Please note that the applications and links shown below are operated by application providers over which Burning Man exercises no control. The descriptions below have been supplied by the application providers, and Burning Man neither endorses these applications nor warrants that they operate as described.
The applications on this page use data sets and APIs provided by Burning Man. If you are interested in building software that uses Burning Man data please check out our Innovate Program.
Burn Guide – dust
Going to Burning Man or a regional burn? You’ll need to know what events are going on, what camps to visit and where to find the best art! Dust provides an offline experience make your burn awesome.
More info:
Find events by day, category, theme camp or search
Find art by search or listing
Find theme camps by search or listing
Map locations for Art and Theme Camps
Favorite events, Art and Theme Camps
Get notified when your favorite event is about to start
Find DJ Sets from Rock Star Librarian and get notified when a set starts
Works offline
Note
For Burning Man this is an unofficial app with data source from innovate.burningman.org and www.rockstarlibrarian.com.
Location information is hidden until the event starts on Sunday.
Release Date: July 30, 2024
Device OS: iOS and Android
Website URL: https://dust.events/
GitHub URL: https://github.com/damiant/dust
Contact: email
iBurn
iBurn is an unofficial offline map, compass, and guide for the Burning Man art festival, crafted with love as a gift for the community. We hope you like it!
More info:
Release Date: July 30, 2024
Device OS: iOS and Android
Authors: iBurn Team
Website URL: https://iburnapp.com
GitHub URL: https://github.com/iburnapp
Contact: email
Version: 2024
Printable Playa Schedule
A web app that lets you export the full list of Burning Man events & art installations to an Excel spreadsheet for easy reading, sorting, printing, & pre-burn excitement. These are all the same events you’ll find on the official Playa Events page, but with Excel, you can quickly skim through the list & create a little quick-reference booklet to print & bring to the Playa. Plus, the spreadsheet includes camp locations, which aren’t available on the official Playa Events page until Burning Man actually begins.
More info:
Tip: Once I’ve gone through & made a trimmed-down list of events I’m interested in, I like to sort by “type,” then the “date” columns. That groups all the food in one section, parties in another, art in another, etc – and within each section you can skim down the current day’s column to see what’s happening at a moment’s notice. When you’re hungry, just flip to the food page! 🙂
Release Date: August 11, 2023
Device OS: Web App
Authors: Justin Klein
Website URL: https://www.justin-klein.com/playaevents-excel-exporter/
BurnerMap
Tracking down friends at Burning Man used to be harder than cleaning playa dust out of gold-sequined booty shorts.
This free app lets you and your peeps easily share camp info with each other, generating a personalized, printable map. Just don’t forget to pack it along with your goggles, led fairy lights, and Grandma Glitter’s Homestyle Gamma Ray Bacon Baker.
More info:
Check https://www.facebook.com/BurnerMap for updates.
Release Date: July 30, 2024
Device OS: Web App
Website URL: https://burnermap.com/
Queerburners Event Directory
Every year since 2022, Queerburners has published a directory of as many awesome LGBTQIA+ events that we can find on playa. To make it easy to use without Internet access, we provide it in PDF format which you can print out and bring with you.
More info:
Release Date: July 30, 2024
Device OS: Other
Website URL: https://blog.queerburners.org/events
Contact: email
Burn Planner
A planner that allows groups of people select events for shared schedule together.
More info:
Release Date: July 30, 2024
Device OS: Web App
Website URL: https://burn-planner.web.app/
Garmin GPS Map of BRC
Garmin GPS Map of Black Rock City
More info:
Release Date: July 30, 2024
Device OS: Other
Website URL: https://www.wkeller.net/BRC-GPS/
Contact: email
BRC Navi
BRC Navi runs on a Garmin GPS watch (Fenix, Venu, and others) and can help you find your way in Black Rock City.
More info:
The app includes:
– Your current location, presented as the familiar clock and distance format on the playa, and with street letters within the city itself.
– A simple map of nearby intersections and major landmarks
– An “artificial horizon” of the surrounding mountains, for orientation at night or in whiteouts
– Blue dots indicating nearby portable toilets
– Current speed
Tested on the Fenix, Venu, and Forerunner series of Garmin watches. If your model isn’t listed, please let us know, we will send you a version for testing.
Downloadable from the Garmin app store (free):
https://apps.garmin.com/apps/f2fbd1de-7d17-4c2b-a54d-98e990a21dda
Release Date: August 13, 2024
Device OS: Other
Authors: Ted H
Website URL: https://apps.garmin.com/apps/f2fbd1de-7d17-4c2b-a54d-98e990a21dda
Contact: email
Version: 2024.1
PlayaTime
Modern easy-to-use app for scheduling events, tracking DJs, artists, performers, collaborators and playa art.
