# Life II — user reviews

> 3 indexed App Store user reviews of Life II by Thomas Okken, rated 4.50/5 from 2 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/life-ii/id1621692220/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/life-ii/id1621692220.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0

## Most critical reviews (3 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Cant get it to work

*2023-08-09*

Unfortunately, whenever i zoom in, or even just place random cells, it suddenly spawns a bunch of pre built cell planes, and i cant figure out how to stop it, as the buttons are very unclear

**Developer response:** The "||" button (lower left corner) pauses and resumes the simulation, and the "o" button fills the field with randomness.
In order to place pixels, you need to activate "paint" mode, using the switch in the lower right corner; this also pauses the simulation if it wasn't already. In paint mode, the "o" button clears the field, and you can set/clear pixels by tapping and dragging.
(Apologies for the slow reply, I've been traveling the last few weeks and didn't notice your post until just now.)

### 4/5 — Great implementation

*2025-05-22*

Just a little fiddly

### 4/5 — Strangely absorbing

*2023-01-28*

Ha!
I knew this would be worth a try. 'Thomas Okken' was the only prompt I needed!
Maybe I've not yet explored enough but I think I'd find greater density for 'painting' new pixels helpful.
   Also, although I realise colour might upset the clever algorithm (especially for such a tiny and efficient app), is it totally incompatible? Might be fun?

**Developer response:** Hi! Sorry for the slow reply, it looks like I missed the notification for your review. Regarding shortcomings of paint mode, I'll admit it is rather rudimentary. The idea was that if you want to run complex designs, you can create them in a proper paint program and then paste them into this one. But if you have ideas for improving paint mode, I can't promise anything, but email me and we can chat about it.

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