Framsticks Artificial Life vs DJ Math
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Framsticks Artificial Life
Explore the evolution of virtual creatures through simulated genetics. Modify creature traits, guide their development, and learn about evolutionary concepts with interactive quests and demonstrations.
- Simulated creature evolution
- Genetic language manipulation
- Fitness-based development
- Interactive evolutionary quests
- Customizable fitness formulas
- Evolutionary concept demonstrations
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This app lets you play with simple simulated creatures and their evolution. It features a few genetic representations ("languages"), where each symbol in a genotype defines some characteristic of a creature (a "phenotype"). Each genetic representation has its own methods of mutation (modifying small parts of a genotype) and crossover (exchanging genes of two parents to produce an offspring). The performance of each creature is evaluated in terms of speed on land, speed in water, and height of its center of mass. These criteria can be set as fitness. Since you have mutation and crossover available to change genotypes randomly, you can run an evolutionary process and see how fitness in the population increases. You can also guide evolution according to your preferences by making creatures you like reproduce and generate their random variations. If you understand a genetic language, you can even edit genes manually by deleting and adding genetic symbols, and this way build a creature you want or improve an existing one. The app features some quests to help you familiarize with genetic languages and the properties of evolution such as convergence, diversity, selection pressure, the influence of mutation rate, or the population size. Advanced users can even try their own formulas for fitness, for example to maximize both height and speed simultaneously, or to add even more criteria. Some demonstrations are included as well that show the concepts of directed (external fitness) and undirected (internal fitness) evolution, mutation, swarming, and communication. This app is based on the Framsticks simulator. You can learn more at http://www.framsticks.com/
DJ Math
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Learn the multiplication tables or practice mental arithmetic Simple and clean user interface without distractions - One click setting for basic multiplication tests - Multiplication, division, addition and subtraction within limits of choice - Follow-up tests - History - Optionally include response time in results - Texts in Swedish or English - No ads - No in-app purchases
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DJ Math at none against Framsticks Artificial Life's 5. DJ Math also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Framsticks Artificial Life sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. DJ Math asks for nothing beyond the download.
Framsticks Artificial Life ships an update every 6 months, DJ Math daily. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Framsticks Artificial Life | DJ Math |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TOYSPRING | Compiled |
In-app purchases
Framsticks Artificial Life
- Basic Tip$0.99
- Appreciative Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$6.99
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- Awesome Tip$19.99
- Amazing Tip$54.99
DJ Math
No in-app purchases
Questions
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