Luna vs burner notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Luna
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Luna is the podcast app for people who want to do more than just listen. Most podcasts are packed with ideas you'll forget by tomorrow. Luna is built around helping you remember them. Swipe through a feed of episodes matched to your interests. Luna saves your highlights and turns them into flashcards so you can revisit and recall the best moments later. Your Library collects everything in one place, saved episodes, your highlights, and your listening history. Follow friends to see what they're into, share episodes directly, and see who's been listening most this month on the leaderboard. The more you listen, the better Luna gets at finding what you'll love next. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
burner notes
This app creates notes that automatically delete themselves after a set time. It offers various visual and haptic destruction effects for a unique experience. Notes can also be sent securely to nearby devices.
- Self-destructing notes with timers
- Multiple visual and haptic destruction effects
- Device-to-device note sharing (Whisper)
- Live activity countdown on lock screen and Dynamic Island
- Home screen widget for soonest-expiring note
- Customizable themes, sounds, and vibrations
- Photo attachment to notes
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stop deleting notes you write a quick thought in notes. a password. a flight number. a grocery list. a vent. then it sits there forever because you never go back to delete it. burner notes fixes that. write it, set a timer, and it's gone when you're done with it every note has a self-destruct countdown. when time runs out, it's permanently deleted from your device. no cloud. no account. no way to get it back. that's the point how it works write a note. pick a timer: 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day, or set a custom duration down to the minute. a live countdown appears on your lock screen and dynamic island. when the timer hits zero, it's gone. or burn it early no drafts. no archive. no undo destruction rituals when a note burns, it doesn't just disappear. it's destroyed with a full visual and haptic experience. each ritual is designed for a different feeling • classic burn - fire rises from below, words char to glowing embers, ash scatters • shredder - words split into strips and fall like paper scraps • deep sea - letters fade to ocean blue and drift upward as bubbles • black hole - text shrinks into a singularity. the void doesn't give things back • dissolve - acid eats through your words, letters corrode and drip away • avalanche - boulders fall. text crushes flat. dust settles whisper: device-to-device notes send a self-destructing note to someone nearby. no server. no cloud. no login. just encrypted peer-to-peer over bluetooth and wi-fi. they read it, it burns live everywhere • live activity countdown on your lock screen and dynamic island • home screen widget shows your soonest-expiring note make it yours • 5 extra destruction rituals with unique animations • 5 burn sounds: none, fire, whoosh, crumple, glitch • 4 vibration styles: standard, strong, double tap, pulse • 6 color themes: orange, white, red, cyan, green, purple • attach photos that burn with the note • recurring notes that auto-recreate on the same timer • scheduled notes with a future start time privacy is the architecture • zero data leaves your phone. ever • no account. no email. no sign-up • no analytics. no tracking. no telemetry • notes are permanently deleted when burned • app switcher shows a privacy screen • lock screen content is redacted when locked burner pro $2.99/month or $14.99 once forever unlocks 5 premium destruction rituals, premium sounds, vibration styles, 6 color themes, whisper, photo notes, recurring notes, scheduled notes, custom timers, and export the free version includes unlimited notes, classic burn ritual, fire sound, standard vibration, all preset timers, live activities, widgets, and full privacy requires iphone with ios 17 or later Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ardenkg/517883cd1e4f814ce926d0d61f7bacb8/raw/gistfile1.txt
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Luna at fortnightly against burner notes's every 6 weeks. Luna also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 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. Luna sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and burner notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Luna ships an update fortnightly, burner notes every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Luna | burner notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Human Learning Lab | Arden Knablein-Greene |
In-app purchases
Luna
- Luna Subscription Monthly$3.991 Month
- Luna Subscription Yearly$29.991 Year
burner notes
- Burner Pro$2.991 Month
- Burner Pro$14.99









