Press release · For immediate release
B-Side turns iPhone Duo into a turntable
Open iPhone Duo like a book and B-Side puts your record collection on the top screen and a turntable flat on the bottom half: you pick a record above the fold, then drop the needle, scratch, brake and pitch it below.
[TOWN], [DATE] – Independent developer Richard Tokeley today releases B-Side - Vinyl Player, a music player built for iPhone Duo. B-Side is for vinyl lovers with a curated MP3 library: it turns the folders of MP3s people have collected into records, and plays them on a turntable they can touch.
Made for the fold
iPhone Duo's book posture is the whole idea. Held upright and half-open, the Duo's bottom half lies flat on the table like a turntable plinth, and that's where B-Side puts the deck. The top half stands up like a record shelf, and that's where your records go: the tracks of the record that's playing, each with its sleeve, and the rest of your collection a tap away. B-Side reads where the fold is from iOS and splits its screen exactly there, so nothing important ever sits in the crease.
Pick a record on the top screen and the tonearm swings across the bottom one, the needle drops, and the side plays through in order, gaplessly, like vinyl. Fold the Duo shut and B-Side carries on as a regular iPhone app on the outside screen; open it out flat on its side and the shelves move to the left with the deck on the right.
[Draft quote for Richard to approve or rewrite] “The moment you open iPhone Duo halfway, the bottom half looks exactly like a turntable plinth. B-Side was the obvious thing to build: your records stand up on the top screen, and the deck lies flat where your hand naturally goes. You drop the needle, you scratch it, you brake the platter, on a phone.” – Richard Tokeley, developer of B-Side
A turntable you can touch
- Scratch it. Put a finger on the record to hold it, nudge it or scratch it in either direction; flick it and it spins on, let go and the motor brings it back up to speed. Every 200° of turn is a second of music, like a real 33.
- Brake it. Pause runs the platter down the way a real deck does; Play spins it back up.
- Pitch it. A pitch fader moves the music up or down by 8%, with 33 and 45 on the Retro Deck.
- Hear it. Vinylize slides in as much vinyl crackle as you like, from a faint hint of surface noise to a well-loved record. It's generated live rather than looped, and slows down with the platter when you brake.
- Choose your deck. The Retro Deck is built from photographs of the developer's own DJ turntable, with working power, start/stop, 33/45, strobe dots, a target light and a cue lever. The Modern Deck is a minimal black turntable. A third, Classic, puts a spinning record over the track details.
Your collection, not a catalogue
B-Side doesn't stream or sell music. It plays MP3s people already own, from iCloud Drive or on the device: every folder of MP3s becomes a record, each folder's artwork becomes its sleeve, and B-Side remembers where you were in every record. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show the record turning, there's a play/pause control for Control Centre, and AirPlay sends the music to a speaker.
B-Side has no accounts, no ads, no tracking and no analytics. Its App Store privacy label reads Data Not Collected.
Price and availability
B-Side - Vinyl Player is available on the App Store from [RELEASE DATE] for £9.99 (or local equivalent), with no in-app purchases or subscriptions. It runs on iPhone Duo, iPhone and iPad with iOS and iPadOS 26 or later, and on Macs with Apple silicon. [App Store link]
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Notes to editors
About the developer
Richard Tokeley is an independent developer in the UK. B-Side is [one sentence of background, e.g. previous apps or why vinyl].
Review copies and interviews
App Store review codes are available on request once B-Side is released, and Richard is happy to do interviews. Email [email protected].
Fact sheet
| App | B-Side - Vinyl Player |
|---|---|
| Developer | Richard Tokeley |
| Headline | Built for iPhone Duo: records on the top screen, the turntable flat on the bottom half |
| Tagline | For vinyl lovers with a curated MP3 library |
| Category | Music |
| Price | £9.99 (or local equivalent); no in-app purchases, no subscription |
| Release | [RELEASE DATE], worldwide on the App Store |
| Devices | iPhone Duo (book mode, open flat and folded), iPhone, iPad, Mac with Apple silicon |
| Requires | iOS 26 / iPadOS 26 or later; macOS 26 or later on Apple silicon |
| Plays | MP3 files from iCloud Drive or on the device; each folder of MP3s is a record |
| Turntables | Retro Deck, Modern Deck, Classic |
| Touch | Scratch, hold, nudge and flick the record; Pause brakes the platter; pitch ±8%; 33/45 |
| Sound | Gapless playback; Vinylize (vinyl crackle on a sliding scale, or off), generated live; haptics; AirPlay |
| Widgets | Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets; Control Centre play/pause |
| Privacy | Data Not Collected: no accounts, ads, tracking or analytics |
| Language | English |
| Website | tokeley.com/bside |
| Press contact | Richard Tokeley · [email protected] · +44 7537 130900 |
Images and press kit
The press kit has this release as a PDF and plain text, the fact sheet, and high-resolution images: iPhone Duo in book mode on both decks, iPhone Duo, iPhone and iPad screens, and the app icon. All music and artwork shown are made for B-Side, so the images are free to use with coverage of B-Side.