Comparison

Cell Zoo vs BioVoid

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

Head to head
About

Cell Zoo

Explore mesmerizing cellular automata simulations with alien organisms that evolve in real-time. Interact with living art, place it in your environment with AR, and fine-tune dozens of parameters to create unique patterns. Experience stunning visuals and emergent ecosystems.

Highlights
  • Real-time organism evolution
  • Interactive touch controls
  • Augmented Reality (AR) mode
  • Multiple living systems (Physarum, Lenia, Gray-Scott, Particle Life)
  • Extensive parameter tuning
  • GPU-accelerated simulations
Features
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The most beautiful cellular automata simulator on iOS. Watch alien organisms evolve in real time. Touch them, breed them, teach them to sing. Place them on your desk in AR. Cell Zoo is a pocket terrarium for mathematical life. ELEVEN LIVING WORLDS Slime molds that solve mazes. Continuous creatures that swim, split, and breathe. Chemistry that paints leopard spots and coral. Electromagnetic waves, self-assembling DNA, even your own words dissolving into life. New in 2.2: Chimera, where four rival physics share one map and fight over the borders. Every world runs real math at up to 120 frames per second, and none of them behaves the way you expect. IT GROWS INTO YOUR PHOTOS Hand the colony a picture and watch it grow into the bright shapes — your face, your handwriting, your dog. A living sketch, not a copy. IT LISTENS. IT SINGS. Turn on Hearing and the colony moves to your music: bass makes it surge, treble makes it shimmer. Turn on Voice and the simulation sings back — a generative soundtrack drawn from the colony's own rhythms, never the same twice. A NEW CREATURE EVERY DAY Hatch the Daily Specimen each morning. Creatures you keep sync across your devices with iCloud. SHARE WHAT YOU GROW Send any creature by link. It hatches on your friend's device exactly as you made it — same genes, same colors, same behavior. BREED THEM (Premium) Cross two creatures and hatch the offspring. Mutate genomes. Pit colonies against each other in the arena and carry the winner's line forward. 30+ RENDER MODES (Premium) Photoreal protoplasm, holographic diffraction, infrared, liquid metal, bioluminescent deep-sea glow, aurora, soap film. Every mode is a handcrafted Metal shader. AR MODE (Premium) Grow a colony on your table, floor, or wall. In 3D, a living structure floats in your room — walk around it. Walk through it. TUNE EVERYTHING Sensor angles, diffusion rates, decay, species counts — every slider changes behavior live, and all of them are free. Capture the results in photo mode with pro exposure and cinematic filters. Built native with Metal: 120Hz ProMotion, HDR bloom, MetalFX upscaling. No accounts, no ads, no analytics. Premium is a single one-time purchase. Terms: https://cellzoo.app/#terms

About

BioVoid

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BioVoid is a fast offline survival game set inside a hostile microscopic arena. Guide a brave cell through waves of bacteria, dodge bullets, choose your fighter, and push through 50 escalating levels filled with swarm pressure, ranged threats, heavy blockers, and boss battles. Movement is simple and responsive while combat happens automatically, so every run is about smart positioning, clean dodges, and choosing the right moment to advance. Features: - Offline single-player gameplay - 50 levels with rising difficulty - Three playable cell styles: Blade Cell, Gun Cell, and Mage Cell - Automatic attacks with movement-focused survival - Boss encounters every 10 levels - Local progress storage with no account required Survive the infection, master the arena, and carry your cell deeper into the BioVoid.

Screenshots

Cell Zoo4 screens
BioVoid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BioVoid at none against Cell Zoo's 1. BioVoid also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Cell Zoo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BioVoid asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Cell Zoo versus BioVoid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCell ZooBioVoid
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksander Allen丙恒 何

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cell Zoo

One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$3.99
None

BioVoid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cell Zoo free?
Cell Zoo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BioVoid free?
BioVoid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cell Zoo or BioVoid have ads?
Neither Cell Zoo nor BioVoid shows ads.

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