Game of Life (xs)

Vojtech Stursa Education iPhoneiPadiPod touch

Game of Life (xs) is a free Education app for iPhone and iPad by Vojtech Stursa. Rated 4.4/5 from 28 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0. Updated June 3, 2026.

Rating: 4.4; 28 ratings
Price: Free; on the App Store
Size: 13 MB; Age 4+
Updated: Jun 3; 2026 · v1.10

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About Game of Life (xs)

Gpu accelerated version of Game of Life made by John Conway. Customizable rule set, many patterns to explore, AirPlay, cell aging mode, color palettes and even some fractals!

Ratings & reviews

4.4

28 ratings

5 ★ 75% 4 ★ 14% 3 ★ 0% 2 ★ 0% 1 ★ 11%

What’s new

Version 1.10 · Updated June 3, 2026

New rule families • Generations — multi-state rules: Star Wars, Spirals, Bombers. Patterns fire, recharge, and evolve through colours. • SmoothLife — continuous-density fluid automaton: SL Blob, SL Spots, SL Mitosis. Cells blend without discrete on/off states. New topologies • Hex — hexagonal cells with 6 neighbours. Presets: Hex Spots and more. • Triangle — triangular cells with 12 neighbours. Five presets: Tri Life, Tri Maze, Tri Coral, Tri Stars, Tri Spots. Gravity • Cells flow downhill — real falling-sand physics. • Available on all topologies. Configurable gravity/life ratio: from 1:8 (slow trickle) to 8:1 (fast flow). Save & Load • Saved images now embed the rule set and topology — open any Life photo and it restores exactly as you left it. Under the hood • Simulation engine fully rewritten — faster, cleaner, lower memory footprint. • Rendering optimized across all topologies.

App privacy

The developer, Vojtech Stursa, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

Data Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

Identifiers: Device ID

Used for: Analytics, App Functionality

Data Not Linked to You

The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:

Diagnostics: Crash Data, Other Diagnostic Data

Used for: Analytics

App details

Game of Life (xs) is a free Education app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, developed by Vojtech Stursa. It is rated 4.4 out of 5 from 28 ratings on the App Store, requires iOS 17.0 or later, is 13 MB to download and is available in 10 languages. It was first released on June 6, 2015 and last updated on June 3, 2026.

Category: Education
Rating: 4.4 / 5 (28 ratings)
Price: Free
Version: 1.10
Size: 13 MB
Requires: iOS 17.0 or later
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch
Languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish and 2 more
Age rating: 4+
Released: June 6, 2015
Last updated: June 3, 2026
Developer: Vojtech Stursa

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