A Magic life counter that puts opponents above and your controls below when half-folded
Does Podlink: Life Counter work on iPhone Duo?
Yes, the developer says so: half-folded at a linked table, opponents stand on the upright half and your controls sit on the flat half. Open flat, one phone is a four-seat table.
- App Store confirmedAaron BInner, the developer, in the App Store description for version 1.0 (released October 16, 2026), which says the app is designed for iPhone Duo, with a layout for linked tables when half-folded and a shared table when open flat.
Adapted for the fold
- Book · Partly folded
Opponents above your controls
Half-folded like a laptop on a table, at a linked table your opponents stand on the upright half. Your life, mana and Pass turn controls stay on the flat half.
- Open · Inner display
One phone for the table
Open flat, the one-phone table fills the screen, with four seats meeting at the hinge. Pop-up panels stay on one side of the hinge.
- Closed · Outer display
Keep counting closed
The cover screen works too, though the description doesn't say how it is laid out.
About Podlink: Life Counter
Podlink is a life counter for Commander and other Magic: The Gathering games. Lay one phone in the middle of the table and every seat gets its own panel, turned to face its player, free for two to seven players. It counts commander damage per commander, poison, commander tax and other counters, with a log of every change and undo. Or link everyone’s phones and see the whole table from your seat.
Designed for iPhone Duo, it puts your opponents on the upright half when you half-fold it at a linked table, with your own controls on the flat half. Open flat, one phone is a shared table with four seats meeting at the hinge.
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App Store confirmed · iphone-duo
The App Store description mentions iPhone Duo: "Designed for iPhone Duo." (version 1.0, released October 15, 2026).
App version: 1.0.
Store text only: we haven't seen the app running, and the store page doesn't show how each pose is used.
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