Comparison

Framsticks Artificial Life vs DJ Math

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Simulated creature evolution
  • Genetic language manipulation
  • Fitness-based development
  • Interactive evolutionary quests
  • Customizable fitness formulas
  • Evolutionary concept demonstrations
Features
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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/

About

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

Screenshots

Framsticks Artificial Life4 screens
DJ Math4 screens

Verdict

The call

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.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Framsticks Artificial Life sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. DJ Math asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Framsticks Artificial Life versus DJ Math: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFramsticks Artificial LifeDJ Math
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTOYSPRINGCompiled

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Framsticks Artificial Life

One-time5
  • Basic Tip$0.99
  • Appreciative Tip$2.99
  • Generous Tip$6.99
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  • Awesome Tip$19.99
  • Amazing Tip$54.99
None

DJ Math

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Framsticks Artificial Life free?
Framsticks Artificial Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DJ Math free?
DJ Math is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Framsticks Artificial Life or DJ Math have ads?
Neither Framsticks Artificial Life nor DJ Math shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Framsticks Artificial Life or DJ Math?
Framsticks Artificial Life ships an update every 6 months, and DJ Math daily. Most recently, Framsticks Artificial Life was updated on November 2, 2026 and DJ Math on November 7, 2026.

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