Back Burner vs WhereTimeGo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
WhereTimeGo
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Ever ended a busy day unable to say where the hours went? Most time trackers make it worse: create a project, pick a category, fill in a form, three to five steps before the clock even starts. Then you forget to stop the timer, the data breaks, and you quit by day three. WhereTimeGo fixes that. One tap starts the clock. Categorize later, or not at at all, because nothing gets lost. Daily, weekly and monthly pie charts show exactly where your time goes. ONE-TAP TRACKING Start with a single tap, no project setup required Pick a category when you stop, with custom colors and icons Three-step onboarding gets you going in seconds UNCATEGORIZED SAFETY NET Forgot to categorize? Time lands in a fallback bucket that reminds you Backfill any time range in one step Edit, delete and undo fully supported DEEP STATS AND REVIEW Pie charts for day, week and month with category breakdowns Time-of-day analysis to find your golden hours and fragmented time Per-category detail: entries, average length, month-over-month change Compare any two periods, plus a full-year heatmap POMODORO FOCUS TIMER 25, 45 or 60 minute focus sessions Finished sessions automatically become time blocks in your stats Live progress in the Dynamic Island GOALS AND MILESTONES Set long-term goals like 10,000 hours for skills, study or fitness Progress ring, streak days and estimated completion date Milestones at 10%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% EVERYWHERE YOU ARE Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets Apple Watch: start and stop from your wrist Optional iCloud sync across devices YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Everything is stored on your device by default Face ID app lock for extra privacy Export a JSON backup or CSV anytime 23 languages with full Dark Mode WHO IT IS FOR Students: watch study hours add up toward exam day Freelancers and professionals: track time per project and client Habit builders: streaks and goal progress beat procrastination with data Anyone who just wants to know where the time went WHY WHERETIMEGO Genuinely free: every feature unlocked, no subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads Faster logging: one tap instead of the usual three to five steps A complete loop: tracking, stats and goals in one app Private by design: no data collection, no third-party SDK, works fully offline Refined with feedback from a hundred-person beta test. No account needed. Download now and make the next hour count.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WhereTimeGo at none against Back Burner's 3. WhereTimeGo also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Back Burner sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.29 per month. WhereTimeGo asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Back Burner | WhereTimeGo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benjamin Carroll | 东申 王 |
In-app purchases
Back Burner
- Monthly Subscription$0.291 Month
- Annual Subscription$2.901 Year
- Superfan Annual Subscription$29.001 Year
WhereTimeGo
No in-app purchases









