Mitosis: Game of Life

Cellular life simulator

Only for Mac

Free · In‑App Purchases

Mac

Watch life emerge from chaos. Conway's Game of Life — drawn live, played fast, on your Mac. Mitosis is a beautifully crafted Conway's Game of Life simulator built natively for desktop. Watch cellular automata come alive at smooth 60fps with mouse-painted patterns, instant rule changes, and a curated library of famous gliders, oscillators, and spaceships. KEY FEATURES • Paint cells live while the simulation runs — your strokes survive the rules • Adjustable speed from quiet contemplation (1 gen/s) to hypnotic chaos (120 gen/s) • Built-in pattern library: Glider, Pulsar, Gosper Glider Gun, R-Pentomino, and more • Toroidal grid — patterns wrap around so spaceships fly forever • Brush size from single cell to broad sweep • Step backwards, randomize a soup, or clear the canvas • Cell-age heatmap visualization (free) UPGRADE TO PRO • Alternative rule sets: HighLife, Day & Night, Replicator, Seeds, Brian's Brain • Import any pattern via RLE format • Built-in LifeWiki browser — search 1,000+ named patterns • Export your evolutions as GIF or video to share Designed with care, ex-Apple engineering quality, no ads, no tracking, no subscription. --- Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://merzkevin.de/privacy-Mitosis.html

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    Information

    Seller
    Kevin Merz
    Size
    2.9 MB
    Category
    Developer Tools
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 13.0 or later.
    Languages
    English and 8 more
    • English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
    Age Rating
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    Copyright
    © 2026 Kevin Merz
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