Conway's Cells
Cellular Automaton Simulator
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
22 new patterns for the 17 rules beyond Conway, from a self-copying replicator to growing mazes. Plus new app icons to choose from.
Discover the beauty of cellular automata with Conway's Cells, a polished and powerful implementation of Conway's Game of Life for iOS.
WHAT IS THE GAME OF LIFE?
Conway's Game of Life is a zero-player game where cells on a grid live, die, or multiply based on simple rules. Despite its simplicity, it produces astonishingly complex behavior — gliders that travel across the screen, oscillators that pulse rhythmically, and structures that generate infinite streams of spaceships.
TAP, DRAW, AND EXPLORE
• Tap individual cells to toggle them alive or dead
• Use drawing tools (line, rectangle, circle) to sketch structures quickly
• Stamp pre-built patterns onto the grid with a ghost preview before placement
• Zoom in to see every cell, pan across large grids
MANY CLASSIC PATTERNS
Browse a curated library of famous Game of Life patterns:
• Still Lifes: Block, Beehive, Loaf, Boat, Ship, Pond
• Oscillators: Blinker, Toad, Pulsar, Pentadecathlon
• Spaceships: Glider, LWSS, HWSS, Copperhead
• Guns: Gosper Glider Gun, Simkin Glider Gun
• Methuselahs: R-pentomino, Acorn, Diehard
• Save your own creations to the pattern library
18 RULES
Go beyond Conway's rules with HighLife, Seeds, Day & Night, Maze, Replicator and more. HighLife and
Seeds are free; Pro unlocks the other 15, plus 22 patterns made for them.
CUSTOMIZABLE THEMES
Personalize with 11 visual themes — Classic, Blueprint, Matrix, Cyberpunk, Laser, Ocean, Forest, Sunset, Terminal, Pixel, Gameboy. Unlock additional themes with a one-time purchase.
3D VISUALIZATION
See the Game of Life like never before. Switch to a 3D torus, cylinder, or sphere topology. Watch patterns wrap around edges in real time.
FULL CONTROL
• Adjustable simulation speed from 1 to 60 generations per second
• Step through generations one at a time
• Generation counter and population graph
• Undo and redo support
• Auto-save your session — pick up right where you left off
Conway's Cells is free with optional in-app purchases to remove ads and unlock Pro features.
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• 22 new Pro patterns made for the other rules: a HighLife replicator, spaceships for Seeds, 2x2 and Move, maze and coral seeds, and more
• New app icons: a Supporter icon with any purchase, plus Neon, Nature and Retro icons with Unlock Everything (Settings > App Icon)
• Updating no longer clears your saved grid to show the first-run tour
• If you own Remove Ads and Pro, you can now add Studio from Settings > See Upgrades
• Studio glow is far lighter on large grids, and stays on after you change grid size
• Fixed a crash when opening a damaged shared link
• Rewind: playing on after scrubbing back no longer mixes two timelines
• Bug fixes and polish
The developer, Andrey Tyurin, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Andrey Tyurin
- Size
- 25.1 MB
- Category
- Simulation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Unlock Everything $7.99
- Pro Upgrade $3.99
- Remove Ads $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Andrey Tyurin