Burn451
Read It or Lose It. 24h Timer.
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
The anti-bookmark app. Every link gets 24h — read it or let it burn. Free forever. Stop hoarding, start reading.
You don't have a reading problem. You have a letting-go problem.
The average person saves hundreds of bookmarks and reads almost none. Every "Save for Later" is a tiny lie. Burn makes you honest.
How it works:
FLAME -- Every bookmark gets 24 hours. Save a URL, and the clock starts. Read it or watch it burn. No guilt -- the decision is made for you.
SPARK -- Read something worth keeping? It becomes a Spark. You get 30 more days to revisit, reflect, or let go. Still a deadline -- because deadlines work.
VAULT -- Only the best earns a permanent spot. Your Vault is your curated knowledge base -- tagged, searchable, exportable. Not a graveyard. A library you actually use.
For AI power users:
Burn exposes your Vault via Model Context Protocol (MCP). Connect a companion MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or any AI agent -- your AI does the thinking, Burn provides the data:
- "Summarize what I read this week"
- "What themes keep showing up in my saves?"
- "Find something I saved about [topic]"
Your bookmarks become a living knowledge base your AI can tap into.
Why Burn is different:
Other read-later apps help you save more. Burn helps you save less.
Other apps become digital attics. Burn is a furnace -- what survives the fire is gold.
Features:
- 24-hour countdown timer for every bookmark
- Automatic content extraction and reading time estimate
- Clean reader mode -- no ads, no clutter
- Collections for topic grouping
- Ash graveyard with rescue (10/month -- choose wisely)
- Works with MCP-compatible AI agents via companion server
- Share Extension -- save from any app
- Cloud sync across devices
- Dark mode + English/Chinese
- Completely free. No ads. No subscription. No catch.
Works with:
X, YouTube, Reddit, Spotify, Hacker News, Medium, GitHub, WeChat, Bilibili, Xiaohongshu, and any web page.
Privacy first. Your reading stays yours. No tracking, no ads, no data selling.
Terms of Use: https://burn451.cloud/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://burn451.cloud/privacy.html
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v3.0 — Completely Free
• All features free, no subscription, no ads
• 30 Spark slots, unlimited Vault
• MCP Server for AI agent integration
• Performance improvements and bug fixes
The developer, 国庆 沈, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
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Information
- Seller
- 国庆 沈
- Size
- 5 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Burn451
