# Time To Burn 2026 — Burning Man Guide+Reference

> Unofficial electronic reference guide for the Burning Man festival. (iPhone/iPad app by Terry Grossman Consulting.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/time-to-burn-2026/id362942005 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Terry Grossman Consulting](https://appshunter.io/developer/362942008)
- Category: Travel, Reference
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 68 App Store ratings · 93 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 263 MB
- Languages: American English, Danish, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, European Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish, Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2010-04-14
- Data updated: 2026-08-27
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/time-to-burn-2026/id362942005/reviews.md

## What is Time To Burn 2026?

This is the (unofficial) Electronic Reference to the annual Burning Man festival.  Rated "Must Have" by the Black Rock Gazette, and "Amazing" by the 20,000 burners who use it every year. 

*Browse the comprehensive snapshot of the official Playa Calendar, with thousands of things to do while you are there.  Favorite the events and camps that tickle your fancy.

*A week before the event, the Rockstar Librarian's festival music guide to DJ's and performances on the Playa will go live!

*The Black Rock City map is GPS aware, and can be used to locate yourself in the city, and get guidance to various locations.

If you have suggestions about how to make the app better, I would love to hear them.  The majority of the enhancements and upgrades in this version were suggested by the burningman community.

I hope you find the app useful, it's my gift to BRC.

While the Burning Man organization provides me access to the festival data, and has supported this app since 2010, the app is a private effort and is not produced nor endorsed by the Burning Man festival.

## Key features

- Built-in packing list
- Playa Calendar with event scheduling
- Festival music guide
- GPS-aware Black Rock City map
- Favorite events and camps

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Donate the price of a cup of coffee | $1.99 | one-time |
| Donate the cost of my ticket to the burn | $299.99 | one-time |
| donation to help cover my Burningman expenses | $14.99 | one-time |
| Large Donation! | $49.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Time To Burn 2026?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Great app
- 🎁 Wonderful gift to the community
- 🗺️ Useful map and GPS
- ℹ️ Lots of information
- 🎶 Includes music guide
- ✅ Checklist is wonderful
- ✨ Gets better every year
- ❤️ Favorite events/camps
- ✈️ Works offline/airplane mode
- 💡 Searchable events/camps
- 🎨 Art info is great
- 🤝 Developed by burners for burners
- 💯 Indispensable tool

**Cons**

- 👴 Very early 00s feel
- 😵 Text hard to read
- ⚪ White text on white background
- 🪦 Lost all favorites after update
-  outdated information
- 😵 UI is rough
- 😩 Unreadable for dark mode
- 📉 Formatting is wonky
- 🐌 Feels like an early 00s app
- 🤷‍♂️ No way to find music

**Commonly reported bugs**

- White text on white background in dark mode
- Lost all favorited events after update
- App crashes when favoriting an event
- App crashes when trying to heart an activity
- App crashes when going to My Fave Things
- App crashes within seconds of opening
- App crashes after update
- App crashes after donation
- Map crashes on older iPhones
- Survival guide only works online, font too small, no zoom/rotate
- Events starting at 10:00 AM show as MIDNIGHT
- Events page blank after download/update
- App crashes after sending payment

**Most requested features**

- Fix dark mode contrast
- Add DJ sets to music guide
- Search by artist name for music
- Implement dark mode for iOS
- Update for 2023
- Update for 2022
- Add address info via push notification
- Ability to add camps
- Ability to add events
- Jump to current day/time
- Show time for repeated events on that day
- Make calendar integration for events
- Refine search to a time period

## Recent user reviews (10 of 93)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/time-to-burn-2026/id362942005/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Has a lot of info, but very early 00s

*2023-08-26*

Has the events, the camps, the music guide! However, app feels very much like an early 00s app. Text can be hard to read places. Doesn't feel like an iOS app.

### 5/5 — Great App

*2023-08-26, version 2023.5*

Thanks for doing this to make all of our lives easier!

### 5/5 — Great app but one thing

*2023-08-24*

Love this app! However, my phone is usually on dark mode because I have vision problems. When I open this app, half of it is white text on white background.

Edited: 5 stars bc fixed the bug!

### 5/5 — Thank you! Dark mode?

*2023-08-23*

Update: And like that, the dark mode contrast is fixed and looks great. What an amazing gift to the community. Thanks!

