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Organize tasks with a calm, newspaper-like interface. Share responsibilities with family, track finances, and manage receipts. Your data stays private on your device or iCloud.
1.16.0
November 10, 2026
Moving from Reminders? Bring your lists over in one go: Settings, Tasks & money, Calendar and Reminders. Show events as tasks: events from the calendars you choose appear among your tasks, with their date and time. Ticking one marks it on this device only; your calendar is never changed. Settings is shorter: what you set once now has a page of its own.
MoreFamily plan and Advanced, billed yearly
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Barriers is a productivity app designed to help you manage tasks, share responsibilities with family, track your finances, and organize receipts with a calm, newspaper-like interface. It prioritizes user privacy by storing data locally or via iCloud.
No, Barriers does not have ads. The app is made to be trusted, with no ads or trackers. Your tasks and data are kept private on your device or your iCloud.
Barriers is free to use for core task management. The Finance and Receipts features can be unlocked with a single one-time purchase. Family sharing is an optional subscription where one person subscribes, and everyone they invite joins for free.
Yes, Barriers offers an optional family feature for up to six people. You can assign tasks, track household responsibilities, and monitor shared finances, with recurring chores rotating turns among family members.
Yes, Barriers is made to be trusted. No account is required to use the app, and your tasks live on your device and your own iCloud, not on their servers. There are no ads and no trackers.
Barriers is available on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. It also supports iPod and offers a Night Edition for use after dark.
The latest version of Barriers is 1.4.0, which was last updated on July 22, 2026. This indicates a relatively active development cycle for the application.
Barriers stores your tasks on your device and your own iCloud, meaning core functionality should be available offline. However, features like family sharing or syncing across devices would require an internet connection.