--- title: "Ions - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: "Ions was selected by Apple as a New and Noteworthy app in February and was the #1 Entertainment app for nearly a week! Ions was then selected as a Staff Favorite in March! Control up to 20,000 partic" --- # Ions — United States ![Ions App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple1/v4/55/15/2b/55152b4b-228a-fc11-86e2-add2f58882b3/pr_source.png/434x0w.png) **Developer:** [Douglas Applewhite](https://apptail.io/developer/douglas-applewhite-hXcc) **Category:** Entertainment **Rating:** 3.9/5 (13 ratings) **Price:** Free **Bundle ID:** com.douglasapplewhite.ions **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 1.2 (released 2015-08-19) **Original Release:** 2011-01-18 **Languages:** English **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id414602147) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/united-states) ## Ions Description Ions was selected by Apple as a New and Noteworthy app in February and was the #1 Entertainment app for nearly a week! Ions was then selected as a Staff Favorite in March! Control up to 20,000 particles of light! Ions is an addictive virtual sandbox where you can create dazzling patterns in realtime. Ions runs at 60 fps and really shows off the power of the iPad. There are infinite creative possibilities with Ions - you won't be able to put it down! Use your fingers to either paint with ions or interact with them. Place emitters to control where new ions are created and their initial speeds and directions. Then use fields to either attract or repel ions, altering their velocities. Accelerometer support allows the ions to respond to gravity. You also have five different looks to choose from; each one completely changes the appearance of the ions. Additionally, you can save and load your favorite layouts at any time. ## Ions Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple/c8/c7/73/mzl.lptmqqtw.png/1024x768.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple/57/46/87/mzl.ehvouzfu.png/1024x768.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple/d9/33/a9/mzl.piftprvn.png/1024x768.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple/ba/f1/3f/mzl.xumwjyps.png/1024x768.png) - [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple/1b/9f/8f/mzl.pqjxyskz.png/1024x768.png) ## Ions Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 8 (62%) - 4 stars: 1 (8%) - 3 stars: 1 (8%) - 2 stars: 0 (0%) - 1 stars: 3 (23%) ## Ions Reviews in United States ### ****- "Very very cool" Love this kind of stuff. Fun... and I don’t have to kill or crash anything. -- Len44039, 2020-09-22 ### ***** "Shiny!" Excellent time waster, and for the geeky, an excellent way to play with magnetic fields. What fun! -- Insidekitty83, 2017-03-20 ### ***** "Cooler than it looks" This is a cool app. Shows beauty on iPad if you get the emitters to go slowly and have force against the dust. Very fun, and keeps me entertained. Can also make many shapes, and all sorts of cool designs if you play around long enough and figure out how. I recommend this app. It's fun! -- MichaelE2000, 2015-09-07 ### *---- "Rainbow isn't working" The rainbow color isn't working. -- Osbornes, 2014-03-11 ### ***-- "Dad" Loved this game on my iPad, but the multi color part does not work on my iPad Air. -- Ipadairuser, 2014-02-24 ### ***** "best app" One of the layout is broken but it is great -- bugboy1028, 2014-01-31 ### ***** "Please update with more control - *read*" I love this app - I want to be able to create a system. A hybrid of this app along with something like "electrons" app where we could assign / draw boarders with ( + or - ) charges would be fantastic. Please consider some of these suggestions and update this. Also a fun - but unnecessary feature could be 3d tv AirPlay like Vito's solar system app would be fun too. This app has spurred countless 10's of hours of pure creative brainstorming for me. Please give us more ... Please -- Ice pro, 2013-11-16 ### ***** "Get it now!" Great time waster, awesome graphics, and so relaxing to just watch. A must get for ANYONE WITH AN IPAD!! -- seaannm, 2013-05-18 ### ***** "Make Wall" This is my all time favorite game, but to make it just a little better you should make wall, something for the ions to hit and bounce of of. You should also allow for the player to choose the number of ions and size. -- 0lympian, 2013-02-23 ### ***** "MIND BLOWING!!!!!" Wow developers, you guys made one hell of an app. This app is worthy