Oblique Strategies SE 4+

Creative Block Breaker

Nicolae Gherasim

Designed for iPad

    • $2.99

Description

Endless creative prompts at your fingertips! Oblique Strategies SE inspires fresh ideas for art, writing, music, and design—unlock your creativity every day.

Unlock Creative Inspiration—Anytime, Anywhere! Oblique Strategies SE helps you overcome creative blocks with powerful prompts and inspiration. Based on the legendary cards by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt, this app sparks new ideas for artists, writers, musicians, designers, and anyone seeking creativity.

Oblique Strategies is a deck of cards, each with a thought-provoking phrase to break routine thinking and encourage fresh perspectives. This digital edition brings the original and new decks to your fingertips, in a sleek, minimalist style true to the classic design.

Key Features:

• 100+ original and new Oblique Strategies cards
• Minimalist, distraction-free interface
• Daily inspiration with Home Screen widgets
• Works on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac
• Apple Watch app runs independently
• VoiceOver support for accessibility
• Shake your device for a new prompt
• Long tap to repeat the last phrase
• No data collected—privacy first

Whether you’re making art, writing, composing music, or brainstorming, Oblique Strategies SE is your pocket tool for creative breakthroughs.

Download now and unlock your next big idea!

What’s New

Version 10.1

This major update rebuilds Oblique Strategies from the ground up with the latest Apple technologies, delivering a faster, smoother, and more responsive experience across all your devices.

What's New:
Interactive Widgets: Get instant creative prompts right from your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Tap for a new strategy without even opening the app (requires iOS 17+).
Faster Apple Watch App: Your companion for creativity on the go is now snappier and more reliable, with improved syncing to keep inspiration at your wrist.
Fully Optimized for iOS 18: Enjoy a seamless, modern experience designed to take full advantage of the latest operating system.
Polished & Refined: We've refined the design and squashed bugs for a more stable and beautiful path to your next big idea.

Thank you for your continued support and creativity!

Ratings and Reviews

4.8 out of 5
472 Ratings

472 Ratings

Popo0017 ,

Better late than never

I wish I'd known about this years ago! I formerly toured in a metalcore band and now compose & produce ambient/psytrance electronic music. I came across Oblique Strategies while reading up on Brian Eno's process. I've often used constraints to attempt to get unstuck. However, these cards offer many more methods. I once read a book called "One great insight is worth a thousand ideas". These cards will lead to many great insights.

GypsyVoyager ,

Best Oblique Strategies App! Updated!

Update: Thanks for adding the widget option; however, the widget does not automatically update each day. It only changes when you go back and manually reopen the app.

With the addition of the 5th generation of cards in the latest version, this app has climbed to the top of the ladder! As a musician and photographer, this app stimulates my creativity and productivity immensely.

Developer Response ,

Hi,

Thank you for your review. Just wanted to let you know that the last version will now change the widget quote every day.

Have a best creative day !

behappybehappy ,

Good app—and ideas for improvement

A recent update seemed to have disable dark mode for the widget—would love a fix.

A few more ideas for improvement...

The widget card and in-app card should always keep in-sync. (Example: the widget updates each day, and when you open the app from same card should be displayed there—if you shuffle in the app the widget should match the new card too).

The widget card should have a way to shuffle without opening the app or waiting a day—I suggest a little circle loop arrow dimmed and in the bottom center in the same position as the ‘plus’ in the app version.

When you open the app please don’t show a splash screen—just go straight to the current card text.

Very good app—make it just a little tighter and you’ve got 5 stars.

App Privacy

The developer, Nicolae Gherasim, 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.

Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More

Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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