Golly

Developer: Andrew Trevorrow

Category: Games

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7.4K installs

148 ratings

189 monthly active users

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Golly Summary

Golly is a mobile iOS app in Games by Andrew Trevorrow. Released in Aug 2012 (13 years ago). It has 148 ratings with a 4.85★ (excellent) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 189 monthly active users . Store metadata: updated Sep 17, 2024.

Store info: Last updated on App Store on Sep 17, 2024 .

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App Details

Store ID: 553184760

First Released: 2012-08-28

Store Last Updated: 2024-09-17

In-App Purchases: No

Ads: No

Website: sourceforge.net

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AppGoblin Last Crawled: 2026-04-05

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App Description

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.