Jeffrey Emanuel launches FrankenCA, a free iOS app with 19 cellular automata
doodlestein · x · 2026-09-29
Jeffrey Emanuel released FrankenCA, a free iPhone/iPad/Mac app (9.8MB, education category) with no ads, in-app purchases, or tracking. Highlights:
- 19 cellular-automata systems spanning continuous morphogenesis, transport, topology, spin systems, geometry, bifurcations, and quantum-inspired dynamics, each with its own visual language and parameters
- Native Metal rendering, fullscreen mode, reseeding/mutation, and direct parameter control
- An offline "theory atlas" explains each automaton's state, update rule, and key parameters with mathematical notation, diagrams, and tables
- All simulation runs locally; no account, ads, web view, or cloud computation
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