CellWalk puts a living cell in your hands and on your desk. Zoom from a whole cell down to the atoms in DNA. Explore a cell modeled protein by protein from real structures discovered by scientists. Start your journey with Ako, an AI tutor that helps you understand what you see. Built for students, teachers and anyone curious about how life works at the molecular scale. 2025 Apple Design Award finalist. EXPLORE A REAL CELL Zoom from a whole Mycoplasma cell down to single atoms. Thousands of proteins, DNA and RNA, ribosomes and membranes, rendered from published scientific data. Tap any molecule to learn what it is and what it does. Tap any term for an explanation at your level, written on your device with Apple Intelligence. Place molecular scenes in your space with augmented reality on compatible iPhone and iPad devices. LEARN WITH AKO Ako helps you build understanding through questions. It brings molecular structures into view, invites you to look closer and explain what you notice, then builds on your answers to help you make connections. Socratic learning, one discovery at a time. Type or dictate. Ask anything about what’s on screen or in your space. Your Ako lessons, your progress in them and what Ako has learned about you stay with you: on your device and, if you use iCloud, in your own iCloud. Get more of Ako with CellWalk Pro. GUIDED TOURS Start your journey with The Molecular Design of Life, a complete tour of the Mycoplasma cell made with Dr. David Goodsell. Each tour includes a guided narration, free explore mode and Ako practice lessons to test your understanding. CellWalk Pro adds more guided tours and lessons with an expanded library of cells and organisms. Explore the incredible molecular machines that power neurons and thought, or dive into the architecture of a virus like HIV. LEARN BY DOING Step into the Central Dogma of Biology with a hands-on interactive lesson on the all new Learning Path. Learn how the instructions in DNA are read and translated into the proteins that build and sustain your cells. WHAT’S FREE Explore The Molecular Design of Life tour and its accompanying Ako lesson and explore modes, and try the “What is a Protein?” interactive lesson on the Learning Path. You can also ask Ako in-depth questions with a free daily allowance. CELLWALK PRO Unlock all other guided tours and their accompanying Ako lessons, a larger daily question allowance and longer answers from Ako. Choose a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. ASK FROM ANYWHERE Say “Ask CellWalk a biology question” and Siri answers from CellWalk’s own content without opening the app. “Continue my lesson in CellWalk” picks up where you left off. On iPhone and iPad, use Visual Intelligence on a textbook diagram, choose Search CellWalk with an Image, and tap a match to open that tour, lesson or molecule. HOW THE AI WORKS Ako is built with the Foundation Models framework. Where Apple Intelligence is available, it answers on Private Cloud Compute, and the on-device model explains the terms you tap. OpenAI, a third-party AI service, plans lessons and answers when Apple Intelligence isn’t available on your device or in your region. The app asks your permission before sending your first question. You can change that permission under Account → Privacy. CellWalk doesn’t require a separate CellWalk account, and AI requests aren’t tied to your name. Find details under Account → Privacy → About CellWalk & AI. Apple Intelligence features require iPhone 15 Pro or later, an iPad with M1 or A17 Pro or later, or a Mac with Apple silicon. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://cellwalk.ca/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://cellwalk.ca/privacy
| Size | 504.6 MB |
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| Platforms | Mac, iPhone, Apple Vision, and iPad |
| Languages | English |
| Category | Education |
| Website | cellwalk.ca |
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| iPhone | Requires iOS 27.0 or later and a device with the A12 Bionic chip or later. |
| iPad | Requires iPadOS 27.0 or later and a device with the A12 Bionic chip or later. |
| Mac | Requires macOS 27.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. |
| Apple Vision | Requires visionOS 26.0 or later and a device with the A12 Bionic chip or later. |
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CellWalk 3 brings new features and biology into your space • Ako, an AI tutor. Start a lesson and Ako plans a path through the cell, moves the view to what it wants you to see, asks you questions and follows your answers. Type or dictate. Ask anything, any time. Every tour now has its own Ako lesson. • An all new hands-on interactive lesson: What is a Protein. • Greater immersion with AR view on compatible iPhone and iPad devices. • CellWalk Pro, a monthly or annual subscription: every other guided tour and its Ako lesson, a larger daily allowance and longer answers from Ako. • Ako runs on Apple Intelligence where it is available: answers on Private Cloud Compute, explanations of tapped terms on your device. Elsewhere Ako answers through OpenAI. You are asked for consent before your first question is sent. • Siri and Shortcuts: say “Ask CellWalk a biology question” for an answer without opening the app, or “Continue my lesson in CellWalk”. Every molecule, tour scene and lesson step is in Spotlight. • Visual Intelligence on iPhone and iPad: use it on a textbook diagram and choose Search CellWalk with an Image. • No sign-up. Your Ako lessons and what Ako has learned about you stay with you, on your device and, if you use iCloud, in your own iCloud. Delete My Data, under Account → Privacy, erases them and removes the little we hold. • CellWalk is now on the Mac. One subscription covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. If you bought the original CellWalk Pro, your tours stay unlocked. KEY FEATURES • A real cell: zoom from a whole Mycoplasma cell to single atoms, modeled protein by protein from published structures. • Tap any molecule to read what it does, in simpler or more detailed words. Tap any term for an explanation at your level, on Apple's on-device model where available. • Guided tours with narration, each with its own Ako lesson. The Molecular Design of Life, made with Dr. David Goodsell, is free. • Ako, an AI tutor that teaches through questions and shows you what it is talking about. • Augmented reality on compatible iPhone and iPad: place molecular scenes in your space. • Touch-first: pinch, pan and orbit smoothly from cell architecture to molecular structure. • Thousands of modeled proteins with concise, accurate descriptions; Metal-accelerated rendering. • Designed for iOS 26 with Liquid Glass.