# MandelKit: Fractal Explorer — Mandelbrot, 3D & Deep Zoom

> Mandelbrot, 3D & Deep Zoom (iPhone/iPad app by Bjoern Kindler.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mandelkit-fractal-explorer/id6795585522 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Bjoern Kindler](https://appshunter.io/developer/1130935043)
- Category: Graphics & Design, Education
- Price: $2.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 8 MB
- Languages: German (Germany), Danish, American English, Finnish, French (France), Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch and 12 more
- Released: 2026-08-04
- Data updated: 2026-08-25
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mandelkit-fractal-explorer/id6795585522/reviews.md

## What is MandelKit?

Explore infinite Mandelbrot and Julia fractals on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. MandelKit combines native Apple Metal rendering, arbitrary-precision deep zoom, expressive 2D color, illuminated 3D relief, and huge tiled exports in one creative studio.

ZOOM BEYOND ORDINARY LIMITS

• Explore Mandelbrot, Julia, Burning Ship, Multibrot, Multijulia, and Multicorn formulas.
• Navigate smoothly with mouse, trackpad, touch, or exact high-precision coordinates.
• Continue deep into structures that exceed ordinary floating-point precision.
• Watch progressive rendering refine the visible image while you work.

CREATE A DISTINCTIVE LOOK

• Choose independent exterior and interior color sources.
• Use built-in or custom gradients, cyclic palettes, potential coloring, domain coloring, interference, orbit traps, and more.
• Add contours, field lines, distance bands, ambient occlusion, boundary glow, curvature, textures, and coordinated style presets.
• Fine-tune supersampling and detail-preserving filters.

SCULPT FRACTALS IN 3D

• Turn fractal measurements into an illuminated height field.
• Move the relief camera independently from fractal navigation.
• Adjust height, smoothing, material, directional or point light, and horizon.

SAVE, SHARE, AND EXPORT

• Save exact regions with coordinates, colors, effects, lighting, and 3D camera settings.
• Keep private regions synchronized through iCloud when you choose.
• Publish a separate public copy only after explicit confirmation, or share privately by link.
• Export PNG, JPEG, or TIFF while preserving the visible composition.
• On Mac, create disk-backed tiled 2D exports up to 100,000 × 100,000 pixels—even beyond the maximum size of a single Metal texture.

MandelKit includes a complete in-app manual and a carefully adapted interface for Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

## Chart rankings

- #32 in Top Paid · Graphics & Design (US App Store)


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.1.2 — 2026-08-22

This update makes deep exploration and saved regions more dependable.

• Keeps iPad tools responsive at extreme zoom levels
• Prevents the view from drifting when fingers are lifted after a pinch
• Makes the iPad tool overview more compact and adds cyclic coloring to Quick Access
• Restores older downloaded regions and preserves saved point-light settings
• Additional stability and compatibility improvements

### 1.1.1 — 2026-08-12

This update improves deep zoom and region publishing.

• Fixes freezes at very deep zoom levels on iPad
• Restores arbitrary-precision rendering for Julia sets
• Published regions now open their exact page on MandelKit.com
• Publications show only the source device class: Mac, iPhone, or iPad
• Additional stability, compatibility, and localization improvements

### 1.1 — 2026-08-12

Version 1.1 is a major creative and performance update.

• Faster progressive rendering with immediate feedback while adjusting controls
• Reliable full-resolution arbitrary-precision deep zoom without coarse tile artifacts
• New interior coloring, color sources, gradients, textures, interference colors, and style presets
• Expanded effects, contour depth, point lighting, and 3D controls
• Clearer, more compact tools on Mac, iPhone, and iPad
• Redesigned region saving and publishing with explicit privacy choices and safer data validation
• Correct, image-filling region previews and background thumbnail rendering
• Robust tiled high-resolution exports up to 100,000 × 100,000 pixels on Mac
• Persistent window, sidebar, palette, and visualization state
• Many rendering, export, localization, and accessibility improvements

### 1.0 — 2026-08-06

No release notes.

## More apps by Bjoern Kindler

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All apps by Bjoern Kindler: https://appshunter.io/developer/1130935043

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