Living Cells
Matthias Robin Orgler Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Living Cells is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Matthias Robin Orgler. Requires iOS 26.1. Updated September 28, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 4 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 28
- 2026 · v1.1
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About Living Cells
Draw a few cells. Press Play. See what they become. Living Cells is a space to explore Conway’s Game of Life on iPad and iPhone. Three simple rules create patterns that stay still, repeat, travel, or grow into something unexpected. BUILD YOUR OWN EXPERIMENTS Draw directly on the board or choose from a visual pattern library. Add a glider beside an oscillator, place several copies, and see how they interact. Every pattern joins your existing board. Undo lets you try another arrangement. WATCH AT YOUR OWN PACE Adjust the speed while the simulation runs, pause to inspect a pattern, or advance one generation at a time. Pinch to zoom, drag to move around, or fit the entire board on screen. DISCOVER FAMILIAR PATTERNS Browse previews and search by name or category. Explore still lifes, oscillators, spaceships, and seeds such as Acorn. Try a Pulsar or a Gosper Glider Gun, then combine it with your own ideas. LEARN THROUGH EXPLORATION Optional examples introduce a blinker and a glider. Discover which cells survive, where new cells appear, and how a shape can seem to move even though each cell only lives or dies. The simulation follows Conway’s original rules throughout. MADE FOR ROOM TO PLAY Explore in landscape on iPad, or use either orientation on iPhone. Pan and zoom across the same 50 × 50 board. Cells outside the board are empty, so reaching an edge can change a pattern’s future. No account, ads, or in-app purchases. Just cells, simple rules, and your curiosity.
What’s new
Version 1.1 · Updated September 28, 2026
More room to explore, with simpler controls: • Adjust simulation speed directly with a slider, even during playback. • Browse pattern previews, search the library, and filter by category. • Drag patterns onto the board or select one to place repeatedly. Additions preserve your existing cells. • Undo placements and edits to try another idea. • Pan, pinch to zoom, and use dedicated zoom and fit-board buttons. • Discover blinkers, gliders, and Conway’s rules in the separate Learn section. • Enjoy improved iPad landscape and iPhone layouts. • Fixed the board shifting between generations. The underlying Game of Life rules are unchanged.
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App privacy
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