of ten stars , beautiful stuff. -- Oinjjko, 2012-12-20 ### ***** "Very cool!" I've probably spent hours playing with this app... Not an app with built in objectives like a game, but it's easy to creat challenges for yourself! -- Scwatch, 2012-10-08 ### ***** "excellent" What an astonishing application! A rigorously accurate and totally flexible simulation. You can create some beautiful patterns quite easily. One of my favorite "time waster" apps. -- aninoquisi, 2012-08-02 ### **--- "It's okay" It's neat but I wish I didn't buy it. Not much to do -- Lake Auman, 2012-06-15 ### ***** "Better than expected" Literally, the best toy I've ever bought and well worth the price. I would love to see a "grid, snap too grid" button or slider that would make a grid appear thereby making it easier to precisely space the emitters and force fields when your making a scene from scratch. A "particle collision" option would be nice too ... so if you aim beams "at" each other you can get them to interact in some way. -- STL After Dark, 2012-05-31 ### *---- "Not too fun" This app should be free. It is not as good as others. -- analoghaze, 2011-12-23 ### ***** "JESUS" I could totally imagine an IWBTG-style danmaku game with this. -- Banana Car, 2011-09-16 ### ***-- "Awesome" Very nice app, addictive! Amazing presets and themes. This app is potentially one of the top 5 creative apps in the AppStore if you could:  Duplicate fields and emitters.  Choose particle's fading distance.  Link or group fields and emitters.  Modify, snap to and toggle a grid (polar or rectangular) for accuracy.  Toggle fields and emitters' visibility once you're done.  Choose a background image. -- Carlosppal, 2011-07-07 ### ***** "Best "Touch" Toy" I don't usually write reviews, but I've downloaded a lot of artistic screen toys that let you paint with light or attract splotches of colors with your fingers. This is the only one that I ever really come back too. -- Ost Family, 2011-07-05 ### ***** "Good" Very nice! -- Chicozexv, 2011-07-04 ### ****- "Mindless mathematically correct killing time" Cool, visually pleasing, mathematically "correct. -- 2Balive, 2011-07-04 [View all Ions reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://apptail.io/account/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Ions Discovered Keywords - ions ## Apps Similar to Ions - [subflow](https://apptail.io/app/subflow-mShb/united-states) - [tappr.tv](https://apptail.io/app/tapprtv-Xhxb/united-states) - [Go Particles](https://apptail.io/app/go-particles-fEwc/united-states) - [KiraFlow : Flowing Glitter](https://apptail.io/app/kiraflow-flowing-glitter-KEwc/united-states) - [Light Creations](https://apptail.io/app/light-creations-wkQd/united-states) - [Gravilux](https://apptail.io/app/gravilux-guwe/united-states) - [Fission - Nuclear Fallout](https://apptail.io/app/fission-nuclear-fallout-fLwe/united-states) - [3D Shape Shifter 2 HD](https://apptail.io/app/3d-shape-shifter-2-hd-hKze/united-states) - [Spiral Painter Aura](https://apptail.io/app/spiral-painter-aura-BjJe/united-states) - [Alchemist Rose • for iPad](https://apptail.io/app/alchemist-rose-for-ipad-xXel/united-states) ## Ions Available In - [United States](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/united-states) - [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/canada) - [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/switzerland) - [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/italy) - [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/australia) - [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/japan) - [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/mexico) - [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/poland) - [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/turkey) - [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/azerbaijan) - [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/malaysia) - [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/philippines) - [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/chile) - [France](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/france) - [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/ions-TWel/israel) --- ## About AppTail [AppTail](https://apptail.io) is a mobile app intelligence platform providing app analytics, ASO (App Store Optimization) tools, keyword tracking, competitor analysis, revenue estimates, and review monitoring for iOS App Store apps. 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