XScreenSaver
Free
6.07for iPhone, iPad and more
9.5
92 Ratings
Jamie Zawinski
Developer
23.5 MB
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Aug 30, 2023
Update Date
Entertainment
Category
4+
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About XScreenSaver
The XScreenSaver application is a large collection of historic and educational graphics demos.
XScreenSaver is the standard screen saver collection shipped on most Linux and Unix systems. I released the first version in 1992. In 2006, I ported it to MacOS, and in 2012 I ported it to iOS.
This application is not a screen saver, of course, since iOS doesn't have those. But it does let you play with the hundreds of graphics demos that are a part of the XScreenSaver collection.
XScreenSaver is the standard screen saver collection shipped on most Linux and Unix systems. I released the first version in 1992. In 2006, I ported it to MacOS, and in 2012 I ported it to iOS.
This application is not a screen saver, of course, since iOS doesn't have those. But it does let you play with the hundreds of graphics demos that are a part of the XScreenSaver collection.
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What's New in the Latest Version 6.07
Last updated on Aug 30, 2023
Old Versions
New hacks: `droste', `skulloop', `papercube' and `cubocteversion'.
Updates to `sphereeversion'.
Various other minor bug fixes.
Updates to `sphereeversion'.
Various other minor bug fixes.
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Version History
6.07
Aug 30, 2023
New hacks: `droste', `skulloop', `papercube' and `cubocteversion'.
Updates to `sphereeversion'.
Various other minor bug fixes.
Updates to `sphereeversion'.
Various other minor bug fixes.
6.06
Dec 11, 2022
New hack, Hex Trail.
Marbling works again.
Adjusted some of the very old hacks, which were written when pixels were larger, to be more visible on today's higher rez displays.
Marbling works again.
Adjusted some of the very old hacks, which were written when pixels were larger, to be more visible on today's higher rez displays.
6.04
May 30, 2022
New hacks, "Nakagin" and "Chompy Tower". Sliders for various "Speed" preferences are easier to use.
6.03
Feb 28, 2022
New hack, Squirtorus.
Sphere Eversion now has corrugation-mode, and can evert the Earth.
GL Planet is higher resolution, and displays time zones.
Fixed drag-to-rotate, again.
Sphere Eversion now has corrugation-mode, and can evert the Earth.
GL Planet is higher resolution, and displays time zones.
Fixed drag-to-rotate, again.
6.02
Oct 12, 2021
New hacks, Marbling Binaryhorizon. Updates to Atlantis and Headroom.
6.00
Apr 1, 2021
Improved GLSL and GLES3 support: Phong shading in etruscanvenus, hypertorus, klein, projectiveplane, romanboy and sphereeversion.
Updates to cubicgrid.
Added cycle mode.
Various minor bug fixes.
Updates to cubicgrid.
Added cycle mode.
Various minor bug fixes.
5.45
Dec 8, 2020
New hacks: headroom, sphereeversion and beats.
Shader updates to hypertorus.
No more image-loading pause in glslideshow.
BSOD supports GNOME.
Various bug fixes.
Shader updates to hypertorus.
No more image-loading pause in glslideshow.
BSOD supports GNOME.
Various bug fixes.
5.44
Mar 20, 2020
New hacks: Gibson, Etruscan Venus and Scooter.
New color options in Roman Boy, Projective Plane, Hypertorus and Klein.
BSOD supports Tivo and Nintendo.
Supports dark mode.
Fixed image loading on iOS 13.
Fixed rotation on iOS 13 (Apple incompatibly breaks rotation every two years as a matter of policy).
Performance tweaks for Eruption, Fireworkx, Halftone, Halo, Moire2 and RD-Bomb.
Various bug fixes.
New color options in Roman Boy, Projective Plane, Hypertorus and Klein.
BSOD supports Tivo and Nintendo.
Supports dark mode.
Fixed image loading on iOS 13.
Fixed rotation on iOS 13 (Apple incompatibly breaks rotation every two years as a matter of policy).
Performance tweaks for Eruption, Fireworkx, Halftone, Halo, Moire2 and RD-Bomb.
Various bug fixes.
5.43
Jul 2, 2019
New hacks "GravityWell" and "DeepStars".
"GLPlanet" now supports the Mercator projection.
"Bouncing Cow" has mathematically ideal cows (spherical, frictionless).
Foggy toasters.
"Unknown Pleasures" can now use an image file as a clip mask.
"GLPlanet" now supports the Mercator projection.
"Bouncing Cow" has mathematically ideal cows (spherical, frictionless).
Foggy toasters.
"Unknown Pleasures" can now use an image file as a clip mask.
5.41
Dec 28, 2018
Plugged many memory leaks at exit.
New hack, Handsy.
Fixed Noof from displaying minimalistically.
Rewrote Unknown Pleasures to be faster, and a true waterfall graph.
BSOD Solaris improved. DVD added.
New hack, Handsy.
Fixed Noof from displaying minimalistically.
Rewrote Unknown Pleasures to be faster, and a true waterfall graph.
BSOD Solaris improved. DVD added.
5.40
Aug 12, 2018
New hacks: FilmLeader and VFeedback.
GLPlanet blends between day and night maps at the dusk terminator.
DymaxionMap animates sunlight across the flattened globe.
Tessellimage can draw either Delaunay or Voronoi tilings.
XAnalogTV includes test cards.
GLPlanet blends between day and night maps at the dusk terminator.
DymaxionMap animates sunlight across the flattened globe.
Tessellimage can draw either Delaunay or Voronoi tilings.
