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Add one task, or keep going

Start with one task and add up to five. Type a title, then tap Add to return to your list. To keep typing, press Return ↵ on the keyboard or tap Add another. The fifth task closes Add automatically.

Now and Later today are always visible in Add. Later today lets you choose the time reminders begin. Your saved reminder settings apply automatically; open Customize reminders to change them for this task.

Notifications are not arriving

• Open Burn List Settings and check the notification status shown there.
• If notifications are off, use Open iPhone Settings and allow notifications for Burn List.
• Check whether scheduled quiet hours or the temporary Quiet button are active.
• Check whether that task starts later today or is snoozed. Its status appears below its title.
• Check iPhone Focus and Scheduled Summary, which can silence or delay alerts.
• Keep at least one unfinished task on today’s list. Burn List goes silent when nothing remains.
• Open Burn List to refresh its schedule. If iOS cannot keep the schedule renewed in the background, a reminder will ask you to reopen the app.

Burn List asks for notification permission after your first Add session closes, so the alert does not interrupt you while entering several tasks.

Change the reminder pressure

Choose the time between reminders, from 5 to 60 minutes. With Escalate frequency on, ignored reminders come faster over time, down to the Fastest frequency you choose. With it off, reminders stay at the interval you chose. Escalate wording is a separate setting. Scheduled quiet hours pause reminders during your chosen window.

Change the Quiet button

In Settings → Quiet Time, set Quick quiet duration anywhere from 5 minutes to 2 hours. The button on the main list uses that duration the next time you tap it. The chevron beside Quiet lets you choose a duration for just this pause without changing your saved default.

Keep task names private

Task names are hidden from notifications by default. You can change this under Notifications in Burn List Settings. Your iPhone’s notification-preview setting also controls what is visible on the lock screen.

Complete, edit, or delete a task

Tap a task row to mark it burned or unfinished. Use the pencil button to edit its title. Swipe left and tap the trash action to delete it; a full swipe will not delete a task.

The same swipe offers Snooze, or Resume if reminders are already snoozed. After deletion, a ten-second Undo restores the task in its original position with its reminder settings.

Clear or restore the list

Completed tasks stay struck through while anything remains. Burn the final task and the flame finale clears the list and silences its reminders. A five-second Undo appears after the finale and restores the list with the final task unfinished. You can also choose Start fresh in Settings to clear the current list without changing your reminder or quiet-hour preferences.

You get the full finale for any complete list, from one task to five. At the next day’s rollover, completed tasks leave and unfinished tasks carry forward.

Larger text, VoiceOver, and motion

Burn List follows your iPhone text-size preference. At larger sizes, reminder choices stack vertically and the screen scrolls to keep controls reachable.

VoiceOver announces task changes, offers Edit, Snooze, and Delete actions on task buttons, and moves focus to Undo after completion or deletion. Both Undo windows last 30 seconds while VoiceOver is running. Turn on Reduce Motion in iPhone Accessibility settings for a still, readable finale.

Your data

Burn List has no account or cloud sync. Lists and settings remain in private on-device storage shared between Burn List and its home-screen widget. Read the privacy policy for complete details.