BurnPony Self-Destruct Notes
Private, encrypted, reads once
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Send a secret that reads once and burns. Encrypted on your phone before it
leaves. No account, no tracking, and the entire app is open source.
Write a secret. Share one link. It reads once and burns.
BurnPony encrypts your note on your phone before anything is sent. The
server stores only ciphertext it cannot read, the decryption key travels
in a part of the link that browsers never transmit, and the recipient
needs nothing but a browser. No app on their side, no account on yours.
WHAT IT DOES
One link, any recipient, any device with a browser.
View limits from 1 to 100, expiry from 5 minutes to 30 days, an optional
auto-hide timer after reveal.
Optional passphrase as a second factor, shared through a different
channel than the link.
Read receipts, honestly: the recipient is told before they open. No
silent tracking, ever.
Labels that never leave your phone: name a note "wifi password for mom"
and the read notification says so, while the server knows nothing.
Sent Notes: live status, view counts, change the expiration after
sending, burn early with a swipe.
The recipient page speaks nine languages, following the reader's
browser.
WHY YOU CAN CHECK INSTEAD OF TRUST
The entire system is open source: this app, the server, and the recipient
page, with a written protocol specification and cross-implementation test
vectors. The note page is byte-reproducible from its published source, so
View Source is a real audit, not a gesture. You can even run your own
server and point the app at it from Settings.
HONEST LIMITS
Self-destruction limits exposure; it cannot un-share. A recipient can
always copy or photograph a revealed note, and BurnPony says so on the
note page itself, because a privacy tool that overpromises is worse than
none.
From NorseHorse, maker of PGPony, CarrierPony, AgePony, RelayPony, and
QuorumPony.
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New in this update:
A guided walkthrough for first time users. Five steps, with a skip button on every screen, and it ends by sending a real burn note, encrypted on your device, so you have used BurnPony before you finish setting it up.
Privacy Policy and Terms of Use now live inside the app. Both are bundled and readable offline, with a link to the web copy from Settings.
An in app language picker. BurnPony now speaks English, Deutsch, Espanol, Francais, Italiano, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, and Simplified Chinese, and switching takes effect right away, no restart needed.
A new Discourage copying option when composing a note. Turn it on and the viewer disables text selection and hides the copy button for that note. It is a speed bump, not protection, a screenshot still works, but it is one more layer for notes you would rather not see copied around.
Replay the walkthrough any time from Settings.
The developer, Kevin Stewart, 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Kevin Stewart
- Size
- 1.6 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 8 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
User-Generated Content
- Copyright
- © 2026 Kevin Stewart