Conway's Cells

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.