Hinginator: Hinge & Tilt

Hinginator gives Shortcuts two angles your device knows but can't tell your shortcuts on its own: how far the hinge is open on a phone that folds, and how far any iPhone or iPad is tilted.

Add the actions to any shortcut and build on them. Start a timer when the phone opens past 90 degrees. Read the weather aloud when it's set down half-open on a desk. Mute notifications when the phone is placed face down. Run a focus shortcut when the iPad is propped upright. The angles come back as plain numbers, and the statuses as values you can test with an If action.

HINGE ACTIONS
• Get Hinge Angle returns the opening angle in degrees. 0° is closed.
• Get Hinge Status returns Closed, Partially Open or Fully Open.
• A device that doesn't fold reads 180° and Fully Open, so shortcuts behave the same everywhere.

TILT ACTIONS, FOR EVERY IPHONE AND IPAD
• Get Tilt Angle returns how far the device is tilted, from the motion sensors. 0° is flat face up, 90° is upright, 180° is face down.
• Get Tilt Status returns Flat, Tilted, Upright or Face Down.

All four work with Siri: "Get tilt angle with Hinginator."

HOW IT TAKES A READING
Each action opens Hinginator for a moment to take a fresh reading, hands the value to your shortcut, and jumps back to Shortcuts. Turn off Return to Shortcuts in the action for automations and the Action Button.

THE APP
Open Hinginator to watch the live hinge and tilt angles, with diagrams that move as you fold or tilt the device.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
No account, no analytics, no network. The reading goes to your shortcut and nowhere else.