PurityRing

Ian Hicks | Jul 22, 2009 Lifestyle

User rating: (1 votes, average: 1.00 out of 5)
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It is rare that an app comes along so ridiculous that you look at it and can’t help but laugh.  Purity Rings are a controversial method of trying to get teens and young adults to not have sex, as instituted by several Christian religions. PurityRing, is a hilarious iPhone app which ports this concept into the digital world.

PurityRing’s two second function is to allow the user to say they have or have not taken a pledge. If they have not it asks you if you’re Male or Female. It then flashes some pledge not to have sex. If you press reject, it essentially says God hates you, and no shiny ring for you. If you accept you get to watch the shiny ring twirl around for 4 or 5 seconds.

I actually find this app appalling. I really do not mind someone taking a religious message to the app store. My problem with it is the fact that it has about 10 seconds of content in it, and that the developer, Island Wall Entertainment, is using a religious message for some cheap cash. Not to mention 80% of purity ring users later deny pledging.

iTunes Link

Version: 1.0

Reviewed On: iPhone 3G

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  • Michael (Admin)

    I might as well take the pledge since girls won’t have sex with me anyway!!

  • Kenski

    Okay, that’s the first time I’ve heard of someone paying to *not* have sex!

    Does the pledge still count when you have the phone powered down? Inquiring minds want to know…

  • pFunk

    Stupid idea. But I have I hard time believing it says “God hates you”! Why didn’t you post a screen shot of that? I really wanna see it. If you dont, Ill have to pay money and contribute to the sales of this stupid thing just to find out how offended I should actually be.

  • Ian Hicks

    Ha well I apologize for exaggerating a bit I will post the true screenshot.

  • Chris J.

    There are a lot of apps out there trying to make a quick buck with little or no content (i.e. the bazillion sound generator apps). Whether the people behind this app were well-meaning or not, I think that charging for something like this sends a bad message.
    On a side note, I signed a pledge years ago (before they came up with the purity ring to go with it) and stuck to it. I never regretted it.