Living Worlds - Mark Ferrari

This is merely an app you can leave open and on to simulate a live wallpaper. You can not use it to set as your wallpaper.

Gorgeously drawn and animated, and serene. I missed this the first time around, I was too young, but it definitely brings back an era for me. I’m a little sad too that ios doesn’t allow animated wallpapers from non-ios devs, this would be perfect. I don’t know if the developers are still working on anything, but if you are… I would happily pay more for a widget on my homescreen that showed a little window into the scene. Just a thought 💜

This app has given me a surprising amount of entertainment. I wish there were more scenes! Still haven’t seen a shooting star 😛

With the recently added soundscapes I was inspired to finally leave a review. I ended up buying an old iPad just so I can feature this app and it’s gorgeous pixel art. So relaxing to listen to and watch the weather change. Worth the price absolutely!!!

I used Seize the Day as long as possible back in the day, and like other reviewers, I have looked for it to come back ever since because it is like nothing else. I hope the resolution can continue to be improved with updates as time goes on, and the calendar function can be made an option. Thanks very much to the developers.

I reviewed this app when it first came out. And I said I would only give it 5 stars once they added the ambient sound effects that I had grown so used to from the Canvas Cycle website. Well after a lot of waiting they have finally added sound! Only up to May so far but I am very happy about the development. Not quite sure when it happened. But now I can hear as much as see these lovely landscapes!

The pixel art is absolutely phenomenal, especially with the little events going on throughout the day. I’m writing this just after waking up from the snowfall and ambient sounds playing from the app. This app transitioned from “oh pretty pixel art, too bad it’s not a live wallpaper” to something I regularly open just to stare at to ease my mind while listening to the sounds, and finally to my new sleeping partner. I’m really giving it 4.5 stars but will bump this up to five depending on Pixelfabrik’s upkeep on the the ambient sounds (though I understand that those are not the critical points of the app). If anything, my only slight annoyance is constantly readjusting the time when I swipe up or down (iphone XR user). A “lock time” option would be excellent. All around though, I do not regret spending the money on this lovely app. Thank you for the quality of work you put in so far Pixelfabrik. Never caught that shooting star either lol.

Love the app and the artwork - brings back memories of old 90s games. My one wish was the additional effects can be disabled (for example snow) via settings so the animation is color-cycle only.

I got this because a friend of mine was using it as a live wallpaper, and for that it's perfect. So I went to follow suit, and found that the IOS version does everything... except let you save the image as a live wallpaper. I'd really appreciate this feature being included. Occasionally I'll use a screenshot but it's not the same and there are millions of other choices for static images, which makes me use this app very infrequently. It would be another matter if I could bring my phone to life with these lovely scenes. I've been waiting for months now but no update yet... Hoping it's in the works.

I bought Seize the Day back in the day, and have missed the Living Worlds. I have kept looking for anything like it ever since. While the low res is unfortunate, it’s great to have the scenes back. Update: I was informed of the new changes in Feb. 2021 and immediately downloaded the new version. The days are different now, not the same over and over. The scenes can progress (notably the leaf colors in October and the snow and Christmas tree in December). Days must be swiped through to move to the end or beginning of a month, though. Overall a much-welcomed change. Still wouldn’t mind a calendar function though. Old: I am realizing though that there aren’t 365 different days. It seems to be the same day repeating, but with a mixture of weather and the like. I’d love it if it could be redone with all the daily variations. Rainy days, clear days, snowy days, boring days, weird days. It was like another world. I spent so much time jumping to specific times/dates in my salad days.... Would love to have that back.