iConfess - Guidebook

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 phone or tablet, encrypted
• Fingerprint / face unlock, 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
• Tablet 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

Recent changes:
• New design with 5 tabs: Home, Examine, Confess, Pray, Journal
• My Focus Areas + guided Daily Examination
• Log confessions with penance and resolutions
• Fingerprint/face unlock (30-second grace period)
• Passphrase-protected Backup & Restore — you choose where it goes
• Favorite prayers at the top of Pray
• Everything stays on your phone. No accounts, no tracking.