# Game of Life Cellular Automata — user reviews > 57 indexed App Store user reviews of Game of Life Cellular Automata by Nathan Pool, rated 4.40/5 from 79 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/game-of-life-cellular-automata/id1026735601/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/game-of-life-cellular-automata/id1026735601.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 53 · 4★ 13 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 4 ## Newest reviews (17 of 57) ### 4/5 — Drag *2024-11-14* Make a dragging option for the cells and let the user be able to simply drag a time bar so they don’t have to spam the back button. ### 4/5 — Good but a couple of small nitpicks *2024-10-14, version 3.0* Nearly everything about this game is perfect. The board is not too big, and not too small. The amount of things you can customise is quite a lot. But there are two things that I feel you could fix, or add an option in the settings menu for. Firstly, while the board is the perfect size, it is not infinite. This means that your machines can get broken if they hit the map border. I feel that the way to fix this would be to add a settings option for either a wraparound function, like in Pac Man, or simply have an infinite board. Secondly, I don’t like the fact that if there are no changes in the next generation, time just stops. I feel you should also add a settings option for this, as it has really been nagging me for quite some time. Other than that, it’s an amazing game! I really like how you interpreted Conway’s game of life on to a digital format, and bye! I really hope you design more brilliantly crafted games like this! ### 4/5 — Классика *2024-09-19, version 3.0* Классический клеточный автомат конвея, единственное чего не хватает, так это изначальной генерации клеток и ввода условий лимитов рождения и выживания клеток. ### 4/5 — Bigger map *2024-06-21, version 3.0* My creature is too big for the table . . Could I get a bigger table? ### 4/5 — Fun as is but extra potential *2023-09-26, version 3.0* I wish there was a wayI would have loved to have a help file providing perhaps a little background detail. ### 4/5 — Is okay *2023-08-09, version 2.0* Has some issues, but works nicely. Needs some major ui adjustments however ### 4/5 — Needs more pre builded creations *2023-05-15* I love a good math game especially game of life, and it’s good, but it needs more pre builded creations and please add a thing where you can click your whole creation and move it. ### 4/5 — Where is the settings button *2023-04-25* The screenshots show that it is supposed to be where the delete button is, but its not there. Where is it? Other then that its pretty good and I like making different things like mediem and big sized space ships, and other stuff. ### 5/5 — 얼마 없는 아이폰용 생명 게임 앱 *2023-02-10, version 2.0* 심플하고 좋아요. 한단계 씩 넘길 수 있는 기능도 유용. ### 5/5 — I need a larger GRID! *2022-12-20* it would be perfect if the grid can be infinitely large(or arbitrarily large), anyway, 80 80 is too SMALL! ### 5/5 — good game *2022-11-05, version 2.0* its very good just wish there was no borders for bigger creations that dont fit on the current map ### 5/5 — Great *2022-07-29* Great app. The only thing is that at certain magnification, when the board is zoomed out, the grid disappears and it is not obvious where the border of the board is. It confused me at first as I did not know why the gliders would expire in what seemed to be a middle of the page - they just reached the border. Maybe a simple outline of the board is needed which is visible in the zoomed out view. **Developer response:** Good idea! I'll add an outline of the board in the next version. ### 5/5 — Works very well *2022-06-12, version 1.14* No real problems with it, the cells work properly, and no ads. It’s pretty good! ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2022-06-10, version 1.14* Super accurate & very fun! ### 4/5 — The basics *2022-03-07* Or maybe not really even the basics. I could not find a way to restart or back up a sequence. It ran, it was over. Made it difficult to do repeat experiments. The demonstrations are interesting. Good that it’s free (somebody’s early project?), but I’d be willing to pay a couple of three dollars for a version of this with some experimental controls, if you know what I mean.🤔😉😊 ### 5/5 — Perfect. *2022-02-16, version 1.14* I just want bigger grid sizes. ### 5/5 — Rad *2022-02-09* This is an awesome simulator. Some things that would make it even better: - it would be really cool to be able to save custom creations - the grid becomes invisible when zooming out too far, especially on the larger boards. It would be nice if it were always visible, or even if there was an option to make it visible or not - it seems to count every square manually placed as an iteration, which should not be the case - it should start out in the center of the board instead of the top left. I always find myself zooming out and finding the center manually so that the walls are less likely to affect the results (I am using the app on an iPhone 12 Pro) All that said, this is a really nice and charmingly simple app :) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 2/5 — Add a