Golly

Name: Golly
Rating: 4.8 (45 reviews)
Author: Andrew Trevorrow

By: Andrew Trevorrow App

Simulation

Overview

Version:

1.5

Last updated: 2024-09-17

Ranking

#178,563 ▼ 99

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Golly is an open source, cross-platform application for exploring Conway's Game of Life and many other types of cellular automata.

Key features: Supports bounded and unbounded universes, with cells of up to 256 states. Supports multiple algorithms, including Bill Gosper's super fast hashlife algorithm. Many different types of CA are included: John von Neumann's 29-state CA, Wolfram's 1D rules, WireWorld, Generations, Langton's Loops, Larger than Life, etc. Reads RLE, macrocell, Life 1.05/1.06, dblife, and MCell files. Can extract patterns and rules from zip files. Can download patterns and rules from online archives. Includes a state-of-the-art pattern collection. Unlimited undo/redo. Extensive help, with an integrated Life Lexicon.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

Andrew Trevorrow

Rating:

4.80

(45)

Version:

1.5 Last updated: 2024-09-17

Version code:

869074488

Creation date:

2012-08-28

Compatible devices:

Size:

14.42MB

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Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-15

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# 178,563 ▼ 99

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Developed by:

Andrew Trevorrow

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/golly/id553184760

User Reviews

i like how theres different engines & how u can run it super fast but pookies ima be honest im not using it bc it doesnt support continuous automata (like Lenia for example) and it also doesnt support multi layer automata like Widelife which is my ruleset and the whole reason i got this... i get that continuous automata is rlly hard to run but like multi layer is not so it would be nice to have that yk... til then ill use tiamat for most stuff but i like how the universe is gigantic yet u can do millions of cycles per second

by fa*****, 2024-08-22

I looked at every Conway’s Game of Life app, and this is by far the best. Not only does it allow a huge field that’s very easy to zoom in to draw, but you can switch between Draw and Move modes so you don’t accidentally draw while you’re trying to zoom in or out. Of course it comes with all the other features you’d expect but a lot of GOL don’t have. A pretty large library of patterns comes with it, and as a bonus there’s documentation on each pattern. And best of all, you can even change the ruleset to explore other interesting universes.