Shut the Fold: Shut the Box

Shut your phone to roll

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

Featured in Andru Edwards’ Best iPhone Duo Games! Your iPhone Duo is the box: shut it, shake it, open it, and the dice are still settling on the felt. A new box daily. Shut the Fold is Shut the Box, the old pub dice game, made for iPhone Duo. The phone is the box. Shut it to pick up the dice, give it a shake to rattle them, and open it to see what you rolled. Tap the tiles that add up to your roll and they tip shut. Keep going until nothing adds up. What's left standing is your score, and lower is better. Shut every tile and you've shut the box. MADE FOR THE HINGE • Shut, shake and open to roll. The cover screen becomes the lid, and you hear and feel the dice knock inside • Real dice physics: every throw bounces off the felt, the walls and the other die • Wood, felt and dice all drawn on the phone, and every sound synthesized. No photos, no recordings • Stand it half open like a laptop: the tiles hang on the upright half, and the dice land on the flat one • There's always a Roll button too, and it plays on any iPhone and iPad A NEW BOX EVERY DAY • The daily box gives everyone in the world the same dice, and one go at them • Share your result as a picture, keep a streak going, and climb the Game Center leaderboard • A home-screen widget for your streak, a daily reminder if you want one, and a calendar of every box you've played TWO PLAYERS, ONE PHONE • Lay the open phone between you: a row of tiles at each end, and the dice turn to face whoever is rolling • Best of three rounds, lowest total wins • Your first match is free NEW TO THE GAME? • A short guide the first time you open it • Hint points at the best tiles to shut, worked out by playing every position to the end Free to play, with no ads, no accounts and no subscription. One purchase unlocks two-player matches for good, with blue, burgundy and charcoal felt, walnut and cherry boxes, red and black dice, and an app icon to match. Works with VoiceOver, large text and Reduce Motion. In English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese.

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    Seller
    Aaron Peabody
    Size
    12.3 MB
    Category
    Board
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 27.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 27.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 27.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 27.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 27.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 7 more
    • English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © 2026 Aaron Peabody
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