randomizer!! *2026-07-23* Okay, so this app is actually pretty good with a handfull of basic structures for you to mess around with. However, the most important part of Conway’s Life is, in my opinion, the randomizer. It’s always fun to watch random patterns emerge and disappear. Also, sometimes, I see rule modifiers, so you can set birth and survival conditions to however many neighbors you want. Just a thought :) ### 2/5 — Nvm I have no idea how to do anything *2020-08-22, version 1.12* Sooooooooo boring ### 2/5 — Re-add the Large board size. *2018-12-11* Being stuck with the Medium board size really limits what can be done on here. I’m aware this isn’t meant for large contraptions like clocks; but some small things don’t have enough space to function anymore. Please bring back the Large board. **Developer response:** Thanks for your feedback! I will bring back the large board size in the next release. ### 3/5 — Issues *2023-09-13, version 2.1* The screen is very small ### 3/5 — Hi Nathan *2022-03-22, version 1.14* I like your version of „Game of life“. But I need a save function, too. Could you program a randomized area filling, too ? Please !!! 5-Star-Rating is waiting for you ;-) ### 3/5 — Just a couple things need to be added… *2022-01-30* Soooo close. But ultimately frustrating to play with for lack of two things: 1) A reset button. Right before you hit the play button, the app needs to capture a snapshot of the board, and then provide a button that allows you to go back to that snapshot, instead of having to single-step all the way back. 2) Save function. This is so frustrating. When you find a cool pattern, you want to save it. The app features a “save folder”, but the only thing in it is a handful of pre-loaded patterns. You can’t add to it. These simple additions shouldn’t be hard, and would double the enjoyment of this app. ### 3/5 — No save or easy lacing method *2021-05-23, version 1.13* I put a 3 because you can’t save what you constructed and also because it’s complicated to place rapidly or effectively. ### 3/5 — I don’t get it *2020-07-26, version 1.12* I don’t understand this game ### 3/5 — It’s ok, I guess. *2020-07-26, version 1.12* I’d prefer the playing space to be infinite, and the largest setting has no grid. It could also need a “undo” button to go back a generation. ### 3/5 — Very basic *2017-12-24, version 1.3* Very simplistic and bare bones. Hasn’t had significant content update in over a year ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Just needs one more thing *2026-07-02, version 4.0* Please, PLEASE ADD AN OPTION TO CHANGE THE RULES OF CONWAYS GAME OF LIFE SO THAT WE CAN DO SIMILAR THINGS LIKE HIGHLIFE ### 5/5 — Settings *2025-11-26* I like this game, but give us more settings! Like more colors, shapes, or probably an option between limited board and infinite board, maybe like putting saves into the board without clearing the board, button should be indicated with “IMPORT”. Also, developer, please respond. Although you don’t have to do this list but I like REALLY REALLY REALLY want the infinite board so my netmacer is infinite. ### 5/5 — Thank you for making this free *2025-06-10* This app was perfect for demonstrating the Game of Life to my homeschool math circle. It has just enough functionality to be useful and engaging. It lacks advanced features like selecting, copying, pasting, color by generation, different rule sets, and larger machines, but for the price the current functionality is fantastic. And thank you for not filling it with adware. Very classy. ### 5/5 — Game of Life *2025-02-06* This is a wonderful game that shows the very interesting properties of John Conway's game of life. I believe that this is the best game of life application on the App Store. I would appreciate a setting to turn on the HighLife variant, where cells are also born with 6 neighbors along with 3. I have been using this app for many years and i appreciate the developer's prolonged support. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Love it good job! *2025-02-05, version 3.0* It is a well done app ### 5/5 — Chill *2024-05-04* The game is pretty fire. Its kinda hard to get a working colony, but it would be cool if you could assign specific colors to different squares to make separate colonies. Also, it would be helpful to maybe have a optional tutorial to show the different “machines” you could build. ### 5/5 — I love this game *2024-04-17* This game it was exactly how I imagined it and at the end of this open instruction to help me how to make an easy bomb 💣. first make a three by three square. then from the top center build two sells up and put one to the left. ### 5/5 — Perfeito *2023-11-27, version 3.0* Não existe opção melhor na appstore. Jogo ta limpo funcionando perfeitamente com todas as funções e tema preto com célula vermelha fica lindo no escuro e confortável aos olhos 😍 ### 5/5 — 옹 *2023-08-07, version 2.0* 굿굿 개 지밌 ### 5/5 — An excellent implementation of Conway’s game of life *2023-05-03, version 2.0* I have been fascinated by Conway’s game of life since the 1970s when you had to use pencil and paper. This is the best computer implementation I have seen. Well done! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-02.*