An Indiana-based company called Little iApps recently developed "Confession: A Roman Catholic App." This app is designed to be used in the confessional and is intended "for those who frequent the sacrament and those who wish to return."
The developer of the app, Patrick Leinen, says that it includes a step-by-step guide to the sacrament, and has received an imprimatur from Bishop Kevin Rhoades, making it the first mobile program to receive the stamp of the church.
Leinen cited Pope Benedict XVI's call to the faithful to use new media to good purposes as his inspiration for the app.
"Our desire is to invite Catholics to engage in their faith through digital technology," Leinen wrote in a press release on his littleapps.comwebsite.
"Taking to heart Pope Benedict XVI's message from last year's World Communications Address, our goal with this project is to offer a digital application that is truly 'new media at the service of the Word,'" he said.
"Individuals who have been away from the sacrament for some time will find Confession: A Roman Catholic App to be a useful and inviting tool," Leinen added.
The application costs $1.99 in Apple's iTunes store, and offers password protected customized profiles, a guide to performing the sacrament as well as a list of acts of contrition.