# Ions 2+

> Advanced particle simulation app with extensive visual and behavioral customization. (iPhone/iPad app by Douglas Applewhite.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ions-2-plus/id1025193815 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Douglas Applewhite](https://appshunter.io/developer/414602150)
- Category: Entertainment
- Price: $1.99
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 36 App Store ratings · 33 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 8.0 · 49 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-08-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-21
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ions-2-plus/id1025193815/reviews.md

## What is Ions 2+?

Ions is back, recharged and better than ever! The sequel to the staff-favorite particle simulation allows total control over the look and behavior of your creations. Ions 2+ also supports iPhones and iPods as well as iPads!

Your ions can now change color and size based on age, speed, direction, and other parameters! Change shape, leave trails, change the background, and more! Use your device’s accelerometer to react to gravity or add turbulence and drag for more variety. You also have both rectangular and polar grids for precise placement.

Why stop at only 20,000 particles? With Ions 2+, you can raise the limit up to 100,000 on faster devices.

Of course you can still save your favorite layouts, as well as any custom looks you’ve created.

Ions 2+. I'm positive you'll love it.

## Key features

- Customizable ion color and size
- Shape and trail effects
- Accelerometer control
- Rectangular and polar grids
- High particle count (up to 100,000)
- Save custom layouts and looks

## Recent user reviews (10 of 33)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ions-2-plus/id1025193815/reviews.md

### 5/5 — It’s the coolest!

*2026-05-30, version 1.2*

Indeed!

### 5/5 — I love it so much

*2026-02-11, version 1.2*

Omg this is the best thing ever l love it 💜💜💜💜💜

### 5/5 — Nice

*2025-07-02, version 1.2*

Nice

### 5/5 — Ions

*2025-04-22, version 1.2*

Ions

### 5/5 — Thinking outside of the box!!!

*2024-12-11, version 1.2*

This app is excellent for creating particle VFX right on your iPad. It’s virtually limitless. It lets you take screenshots, but if you want video of your creations you have to record your screen. It’s too bad the developer stopped updating on this amazing software. I’d love to see where this could go as far as a pro tool for iPad VFX creation. It’s far more than entertaining.

### 5/5 — Pon tipos de efectos nuevos

*2024-03-11, version 1.2*

Actualiza y pon 4 tipos de efectos nuevos como special effect:fluid,desintegration,trial and particles in this application named
Ions+2

### 5/5 — AMAZING GAME

*2022-11-13, version 1.2*

This game is really fun and helps me when I’m bored. I’m really glad they made a sequel for Ions.

### 5/5 — Wow

*2022-09-07, version 1.2*

Amasing effects good job

### 5/5 — Awesome, moreish visualiser

*2021-02-01, version 1.2*

I was looking for a way to add motion to a series of static I,ages and found this. Just: wow! It took me too long to realise that you can hide the emitters and control bar menu by hitting the bottom right slider,  the this was operator error. Load up a photo, add some emitters, hide the menus, and hit the iPad screen record for a quick way of adding snow, smoke, sparks and swirls to anything. And you can interact with the screen while the sim runs. Epic.

### 5/5 — Absolutely wonderful

*2021-01-28, version 1.2*

I just bought the app and I’ve barely scratched the surface of whites there. Beautiful design the possibilities seem endless. What more can you say? Just wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing such a great tool with everyone!

## Frequently asked questions about Ions 2+

### What is Ions 2+?

Ions 2+ is a particle simulation application that allows users to create and customize dynamic particle systems. You can control the appearance and behavior of individual particles, their interactions, and the overall environment.

### What are the key features of Ions 2+?

Key features include customizable ion color and size based on various parameters, shape and trail effects, accelerometer control for gravity and turbulence, advanced grid placement options, and the ability to simulate up to 100,000 particles on capable devices. Users can also save their custom layouts and looks.

### How much does Ions 2+ cost?

Based on the provided information, Ions 2+ is a paid application. There are no mentions of in-app purchases or advertisements, indicating a one-time purchase model.

### What devices is Ions 2+ compatible with?

Ions 2+ supports a range of Apple devices, including iPhones, iPods, and iPads. The performance and particle count capabilities may vary depending on the device's processing power.

### What are some common use cases for Ions 2+?

Users can employ Ions 2+ for educational purposes to visualize physics concepts, for creative expression by designing unique visual effects, or simply for entertainment by experimenting with complex particle dynamics.

## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2 — 2018-02-11

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

And now a big update, years in the making!

• Emitters have more controls: Radius, Twist, and Randomness.
  ⁃ Emitters can now emit within a specified radius to spread out your ions. You can also control the twist and randomness of their initial directions. Tap the dueling arrows on the bottom left of an emitters’ controls to see the new ones.
• Use colors from background images.
  ⁃ You can now have your ions take their colors from the background image. They can either sample the color once at birth, or continuously over their lives. That’s right. You can now paint with Ions2+.
• Background images.
  ⁃ You can load any image from your pictures library to use as a background image. You can then resize and place it within Ions2+ to put it right where you want it.
• Transparency.
  ⁃ There is now a separate curve to control the transparency (aka “alpha”) of your ions. Have them fade out, flash, or simply layer beautifully on top of each other.
• New layouts:
  ⁃ Echoes, Dust, Twirl, Watercolor, Corners, Sun, Eye. Hairbrush, Galaxy, Bursts. Stars. Chips, and Chase.
• More ions.
  ⁃ Devices are fast these days, so why not allow 200,000 ions at once? Why not, indeed.

### 1.1 — 2015-08-31

Ions 2+ has a bunch of fun new features, as well as some bug fixes.

• Use text as a shape.
  ⁃ What?! You can now use text in any font for the shape of your ions. And “any font” means you can now make emoji ions!!!
• Added “Fling” control to finger emitter.
  ⁃ When moving your finger around creating ions, you can now give them momentum. The faster you move, the faster the ions shoot out.
• Orientation control.
  ⁃ You can now control the base orientation of your ions. That means you can angle them in some direction other than just straight up. Useful for when you need to point that pizza emoji in the right direction.
• New layouts:
  ⁃ Aurora, Emoji, Fan, Feathers, Ions, Phoenix, Radiate, Sparks, Spheres, and Tangents.
• Improved finger emitter spacing.
  ⁃ The spacing of ions along your finger’s path is smoother now. Beautiful.
• Added “Restore Default Layouts” button to Settings panel.
  ⁃ If you deleted any of the layouts that ship with Ions 2+, you can get them back with this.
• Optimization.
  ⁃ More optimization. Always more optimization.
• Bug fixes!
  ⁃ There were some bugs. They were squashed.

### 1.0 — 2015-08-13

No release notes.

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## More apps by Douglas Applewhite

- [Ions](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ions/id414602147)
- [Filtration](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/filtration/id915464748)
- [Ballino](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ballino/id6754536617)

All apps by Douglas Applewhite: https://appshunter.io/developer/414602150

## Related topics

[particlescape](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/particlescape)

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