Explore Infinity in Real Time
Mandelbrot Metal brings the endless beauty of fractals to your iPhone and iPad
Key Features
Fractals Without Limits
Every zoom reveals new self-similar detail — an infinite landscape blending art, science, and pure mathematics.
Learn by Exploring
Built-in HUD shows coordinates, iteration budgets, and palette info so you can understand the math as you explore the art.
Sharp at Any Scale
Adaptive precision (FP32 → FP64 → double-double) keeps every zoom crisp, from wide views to billion-to-one deep dives.
Smooth Navigation, Stunning Stillness
Interact seamlessly at high frame rates — then pause and watch the app automatically shift into high-quality SSAA rendering.
Infinite Color, Infinite Possibilities
Unlock the full spectrum of fractal beauty with Mandelbrot Metal’s powerful palette system. Choose from 40+ professionally crafted palettes spanning scientific, artistic, and vivid styles — or create your own with the live Gradient Editor. Import colors from any photo, fine-tune gradient stops, and save your custom schemes to the library. With gamma-aware interpolation and lookup table (LUT) rendering, every color blend stays smooth and precise, even in the deepest zooms. Whether you want mathematically accurate gradients or bold artistic expression, Mandelbrot Metal puts the colors of infinity at your fingertips.
Powered by Metal
A custom GPU kernel minimizes branching, leverages fused multiply-adds, and keeps color data hot in threadgroup memory.
Benchmarks that Matter
On the latest iPads and iPhones, Mandelbrot Metal sustains interactive rates at thousands of iterations — without compromise.