XAnalogTV includes test cards.
5.39
Apr 13, 2018
New hacks, RazzleDazzle, Peepers, Crumbler and Maze3D. Various minor bug fixes.
5.38
Dec 20, 2017
New hack, Esper.
BSOD now accepts Dunning-Krugerrands.
Tweaks for iPhone X.
Various minor updates and bug fixes.
BSOD now accepts Dunning-Krugerrands.
Tweaks for iPhone X.
Various minor updates and bug fixes.
5.37
Jul 5, 2017
New hack, Vigilance. Updates to BSOD. Various bug fixes and performance updates.
5.36
Oct 11, 2016
New hacks "discoball", "cubetwist", "cubestack", "splodesic" and "hexstrut". Several new programs in "m6502". New "circles" mode in "rotzoomer". Better titles in "photopile". Various other fixes.
5.35
May 23, 2016
New hacks: DymaxionMap, Unicrud, EnergyStream, Raverhoop and Hydrostat.
Added Windows 10 to BSOD.
Better fonts in BSOD and MemScroller.
Fixed rotation to work with the new iOS 8+ API.
Pong is now playable.
Added Windows 10 to BSOD.
Better fonts in BSOD and MemScroller.
Fixed rotation to work with the new iOS 8+ API.
Pong is now playable.
5.33
Jul 2, 2015
New hacks, `splitflap' and `romanboy'.
Sonar now does asynchronous host name resolution.
Improved Unicode support.
Various minor fixes.
Sonar now does asynchronous host name resolution.
Improved Unicode support.
Various minor fixes.
5.32
Nov 24, 2014
Fixed display-size problems on iOS 7 Retina devices; re-enabled support for iOS 5 and 6.
5.31
Nov 15, 2014
New hacks: GeodesicGears, BinaryRing and Cityflow.
UTF-8 text support in the text-displaying hacks.
GLPlanet now has both day and night maps, and a sharp terminator.
Fixed a transparency glitch in WindupRobot.
Lockward works on iOS.
Rotation works properly on iOS 8.
Added a search field.
UTF-8 text support in the text-displaying hacks.
GLPlanet now has both day and night maps, and a sharp terminator.
Fixed a transparency glitch in WindupRobot.
Lockward works on iOS.
Rotation works properly on iOS 8.
Added a search field.
5.30
Sep 10, 2014
New hack, "WindupRobot".
Many improvements to "Lament", including the Leviathan Configuration.
FlyingToasters: Shading is correct now, and flying toast is now toasted.
SkyTentacles: cel-shading sort-of works now.
Fixed dragging-to-rotate on rotated iOS devices, I think.
Dragging has inertia now.
Most hacks respond to mouse-clicks, double-taps and swipes as meaning "do something different now".
Reworked OpenGL fonts.
Various minor fixes.
Many improvements to "Lament", including the Leviathan Configuration.
FlyingToasters: Shading is correct now, and flying toast is now toasted.
SkyTentacles: cel-shading sort-of works now.
Fixed dragging-to-rotate on rotated iOS devices, I think.
Dragging has inertia now.
Most hacks respond to mouse-clicks, double-taps and swipes as meaning "do something different now".
Reworked OpenGL fonts.
Various minor fixes.
5.27
Jun 4, 2014
New hacks, `tessellimage' and `projectiveplane'.
Added support for pthreads.
Minor iOS tweaks to the `analogtv' hacks.
Minor updates to `boxed' and `klein'.
Fixed possible crash in `apple2', `noseguy', `xmatrix', `shadebobs'.
Updated `webcollage' for recent changes.
Performance improvements.
Added support for pthreads.
Minor iOS tweaks to the `analogtv' hacks.
Minor updates to `boxed' and `klein'.
Fixed possible crash in `apple2', `noseguy', `xmatrix', `shadebobs'.
Updated `webcollage' for recent changes.
Performance improvements.
5.23
Nov 11, 2013
Huge performance improvements and various minor bug fixes.
Fixed aspect ratio bug in non-rotating apps when launched in landscape mode.
New hack, "geodesic".
Added Android to "bsod".
"Phosphor" now supports amber as well as green.
Fixed a font-metrics bug.
Fixed aspect ratio bug in non-rotating apps when launched in landscape mode.
New hack, "geodesic".
Added Android to "bsod".
"Phosphor" now supports amber as well as green.
Fixed a font-metrics bug.
5.22
Jul 16, 2013
New modes: kaleidocycle, quasicrystal, unknownpleasures and hexadrop.
Fixed possible crashes in apple2, maze, pacman, polyominoes, fireworkx, and engine.
Fixed preferences crash on old iOS 5 devices.
Fixed "Shake to Randomize".
Fixed weirdness with the "Frame Rate" sliders.
Display the name of each mode when launching it.
Fixed rotation problems with pacman and decayscreen.
Better dragging in fluidballs.
Performance improvements for interference.
Ignore orientation changes in modes that aren't affected by them.
Fixed possible crashes in apple2, maze, pacman, polyominoes, fireworkx, and engine.
Fixed preferences crash on old iOS 5 devices.
Fixed "Shake to Randomize".
Fixed weirdness with the "Frame Rate" sliders.
Display the name of each mode when launching it.
Fixed rotation problems with pacman and decayscreen.
Better dragging in fluidballs.
Performance improvements for interference.
Ignore orientation changes in modes that aren't affected by them.
5.20
Oct 16, 2012
Support for iPhone 5 screens. Various minor bug fixes.
5.18
Aug 1, 2012
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iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
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