Black Hole Playground
Explore light, gravity & space
$4.99
New Playground: customize Gargantua, TON 618, and M87*. Shape glowing accretion disks, create your own cosmic scenes, and share your settings.
Explore black holes, neutron stars, and pulsars in an interactive, cinematic universe.
Black Hole Playground brings Gargantua, TON 618, M87*, RX J1856.5–3754, Vela Pulsar, and GW150914 to life. Discover turbulent accretion disks, gravitational lensing, glowing neutron stars, sweeping pulsar beams, and orbiting black holes.
• Customize accretion disks, stars, background clouds, and animation live in Playground.
• Save, share, and import complete Playground configurations as JSON files.
• Explore with orbit, pan, zoom, reset, and freeze-animation controls.
• Choose Performance, High, or Ultra quality and a 30 or 60 FPS target.
• Listen to Vela’s simulated pulses and GW150914 gravitational-wave audio.
• Hide the controls with the eye button for an unobstructed view.
• Capture clean screenshots without the interface.
• Native Metal rendering on Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
Buy once and enjoy on your compatible Apple devices. No account, ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases.
An artistic visualization inspired by astrophysics. Motion, scale, and visual effects are illustrative, not a precision scientific simulation.
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Gargantua is now Black Hole Playground!
- Added Playground—customize accretion disks, stars, background clouds, and camera settings.
- Added M87* as a new black hole preset, alongside Gargantua and TON 618.
- Improved black hole visuals with sharper detail and richer accretion disks.
- Redesigned the UI with larger controls and a streamlined toolbar.
- Import and export Playground settings as JSON files to save your creations and share them with friends.
- Camera controls, freeze animation, and screenshots are now together in the Camera tab.
The developer, Medet Tleugabyluly, 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 Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- MEDET TLEUGABYLULY LIMITED
- Size
- 133.9 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 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+
- Copyright
- © 2026 MEDET TLEUGABYLULY LIMITED
