Oblique Strategies Sideways

Name: Oblique Strategies Sideways
Rating: 4 (1 reviews)
Author: Jose Betancur

Creative Block Breaker

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

1 Rating
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Productivity
Developer

Jose Betancur
Language

EN
English
Size

2.7
MB

Stuck on an idea? Try a different angle. Oblique Strategies Sideways brings Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s creative prompts to your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Each card offers a suggestion, an unexpected constraint, or a small challenge to help you approach your work differently. Bring an unfinished draft, a difficult composition, or a question you can’t quite resolve. Draw a card, make your own connection, and turn it into one small experiment. EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES • Five editions, from 1975 to 2001, each with its own selection of strategies. • Swipe through the cards or shuffle the deck for a fresh starting point. • Save useful strategies to your Favorites and return to them when you need a nudge. • Share a card as text or an image to spark a conversation. • Choose from five background themes to suit your creative space. • Enjoy layouts designed for both iPhone and iPad. • Keep a fresh perspective close at hand with the Apple Watch companion app. • Use your decks offline, wherever you work. For writers, musicians, artists, designers—and anyone ready to try another approach. You don’t need the perfect answer. Sometimes, you just need a different question.

Ratings & Reviews

4.0

out of 5

1 Ratings

SUCH AN AMAZING APP! But…
11/18/2025
Gene Lesher''
I love that there is a widget option. I chose this version of the app specifically because the mod doesn’t collect data. What’s up with the background? Why not make it, or at least give the option to make it the authentic OS black, like the deck? The last thing I want to see when having to make a creative decision in the studio is color completely non-conducive to the track I’m working on and the green and blue you chose is quite specific and noisy. In my humble opinion - It would look far simpler, cleaner, and imo better all around. More than anything, easier on the eyes.
SUCH AN AMAZING APP! But…
11/18/2025
Gene Lesher''

I love that there is a widget option. I chose this version of the app specifically because the mod doesn’t collect data. What’s up with the background? Why not make it, or at least give the option to make it the authentic OS black, like the deck? The last thing I want to see when having to make a creative decision in the studio is color completely non-conducive to the track I’m working on and the green and blue you chose is quite specific and noisy. In my humble opinion - It would look far simpler, cleaner, and imo better all around. More than anything, easier on the eyes.

A new look, and a table for your iPad. • Black Box design: plain paper cards on a black ground, like the original 1975 box. • iPad becomes a work table: cards lie face down with the deck in a corner. Turn one over, or swipe through the deck. When the table is empty, new cards are dealt. • Ready for iPhone Duo: half open, the card sits on top and the table below. • Favorites can hold a one-line note about what the card was for. Notes stay on your device. • Quiet paper sounds when you draw, flip and favorite. Turn them off in Deck. • Tapping a widget opens the app on the same card. • Share a card as text or as an image. • Now and then, a beige card from the maker. You can always keep drawing.

Version 2.0 1d ago

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Information

Seller: Jose Betancur
Size: 2.7 MB
Category: Productivity
Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.

Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.2 or later.
Languages: English
Age Rating: 4+

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In-App Purchases: Yes

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