Back Burner - Simple To-Do App
Benjamin Carroll Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Back Burner - Simple To-Do App is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by Benjamin Carroll. Rated 5.0/5 from 4 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 4 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 1 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 25
- 2026 · v1.6
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About Back Burner - Simple To-Do App
You have projects. You have tasks. And you have things you want to do... eventually. Back Burner is a place to collect those eventual to-dos so that you can revisit them, revise them, and get them done when you've got the time. Back Burner is also an alternative to social networks. Have five minutes free on your commute? Instead of doom scrolling the latest bad news, check out your Back Burner and swipe to find something you can accomplish for YOU! Or if you have a new goal you want to jot down quickly, throw it on your Back Burner and come back to it later! Whether it's paying a bill or calling a loved one, signing up for that course or remembering to drink water a few times a day, Back Burner is a great way to track and accomplish your goals simply and easily. Other task managers fill your screen with llists, and require you to set time tables and dependencies. Back Burner follows the model of a card deck, allowing you to have one idea per card, and just rotate through, swiping left to postpone something you're not ready to do, or swiping right when you've done it. Users get 100 cards for free, with titles only. Subscribers get unlimited cards, with both titles and descriptions, tags, filters, and search. And there are dozens of features in development which will all be available to subscribers only. Download Back Burner now for FREE, and when you love it, subscribe to unlock everything! Use of this app is pursuant to the standard Apple App Store EULA at https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s new
Version 1.6 · Updated October 25, 2026
This update brings a fresh look, a gentle nudge, and smoother ways to keep life’s loose ends in view. • Meet Nudge. Put something off without letting it disappear. Choose when a task should return to the front of your deck, with quick choices or custom intervals. Add optional notifications that take you straight to the card. Nudge is available to everyone. • Your cards, across devices. Private iCloud sync keeps your cards and their saved state in step across devices using the same iCloud account. • A fresh coat of polish. Refined card surfaces, softer corners, subtle shadows, and cleaner typography give Back Burner a more modern feel while keeping its familiar simplicity. • Smoother swipes and better Undo. Clear action labels help you see what each swipe will do. More consistent gestures and a compact Undo bar make completing and postponing tasks feel more predictable. • Repeating tasks that keep the details. New occurrences preserve descriptions, tags, notes, and Nudge settings. Undoing a completion no longer leaves an extra copy behind. • Easier adding, editing, and finding. A handy + button joins the double-tap shortcut, and Done makes finishing edits clearer. Search stays current as cards change, tag filtering is more precise, and empty decks offer more helpful guidance. • Clearer Siri interactions. Add tasks with simpler prompts and confirmations, plus clearer messages when a task can’t be saved. • A little discovery between tasks. Refreshed discovery cards for free users feature apps and music, with song previews, Apple Music links, and in-app App Store browsing. Plus improved startup recovery and more reliable handling of existing cards when updating.
App privacy
The developer, Benjamin Carroll, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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