Comparison

Automatons vs Random Movie Generator

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

Head to head
About

Automatons

Explore the fascinating world of two-dimensional cellular automatons, including Conway's Game of Life. Discover emergent patterns and symmetries by setting initial conditions or using preset configurations. This app offers a vast array of possibilities for both beginners and experts.

Highlights
  • Implementations of 2D cellular automatons
  • Explore 262,144 possible automatons
  • John Conway's Game of Life included
  • Random initial conditions for pattern discovery
  • Preset patterns with defined behaviors
  • Insert custom patterns for evolution
Features
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Automatons is an implementation of two-dimensional cellular automatons. Each cell has eight neighbors. Whether the cell lives, dies or is born in the next generation is determined by how many neighbors are currently alive. John Conway's Game of Life is just one example of the automatons you can create. In fact, there are 262,144 possible automatons to explore! Automatons is entertaining for novices and subject experts. Start with a random initial condition and see the patterns and symmetries that develop over time. We've included a number of preset patterns that have nice behaviors for certain conditions. For example, for Life (B3/S23) there is a preset of a glider gun and a lightweight spaceship. You can also insert a custom pattern to see how it evolves over time! Explore different initial conditions and and discover beautiful patterns and surprising results.

About

Random Movie Generator

Discover new films with a random movie generator. Browse a database of over 25,000 titles, filter by genre, year, or rating, and save your favorites into custom folders. You can even watch movies directly from the app.

Highlights
  • Generate random movies
  • Database of 25,000+ titles
  • Save favorite movies
  • Organize favorites into folders
  • Filter by year, rating, genre
  • Watch movies within the app
Features
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Generate random movies from dataBase with over 25000 movie titles. The app allows you to save movies and generate a random movie from your favorite list too. Features: - Watch movies from the app - Generate random movies - Save movies to the favorites, grouped into folders - filter: year, imdb rating, ganres

Screenshots

Automatons4 screens
Random Movie Generator2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Automatons at 3.3 against Random Movie Generator's 1.0. Automatons also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Automatons holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Automatons versus Random Movie Generator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAutomatonsRandom Movie Generator
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (3 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB20 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperCodeBurnersMykhailo Dovhyi

Customer experience

Automatons

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Random Movie Generator

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Automatons

No in-app purchases

None

Random Movie Generator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Automatons free?
Automatons is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Random Movie Generator free?
Random Movie Generator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Automatons or Random Movie Generator?
Automatons is rated higher. Automatons averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Random Movie Generator averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Automatons or Random Movie Generator have ads?
Neither Automatons nor Random Movie Generator shows ads.

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