Game of Life Cellular Automata vs Life II
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Game of Life Cellular Automata
Explore John Conway's classic cellular automata simulation. Watch complex patterns emerge and evolve from simple rules on your iPhone or iPad.
- Cellular automata simulation
- John Conway's Game of Life
- Pattern evolution
- iPhone and iPad compatible
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A simple implementation of the cellular automata Game of Life, as described by John Conway in 1970. For iPhone and iPad.
Life II
Explore John Horton Conway's Game of Life with customizable resolutions and speeds. Features a built-in editor with copy-paste functionality for running patterns from online libraries.
- Conway's Game of Life simulation
- Adjustable resolutions and speeds
- Built-in pattern editor
- Copy-paste pattern functionality
- Supports online pattern libraries
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John Horton Conway's Game of Life. Supports different resolutions and speeds, and has a built-in editor. The editor supports copy & paste, so you can run stock patterns from pattern libraries found on the Internet.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Game of Life Cellular Automata at 79 against Life II's 2. Game of Life Cellular Automata also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 67%). Life II's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.5). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Game of Life Cellular Automata against 4.5 for Life II. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Game of Life Cellular Automata has 79 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Game of Life Cellular Automata's written reviews are positive against 67% of Life II's.
Game of Life Cellular Automata ships an update every 7 months, Life II every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Game of Life Cellular Automata | Life II |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (79 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.5% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 79 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nathan Pool | Thomas Okken |
Customer experience
Game of Life Cellular Automata
Life II
In-app purchases
Game of Life Cellular Automata
No in-app purchases
Life II
No in-app purchases
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