New — Barriers on your wrist

Clear the path,
one task at a time.

A calm, private home for the things between you and a clear day — tasks, money and receipts, set like a quiet newspaper. Share the load with your family, or keep it entirely to yourself — on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch, over your own iCloud.

· Tasks free, always · Private & on-device · iPhone, iPad, Mac & Watch
Barriers — the family tasks screen
The new edition

Now on your wrist.

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Apple Watch
Open the app, speak into the mic, and the task lands in your list. Complete or push to tomorrow from the wrist.
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The iPad Newsroom
The full editorial app in three columns on the big screen — sidebar, list and reading pane.
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End-of-day wrap-up
Celebrate a cleared day — or roll what's left forward to tomorrow, in one tap.
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Schedules of your own
Weekly chores on exactly the weekdays you choose, with per-task lead time.
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18 languages
The whole paper, fully translated — the app follows your phone's language.
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Live Activity
The five-minute countdown on your Lock Screen, with Completed at any point.
The real app

Every screen, considered.

Actual screens from Barriers — tasks set like headlines, your list on the wrist, the iPad newsroom, statements that total themselves, receipts read on-device, and the Night Edition for after dark.

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What you get

Everything between you and Friday.

Three tabs, one quiet app — and a handful of touches that do the chasing for you.

Tasks

Smart-default deadlines (Tonight / Tomorrow / Next week), a five-minute flag for the things you keep putting off, a Backburner for someday — and an end-of-day wrap-up that celebrates a cleared list or gently rolls the rest to tomorrow.

Recurring tasks

Set up monthly bills or weekly chores once — on exactly the weekdays you choose. They reappear on schedule, you clear them, they come back next time.

Apple Watch

Open the app on your wrist and it opens on the mic: speak, and the task lands in your list with a sensible deadline. Scroll for what's outstanding — tap to complete, long-press for Tomorrow.

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Finance

Monthly statements that total themselves — income, outgoings and net saved. Scan a payslip to fill your take-home pay, and watch a predicted year-end savings figure build month by month.

Receipts

Snap a photo and on-device vision reads the vendor, amount and date. File each one to its month's statement and keep your spending tidy without typing.

Family

An optional family for up to six — one subscribes, everyone invited joins free. Assign a task to one person — they accept, or decline with a note — or send it to the whole house. Nudge whoever's dawdling; the Family Ledger shows who's carrying what.

Reminders that act

Mark a task done or push it to tomorrow straight from the notification — no need to open the app. Tap a reminder and a five-minute Live Activity counts down on your Lock Screen.

Private & synced

Everything lives on your device. Turn on iCloud and it syncs privately between iPhone, iPad and Mac through your own Apple account — only family tasks ever touch our backend.

Voice & languages

Add a task hands-free — ask Alexa, or dictate to your watch — and it lands in your list. And Barriers speaks your language, fully translated across 18 languages.

Privacy & Sync

Yours. On your devices.

Your data lives on your devices — and only your devices. Turn on iCloud and it syncs through your own Apple account, so your iPhone, iPad and Mac stay in step. No account is ever required: the optional family account exists purely to share tasks. Delete the app and it's gone.

  • On-device first — works fully offline
  • Synced privately through your own iCloud
  • Face ID / Touch ID lock the app
  • No account required — family sharing is opt-in
  • No ads, no analytics, no tracking
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Stop letting barriers pile up.

Tasks are free, forever. Unlock Finance and Receipts with a single one-time purchase — no subscription, no accounts.

Download on the App Store

For iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch — all on the App Store, synced over your own iCloud.