Life Downloads & RevenueLife: The Game · App Store
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Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperJan P. Barnholt
CategoryGames
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.0 (3)
Version1.7
Age rating4+
First seen by us
23 Oct 2026
23 Oct 2026Full timeline · 3 events
- 🆕Life: The Game first spotted by AppInsiderUnited States (found via developer)
- 📦Life: The Game version 1.7New in 1.7:
12 new patterns
• A new Methuselah family: Acorn, Diehard, Pi-heptomino, R-pentomino, Rabbits and Thunderbird
• Four more still lifes: Barge, Loaf, Long Boat and Ship
• The Enterprise spaceship and the Medusa gun
Improved pattern picker
• Open one family at a time to find a pattern faster
Manage your saved worlds
• Swipe a saved world in the file browser to delete it
A Tip Jar
• If you enjoy Life: The Game you can now leave a tip from the action bar. Nothing is unlocked, and there are still no ads and no subscription.
Also includes various fixes and improvements.… more - 🆕Life: The Game released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.0 ★
3 ratings
Measured
Life: The Game on the App Store
App details
App ID
1617641490
Publisher
Jan P. Barnholt
On the store since
May 2022
4 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.6+
Devices
iPad
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
2 MB
Also listed in
Simulation, Education
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not charting right now. | ||
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.0 ★
3 ratings
Measured
Ratings
3
Measured
About Life: The Game
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.
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.
Latest updates
1.7
New in 1.7:
12 new patterns
• A new Methuselah family: Acorn, Diehard, Pi-heptomino, R-pentomino, Rabbits and Thunderbird
• Four more still lifes: Barge, Loaf, Long Boat and Ship
• The Enterprise spaceship and the Medusa gun
Improved pattern picker
• Open one family at a time to find a pattern faster
Manage your saved worlds
• Swipe a saved world in the file browser to delete it
A Tip Jar
• If you enjoy Life: The Game you can now leave a tip from the action bar. Nothing is unlocked, and there are still no ads and no subscription.
Also includes various fixes and improvements.
