# Black Hole Playground — Explore light, gravity & space

> Explore light, gravity & space (iPhone/iPad app by Medet Tleugabyluly.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/black-hole-playground/id6809387923 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Medet Tleugabyluly](https://appshunter.io/developer/1332230695)
- Category: Entertainment
- Price: $4.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 128 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-15
- Data updated: 2026-10-09

## What is Black Hole Playground?

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.

## Is Black Hole Playground safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Black Hole Playground.

## Is Black Hole Playground legit?

Black Hole Playground appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Black Hole Playground is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-10-05

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.

### 1.1 — 2026-09-16

No release notes.

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