Verata is an app for studying Reformed theology methodically — and for having the historical confessions of the church always at hand.
MEMORIZE WITH SPACED REPETITION
346 flashcards in 8 collections: the attributes of God, the person and work of Christ, the doctrines of salvation, the five solas, the heresies the church rejected, errors about sin and salvation, the Shorter Catechism, and the Ten Commandments. You answer from memory, check, and the app brings each topic back just before you forget it. Ten minutes a day fixes more than an hour straight.
THE ENTIRE CONFESSIONAL LIBRARY
10 historical documents, 806 items, with biblical references for each:
• Apostles' Creed, Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed, and the Definition of Chalcedon
• Belgic Confession and Canons of Dort
• Heidelberg Catechism
• Westminster Confession of Faith, Larger Catechism, and Shorter Catechism
• Catechism for Young Children
A GLOSSARY THAT LINKS EVERYTHING
27 entries with definitions, distinctions, and — rarely — the exact points in the confessions where each term appears. From "justification" you can reach Westminster XI, Heidelberg 60, and the Shorter Catechism 33 without searching.
MADE FOR READING
Reading-friendly font size that increases without bloating the rest of the app.
Light and dark mode. On iPad, reading column at the right size.
WORKS WITHOUT INTERNET
Everything offline. The account is optional and serves only one purpose: to save your progress and transfer it to another device.
NO ADS, NO TRACKING
No analytics library, no advertising identifier, no data sold. You delete your account through the app itself, whenever you want.
The creeds, confessions, and catechisms are historical texts in freely distributed translations; the credits for each are within the app, in Settings → Sources.
Memorize catechisms and read historical confessions. Offline and ad-free.