. Each prayer includes Read, Learn, and Line-by-Line modes for memorization. LITURGICAL CALENDAR The home screen reflects the liturgical season in real time — the correct season, week number, saint of the day, today's gospel reading linked to the USCCB, and a single accent color corresponding to the day's liturgical color. COMPLETELY PRIVATE Everything is stored on your device and nowhere else. All examination sessions, journal entries, and reflection notes are encrypted with AES-256-GCM. No iCloud sync. No server communication. No analytics on personal content. Face ID and Touch ID protect the app on launch. Confession summaries delete automatically after a configurable period. GROUNDED IN TRADITION Every examination question carries a Catechism of the Catholic Church reference. The app was built on 2,000 years of Catholic teaching. It is a door to the Sacrament, not a destination. CONFESS does not grant absolution. Only a priest can do that. This app exists to help you prepare well.

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

17 Ratings

Great app! Especially for the scrupulous
4d ago
M23333666
I really struggle with doing an exam regularly with out it being guided. Its hard to remember everything I need to say in the confessional. I get worried I'll forget something and then my scrupulosity gets the best of me. Most physical guides are comprehensive and are meant to be used right before confession. This means 15-30 mins each time. Hard to build a daily habit with that. CONFESS takes all the guesswork out of it by letting you save what you want to remember for confession throughout the week and keeping it all in one place. There are a few minor bugs with the notes feature. As well, its not compatible with Large Text users, but overall its great! Honestly, this is good enough to be a paid appz
Great app! Especially for the scrupulous
4d ago
M23333666

I really struggle with doing an exam regularly with out it being guided. Its hard to remember everything I need to say in the confessional. I get worried I'll forget something and then my scrupulosity gets the best of me. Most physical guides are comprehensive and are meant to be used right before confession. This means 15-30 mins each time. Hard to build a daily habit with that. CONFESS takes all the guesswork out of it by letting you save what you want to remember for confession throughout the week and keeping it all in one place. There are a few minor bugs with the notes feature. As well, its not compatible with Large Text users, but overall its great! Honestly, this is good enough to be a paid appz
Best Catholic app to use and free?!
Jul 9
UnapologeticallyCatholic
Having the choice between a short version and a long version was interesting and different from other apps I've seen, where you just get a checklist and go through it. Being presented with each question one at a time allowed me to really think about what I was sorry for and learn from it. I realized I am far from perfect in areas where I thought I had already mastered some of the Ten Commandments. Thank God I still have time to work on myself.
Best Catholic app to use and free?!
Jul 9
UnapologeticallyCatholic

Having the choice between a short version and a long version was interesting and different from other apps I've seen, where you just get a checklist and go through it. Being presented with each question one at a time allowed me to really think about what I was sorry for and learn from it. I realized I am far from perfect in areas where I thought I had already mastered some of the Ten Commandments. Thank God I still have time to work on myself.
Fantastic
Jul 2
gnh se gg
Felt like my confession was so much better after using this, also really like the prayers and other sections in the app. Exactly what i was looking for
Fantastic
Jul 2
gnh se gg

Felt like my confession was so much better after using this, also really like the prayers and other sections in the app. Exactly what i was looking for
Almost Perfect
Jun 21
Dylan Chudy
I love this app, but you should have an option to count the mortal sins before moving on in the guided mode instead of having to go back. Thanks for making such an intuitive app! A dark mode would be good too but the lack of it doesn’t hinder the experience.

Developer Response
Hi Dylan - Thanks for the feedback. I added dark mode to version 1.9.4 as well as added an option to count the mortal sins. via the guided mode (hope that's what you meant. Thanks for the feedback. If you update to 1.9.4 you'll see the changes.
Almost Perfect
Jun 21
Dylan Chudy

I love this app, but you should have an option to count the mortal sins before moving on in the guided mode instead of having to go back. Thanks for making such an intuitive app! A dark mode would be good too but the lack of it doesn’t hinder the experience.
Developer Response Jun 24
Hi Dylan - Thanks for the feedback. I added dark mode to version 1.9.4 as well as added an option to count the mortal sins. via the guided mode (hope that's what you meant. Thanks for the feedback. If you update to 1.9.4 you'll see the changes.

Various improvements. Confess is still free, still has no account, and still sends nothing off your phone.

Version 1.9.6 Aug 1

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Seller: Perry Hampton
Size: 8.7 MB
Category: Health & Fitness
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

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Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

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Age Rating: 9+

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