This is such a treasured gift to the community. I run my phone in dark mode to save power, but it makes the colors almost unreadable on the app. Would you be able to solve for this? Thanks!

**Developer response:** I definitely will try to add in support for Dark Mode next year.  Dusty hugs!

### 4/5 — Great app but one thing

*2023-08-22*

Love this app! However, my phone is usually on dark mode because I have vision problems. When I open this app, half of it is white text on white background.

### 1/5 — 😭😭lost all my favorites

*2023-08-21, version 2023.1*

The most recent app update wiped out all the events I had favorited.

### 2/5 — STILL need to fix font text color in iOS dark mode

*2023-08-21*

The text becomes white on white in significant parts of the app when iOS is set to dark mode. Has been this way for years for some mysterious reason.

**Developer response:** The app has never supported Dark Mode because in the limited amount of time I have to work on the app each year, there are always much higher priority issues.  I have disabled Dark Mode in the app this year so at the very least you should no longer have difficulty reading text, although it is a less-than-ideal solution.

### 5/5 — Thank you! Dark mode?

*2023-08-21*

This is such a treasured gift to the community. I run my phone in dark mode to save power, but it makes the colors almost unreadable on the app. Would you be able to solve for this? Thanks!

### 1/5 — App not updates

*2023-08-11, version 2022.1*

Colors are all white on light so I can’t read them and it’s still says stuff about 2022.

### 5/5 — Great and useful app every year

*2023-07-16*

Hoping there will be news of a 2023 update soon

**Developer response:** Thank you !  Version 2023.5 just went live - hopefully you already downloaded it.

## Frequently asked questions about Time To Burn 2026

### What does the Time To Burn 2024 app do?

This app serves as an unofficial electronic reference for the annual Burning Man festival. It helps attendees by providing a packing list, a detailed calendar of events on the Playa, a music guide, and a GPS-aware map of Black Rock City.

### What are the key features of this Burning Man guide?

Key features include a comprehensive packing list to ensure you don't forget essentials, a detailed Playa Calendar with thousands of events you can favorite, a music guide for DJs and performances, and a GPS-aware map to help you navigate Black Rock City and find specific locations.

### Is this app free to use?

The app is free to download and use, but it does offer in-app purchases. While the core functionality is provided freely, some additional features or content may be available for purchase.

### What is the best way to use this app at Burning Man?

The app is designed to be a comprehensive companion for your Burning Man experience. Use the packing list before you go, the calendar to plan your days, the music guide to discover performances, and the GPS map to find your way around Black Rock City and locate camps or events.

### Is this app officially endorsed by the Burning Man festival?

No, this app is an unofficial effort and is not produced nor endorsed by the Burning Man festival organization. While the organization provides access to festival data and has supported the app since 2010, it is a private project.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2026.2 — 2026-08-26

*Rockstar Librarian Music guide has been added.  Find your favorite DJs or get a new groove.
*Audio Art Guide has been added.  Hear the makers and artists discuss selected artworks.
*Many mapping enhancements have been made.
*More bugfixes than you can shake a stick at.   
*An intermittent bug that caused issues on older devices has been fixed.

### 2026.1 — 2026-08-22

* Rockstar Librarian's Music Guide will be available to help you find your beats.
* The detailed camp map will be available once the gate opens.
* Mutant Vehicle data is now included in the app, helping you identify and connect with those amazing mobile art pieces.
* Improved search capabilities for events and camps
* Many bugfixes (dark mode, map searches, UI fixes, etc)

### 2024.4 — 2024-08-29

Map updates!
*Incorporated the official placer's map - You should be able to find camps much easier.
*Cleaned up the map interface.
*Cleaned up the map search screen and added a few features:
1. The ability to specify if the map search should include camps and/or artwork.
2. A search shortcut for LGBT+ camps.

### 2024.3 — 2024-08-27

Two bug fixes:  The Rockstar Librarian Music Guide search for her favorites now works as expected.  The BRC map more accurately displays locations now, at various zoom levels

### 2024.1 — 2024-08-26

This is mostly an update to the internal database to bring the app current for 2024 - Events, Camps, Art, DJs.  
Bugfixes for map/location services.
Improved search capabilities for camps, art, and DJs.

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