Life vs Mission BioHero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Life
Explore Conway's Game of Life, a cellular automaton where simple patterns evolve into complex structures or disappear. Discover over 90 included patterns, analyze their evolution with built-in statistics, and rewind to observe changes. Export your creations as images or RLE files.
- Conway's Game of Life simulation
- Catalog of 90+ patterns
- Cycle detection and statistics
- Rewind feature for evolution
- Image and RLE export
- Pattern exploration and combination
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Explore the iconic 'Life' cellular automaton devised by mathematician John Conway. Study how trivial patterns evolve into complexity - or vanish after a couple of generations. Choose from eight cell shapes and five color schemes, with an optional grid and afterglow trails. A catalog containing more than 100 popular patterns, grouped by family, is included to explore and combine at your leisure. A built-in cycle detection and other statistics provide insight into the current cellular automaton. The rewind feature enables you to go back in time and reverse the last steps of the evolution. Save the worlds you want to revisit and load them again later. Export images or RLE representations to share online or import to other apps.
Mission BioHero
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The player assumes the role of a godly being sent to Earth to destroy it, having deemed by its elders that it cannot be saved. The character arrives on Earth and experiences a change of heart, instead deciding to help the humans save their planet. Disapprovingly, the elders strip the player’s character from their powers, which they must regain throughout the game. Both this and helping mankind to save the world serve as the main goals of the story. The game is divided into campaigns, each revolving around one major subject that relates to sustainability, and bio-economy. Finish those game missions to save the planet!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mission BioHero at 5.0 against Life's 4.0. Mission BioHero also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). Life's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Mission BioHero holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Life ships an update every 2 months, Mission BioHero every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Life | Mission BioHero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 351 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan P. Barnholt | Nurogames GmbH |
In-app purchases
Life
No in-app purchases
Mission BioHero
No in-app purchases









