BYB Backpack

Backyard Brains Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch

BYB Backpack is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Backyard Brains. Rated 3.0/5 from 2 ratings. Requires iOS 13.1. Updated October 23, 2026.

Rating: 3.0; 2 ratings
Price: Free; on the App Store
Size: 27 MB; Age 4+
Updated: Oct 23; 2026 · v2.1.0

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About BYB Backpack

BYB Backpack is an educational wireless stimulus generator developed by Backyard Brains. Connect to a BYB Backpack board over Bluetooth, choose a preset frequency, or configure frequency, pulse width, duration, gain, and random mode. A compatible board is required. Original device development was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, NIH (award R43MH093334).

What’s new

Version 2.1.0 · Updated October 23, 2026

Adds crash monitoring and internal reliability improvements.

App privacy

The developer, Backyard Brains, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

Usage Data: Product Interaction
Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Identifiers: Device ID

Used for: Analytics, App Functionality

Data Not Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

Identifiers: Device ID

Used for: Analytics

App details

BYB Backpack is a free Education app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, developed by Backyard Brains. It is rated 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings on the App Store, requires iOS 13.1 or later and is 27 MB to download. It was first released on January 10, 2014 and last updated on October 23, 2026.

Category: Education
Rating: 3.0 / 5 (2 ratings)
Price: Free
Version: 2.1.0
Size: 27 MB
Requires: iOS 13.1 or later
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Languages: English
Age rating: 4+
Released: January 10, 2014
Last updated: October 23, 2026
Developer: Backyard Brains

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