The ¡AXOLOTL! books 50+ artists each year, and managing all that with spreadsheets was wild. This should help anyone in a similar situation save tons of time!
Sign up and add your camp! Get in touch if you want to import existing plans.
More info:
🎁 Gift of Time – Noncommercial app for playa planners and makers
📅 Event Scheduling – 24-hour calendar with artists, camps, and art integration
🖨️ Printable Schedules – Generate offline-ready schedules and lineup cards
📊 Unified Dashboard – Centralized view of activities, contacts, and locations
🎭 Artist Management – Track DJs, musicians, contacts, and booking status
🎨 Art Integration – Synced playa art data with contact info for event planning
🔒 Private & Secure – Isolated camp databases with team role management
🔥 API Integration – Official art installation and camp data access
📈 Multi-Year Planning – Current planning with historical event reference
Release Date: July 12, 2025
Device OS: Web App
Authors: yroc (cory feign)
Website URL: https://playatime.app
Contact: email
The Man
App for Garmin watches. Shows location on playa, current speed, and direction and distance to:
– The man
– Your camp
– The nearest public Porto’s
More info:
Release Date: August 18, 2025
Device OS: Other
Authors: Norgram Technologies
Website URL: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/ce07d2b2-148e-477e-ac82-441b38664c1d
Contact: email
Version: 1.0
Wallpaper lock screen generator
I made a Burning Man lockscreen generator, because phones—like some Burners—tend to wander off and “find themselves.” Now, if your phone decides to take its own spiritual journey across the playa, at least it’ll be rocking a custom lockscreen with your camp info and contact deets. Think of it as a stylish “lost and found” billboard… but hotter (and dustier). Pick a trippy background, slap on your details, and boom—you’ve just made your phone 73% more likely to find its way home. 🔥 📱 💨
More info:
Release Date: August 1, 2025
Device OS: Web App
Authors: Ryan Lum
Website URL: https://burningmanlockscreen.com/
Contact: email
Version: 3.0
Census Scheduler
On playa volunteer management system. Allows volunteer checkins, schedule changes, additions, without internet connectivity. Census uses it to manage about 200 volunteers in 600 shifts throughout the burn.
More info:
Release Date: July 30, 2024
Device OS: Web App
GitHub URL: https://github.com/mbhewitt/CensusScheduler
Contact: email
Burgins Playa Oracle
It’s a custom GPT trained on the Survival Guide, new burners guide and a couple of other sources to immediately and accurately answer questions for new burners, it provides references for external sources
More info:
Includes a quiz to help test how it’s going – hit the ‘Am I burnier than thou’ button
Release Date: April 1, 2024
Device OS: Web App
Authors: Paul Hamilton
Website URL: https://chatgpt.com/g/g-bU4mf81CV-burgin-s-playa-oracle
Contact: email
Dusty AI
Meet Dusty! The sassy AI guide who’s braved 25 years of Burning Man, here to help you find your way through this eccentric dust bowl without losing your mind—or your shoes. Don’t expect warm hugs, but do expect salty wisdom in the quest for art cars and existential revelations!
More info:
Release Date: August 21, 2024
Device OS: Web App
Authors: Lovebug at Smile High HQ
Website URL: https://dusty.smilehighbrc.org/
Contact: email
Monkey King & Friends Multiverse
Monkey King & Friends — Where Mythology Becomes a Social Universe
MonkeyKingAndFriends.com is not a typical social platform. Here, there are no personal avatars, no self-centered profiles — only the spirit of the 12 Monkey King Tribes. Each tribe represents a unique attribute of Sun Wukong: strength, wisdom, rebellion, mischief, freedom, chaos, and more. By joining, you choose not “yourself,” but the Wukong within you.
More info:
🔮 Mystery First: Without personal photos, the platform preserves the mystique of the Monkey King world.
🌀 Tribal Posting: Every post, artwork, or message is shared as part of your Tribe, never as an individual.
🎨 Creative Playground: Express art, music, writing, and imagination inside your Tribe and across the Monkey King universe.
🌍 Global Connection: From our Monkey King Theme Camp at Burning Man to digital spaces, this is a worldwide network of dreamers and creators.
MonkeyKingAndFriends.com is where myth, art, and community merge into a living metaverse. Your voice doesn’t just speak — it becomes part of the legend. Pick your Wukong. Post to your Tribe. Join the Wukong Multiverse
Release Date: August 24, 2025
Device OS: Web App
Authors: RoRoll – Monkey King Camp Lead
Website URL: https://monkeykingandfriends.com
Contact: email
