Golly
Golly Summary
Golly is a mobile Android app in Simulation by Andrew Trevorrow. Released in Nov 2013 (12 years ago). It has about 46.7K+ installs and 1K ratings with a 4.89★ (excellent) average. Based on AppGoblin estimates, it reaches roughly 104 monthly active users . Store metadata: updated Jan 27, 2025.
Recent activity: 40 installs this week (174 over 4 weeks) showing steady growth View trends →
Store info: Last updated on Google Play on Jan 27, 2025 .
4.89★
Ratings: 1K
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App Description
For exploring Conway's Game of Life and many other types of cellular automata.
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, Paterson's Worms, 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.