Pleat & Steam

Pleat & Steam

Fold dumplings with your phone. Spoon in the filling, bend the phone gently to pinch each pleat, close it to seal, and open it to serve.

Coming soon to the App Store

Designed for iPhone Duo

You run a small dumpling shop. Open the phone and you're at the bench, where a round of dough lies across both halves of the screen. Close it and you're at the counter, where your dumpling steams for the customer.

Open
The bench. Press and hold on the dough to pile on filling, aiming for the dashed ring.
Bend a little, then open again
One pleat. A soft click tells you you've bent far enough, so a shallow bend does it. Keep a steady rhythm and your pleats come out evenly spaced.
Close
Seal. The outer display shows your dumpling hop into a bamboo steamer on the counter. It steams for a few seconds and never overcooks.
Turn the closed phone
A quarter turn twists the top of a purse-style dumpling shut. You can also circle the knot with a finger.
Open again
Serve, and see your stamps for filling, pleat count and neatness.

Nine dumplings to learn in four folding styles, a ten-day season, fresh Daily Tickets every day, and twelve steamer baskets to collect. Nothing is timed and there's no fail screen: a burst or leaky dumpling still gets served, and the customer laughs.

Plays on every iPhone

On an iPhone that doesn't fold, a wooden fold tab on the screen does the folding. Drag it to the notch and let go to pinch a pleat, or drag it all the way to close. The recipes, stamps and collections are the same. On iPhone Duo you can turn the tab on as well, for one-handed play.

Private by design

Pleat & Steam collects no data. It has no account, ads, analytics or Game Center, and it never goes online. Your progress stays on your iPhone. Read the privacy policy.

Help

Questions about folding, recipes, stamps or settings? See Support, or email s.java.junk@gmail.com.