ForgeMe old vs Back Burner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ForgeMe old
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ForgeMe is the result of 25 years of experience in organization and personal development. Its name expresses its ambition: to help you "forge" yourself and become stronger, whatever the field. How can we improve ourselves? How do we achieve our greatest projects? By providing a companion who will guide you on a daily basis, ForgeMe will be your ally in achieving your most seemingly difficult goals. There's nothing magical about it, ForgeMe will help you build habits (probably one of the hardest things in life) and track your goals and progress. You will also be able to rely on numerous packages to benefit from training, learning and/or motivational programs thanks to the participation and experience of coaches, specialists and great athletes. ForgeMe will also allow you to fill in a daily diary of your life. You will be able to print it every year and thus leave your children, grandchildren, a trace of your life and your experience. ForgeMe is an application available via subscription. Indeed, we made the choice to charge for the use of ForgeMe in order to continue to develop the tool and guarantee you an optimal quality of product, but above all, we commit ourselves not to transmit any personal data to any third party. These will remain on your phone, tablet or computer. We attach absolute importance to the preservation of your privacy. Also, you will never receive any advertising or commercial communication related to your use of ForgeMe. The Principle The principle of ForgeMe is to allow you to acquire habits, but also to be able to break down your projects into achievable sub-tasks that you can track. Failure and disappointment in our goals are very often linked to the fact that our goals are not directly achievable. They need to be broken down into several sub-tasks that can be easily and quickly achieved. Who has never decided to do sports, to start a cultural activity or to start meditating at the beginning of the year or at the end of the vacations without ever really getting started? You are not alone, in 80% of cases, these resolutions are doomed to failure. The solution? Making it a habit. By setting up a habit in ForgeMe (which can become a ritual), you will be able to make your dreams come true. Scientists estimate that it takes between 21 and 100 repetitions before an activity actually becomes a habit. Through its daily follow-up, ForgeMe will allow you to adopt these habits that will make you the person you want to be. Finally, ForgeMe will bring you a last well-being: free your mind. Repetitive or not tasks, goals, important dates that occupy your mental load can be postponed on this application, to allow you to focus on the essential: you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Back Burner
Capture tasks and goals you want to address later. This app offers a card-based system to manage eventual to-dos, helping you focus on personal accomplishments instead of endless lists. It's a simple way to track and complete your objectives.
- Card-based task management
- Swipe to postpone or complete tasks
- Capture eventual to-dos
- Alternative to social media scrolling
- Goal tracking
- Unlimited cards for subscribers
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Back Burner at monthly against ForgeMe old's every 4 months. ForgeMe old's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. ForgeMe old sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month and Back Burner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.29 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ForgeMe old ships an update every 4 months, Back Burner monthly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | ForgeMe old | Back Burner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Generation-IA | Benjamin Carroll |
In-app purchases
ForgeMe old
- ForgeMe for a month$3.491 Month
- ForgeMe for one year$34.991 Year
Back Burner
- Monthly Subscription$0.291 Month
- Annual Subscription$2.901 Year
- Superfan Annual Subscription$29.001 Year









