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MandelKit
Fractal explorer — deep zoom, 2D colour, lit 3D relief
Explore infinite Mandelbrot and Julia fractals on iPhone, iPad and Mac. MandelKit brings together native Metal rendering, arbitrary-precision deep zoom, expressive 2D colouring and lit 3D relief in one creative studio.
A universal purchase for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Requires iOS or iPadOS 17 or later.
Screenshots
Fractals, coloured and lit
Click to enlarge — arrow keys to flip through, Esc to close.
What it does
Zoom, colour, render
Six fractal families
Mandelbrot, Julia, Burning Ship, Multibrot, Multijulia and Multicorn — navigate by mouse, trackpad, touch, or exact high-precision coordinates.
Zoom past the usual limits
Descend into structure far beyond ordinary floating-point precision, with progressive rendering that sharpens the image as you work.
A look that is yours
Independent inside and outside colour sources: gradients, cyclic palettes, potential and domain colouring, interference, orbit traps, contours, field lines, ambient occlusion and edge glow.
Fractals in 3D
Turn fractal measures into a lit height field, move the relief camera independently of the fractal, and tune height, smoothing, material and lighting.
Big, precise exports
Fine-tune supersampling and detail-preserving filters, then export huge tiled images at the resolution you need.
Price
A one-time purchase.
MandelKit is a single purchase across iPhone, iPad and Mac — no subscription, no ads, no tracking.