Foxes
- Orange pennant flag
- Pointy triangle team marks
- Diamond-shaped map tokens
Your park is the game board.
Foxes vs Owls, out in the real world. Your phone's GPS is your game piece: hide your flag, sneak into their base, grab theirs and race it home — before a defender tags you.
Pick a side
Foxes vs Owls
Two teams, two bases, two hidden flags. New players are auto-balanced onto the smaller team — and anyone can switch sides in the lobby until the countdown.
Owls
- Blue swallowtail flag
- Polka-dot team marks
- Round map tokens
Every team cue comes with a shape, not just a color — easy to read in bright sun and friendly for color-blind players.
How to play
Seven steps to field day
Learn it in a minute. Get sneaky about it for the rest of the summer.
STEP 1/7Start & invite
The host picks a preset and a field size, then shares the game. Friends tap the link, scan the QR code, or type the code.
TIPTeams balance themselves.
STEP 2/7Hide your flag
Each captain places the base right where they stand, then walks somewhere sneaky inside the ring and hides the flag.
TIPBases go at least 75 m apart.
STEP 3/7Point to look
Your phone is a flashlight. Turn to face a direction — enemies inside your beam pop onto your map.
TIPHold the phone flat and sweep.
STEP 4/7Grab & run
Find their flag, grab it, and run it back into your base to score. Carriers give off a Flag Heartbeat everyone can see.
TIPDropped flags go home after 60 s.
STEP 5/7Tag in your base
Stand in your base and press TAG when an intruder is within 5 m. Flag carriers can be tagged anywhere.
TIPA Foam Finger tags outside.
STEP 6/7Ghost & respawn
Tagged or splatted? You're a ghost. Follow the arrow back into your base and you pop back in automatically.
TIPGhosts can't use goodies.
STEP 7/7Score!
First to the target wins — or most flags when time runs out. Then the host taps Play again for an instant rematch.
TIPWatch where you run!
That's it!
The app teaches the rest with swipeable sticker cards.
See the goodies
New in 2.0
Chases you can actually read
Version 2.0 rebuilds Foxes & Owls around big, legible moments — and gets you into a game in seconds.
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Flag Heartbeat
Every flag carrier pulses on everyone's map every few seconds — no hiding with a flag. Your heartbeat sound speeds up as the thief nears their base.
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Flashlight beam
Your view cone is drawn on the map in front of you. Turn on the spot to sweep it — enemies inside it pop into view.
Ghost mode
Splatted players get a compass arrow home and respawn automatically the moment they step back into base. No buttons, no waiting around.
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Presets, not sliders
Quick, Classic, Chaos or Timed — plus Backyard, Park or Campus. Pick two tiles and go; custom rules are tucked away if you want them.
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Join in a tap
Share a link or show a QR code. Friends land straight in your lobby — no typing, no accounts, no fuss.
🎯
Fair, precise tags
Tags use Ultra-Wideband on iPhone 11 and newer for close-range accuracy, with a GPS fallback. The server checks every tag.
⏱️
3-2-1-GO
Everyone gets the same countdown. Not back at base when it hits GO? You start as a ghost and spawn the moment you get there.
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Rejoin & rematch
Dropped signal? Foxes & Owls reconnects you to the same team with the same goodies. When it's over, Play again keeps the teams and the bases.
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Team & all chat
Plot with your team or trash-talk everyone. Block or report anyone in one tap.
Invites
Everyone's in before the snacks are out
The host's lobby shows a QR code and a share button. Joining takes one tap — then pick your kit while the captains hide the flags.
- ✓Tap the invite link — it opens Foxes & Owls straight into the game.
- ✓Scan the QR on the host's phone from Join › Scan QR.
- ✓Or type the code. Codes never contain 0, 1, O or I, so they're easy to read out loud.
USE7Q4K2P
The first three letters are the server region — Foxes & Owls hosts your game on the server nearest to you, automatically.
Match setup
Pick a preset, press go
Four ways to play and three field sizes. That's the whole menu.
⏱️
Quick
First to 2
10 min cap · fast respawns
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Classic
First to 3
20 min cap · the default
🎉
Chaos
First to 5
Lots of goodies · 5 s respawns
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Timed
Most flags wins
15 minutes on the clock
Backyard
10 m base rings — tight and frantic.
Park Default
15 m base rings — the sweet spot.
Campus
25 m base rings — room to sneak.
13 goodies
Juice boxes & banana peels
Walk over a gift box to grab a goodie — carry up to three. Your base restocks you, and every capture earns a bonus. Long-press any goodie in the app to see what it does.
Splash
Throw & soak
Water Balloon 🎈
Throw up to 40 m — splashes everyone nearby for 50.
Foam Dart 🎯
45 damage to any enemy you can see. Reloads in 30 s.
Cloudburst 🌧️
Mark a spot up to 200 m away — a big splash lands 5 s later.
Stink Bomb 💨
Drop up to 3 stinky clouds that drain enemies for 15 s.
Goo Bomb 🫠
Gums up enemy gear — no items or tags for 20 s.
Tricks
Tag & trip
Foam Finger ☝️
Lets you tag once outside your base. Works through the Tag button.
Banana Peel 🍌
Hide it at your feet — the first enemy to step on it slips for 75.
Boost
Heal & protect
Juice Box 🧃
Slurp to heal 50.
Bubble Wrap 🫧
Wear it to block one hit or one tag.
High Five ✋
Revive a ghost teammate within 10 m.
Sneaky
Hide & spy
Leaf Cloak 🍃
Vanish from enemy maps for 30 s. Not while holding a flag.
Binoculars 👀
Your whole team sees enemies within 60 m for 20 s.
Cardboard Twin 📦
Plants a fake you on the enemy map for 45 s.
Numbers shown are the Park / Classic defaults — bigger fields mean bigger splashes.
Starting kits
Choose your kit
Everyone starts with three goodies. Tap your kit chip in the lobby to switch — Foxes & Owls remembers your last pick.
Runner
Sneak in, spot them, slip out.
Keeper
Guard home and trip up raiders.
Splasher
Make a splash from range.
Helper
Keep your team in the game.
What you need
Bring a phone and some friends
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An iPhone
iOS 16 or later. iPhone 11 and newer get Ultra-Wideband tagging.
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Location on
Your GPS position is your spot on the map — set it to While Using.
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Open space
A park, field or campus with a clear view of the sky.
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Your crew
Best with 3 vs 3 or more. Playable 1 vs 1. Up to 20 players.
Get Foxes & Owls
Foxes & Owls 2.0 is on its way to the App Store. It's free — no ads, no accounts, no catch. Got an invite link already? Once Foxes & Owls is installed, just open the link again.