Description
The official Electric Sheep application for Android, and winner of a ZKM app art award! Infinite updating live wallpaper as well as interactive app, animations created by a cyborg mind consisting of 450,000 computers and software. The only wallpaper with animated and evolving Fractal Flames. Excellent for meditation, relaxation, and visual dreaming at any time.New Features in v1.5: Loop Lock to repeat your favorite sheep forever, parallax mode for switching pages on the home screen, and instant start after install.
It comes with 200 download credits built-in (twice as many as in v1.4), each good for one sheep. After they run out you can get more credits with an in-app purchase (for half the price). After downloading the initial flock, you should get a few more each day.
The app is specially designed to minimize power consumption. With normal use it should have no measurable impact on the battery, however when it's first installed and is downloading the initial flock it takes more power. It has an option to only download when on a WiFi network, in case you have a limited data plan.
Once you install and run it, tap the screen to bring up the status overlay, or hit the menu button to see the main commands, including the preferences where you can change the speed (FPS).
By default the speed is set to slow so it's not too distracting and doesn't use too much battery. If you want it to go faster, use the preferences. You can also set it to stop running when your battery gets low.
Note: the sheep that you download are saved on your SD card. You can back them up yourself, and share them among your devices. But if a device is wiped, the sheep on it are lost. You can restore the app, and it will come with points that you can download new sheep.
The Sheep are ephemeral, like tears in rain...
Dan
Jun 27, 2012 9:26:51 PM
Best live wallpaper on the market I already have the electric sheep screen saver on my PC. I was a little worried that this would eat my battery for lunch, but no problems so far.
Isabel
Jun 26, 2012 4:25:42 AM
amazing, so glad it's finally here for android. amazing, so glad it's finally here for android. be sure to install as live wallpaper in addition to running the app.
rikk
Jun 13, 2012 10:08:29 AM
anon Great app
Elissa
Jun 9, 2012 3:13:40 AM
Loveee sheepies I love the electric sheep for my computer and now having it on my phone everywhere I go is amazing!
Jun 8, 2012 3:53:44 AM
Ok app, very unpolished. I love the pc screensaver and have been using it for years. Needless to say I was very excited when I found this app. However, that initial excitement was shortlived. It just doesn't feel like an app you would pay money for. The resolution of the videos is very low, much like the original screensaver, and there are numerous bugs on ICS. The buttons don't register half the time and there are freezing issues. It should be a free beta and not $3...
Leo
May 31, 2012 4:46:22 PM
Great Port Excellent app, with only two real drawbacks. 1. Needs Android holo theme, for consistency 2. The "download credits" system in obnoxious and annoying
Andre
May 27, 2012 1:46:54 PM
It slows down my phone and eats my battery, but *so* beautiful I wouldn't want to miss it. Eye candy at its best!
kevin
May 26, 2012 9:52:23 PM
Update Please add option for sheep repeat amount just like PC version.
reid
May 25, 2012 7:58:30 AM
Excellent I've been wanting an electric sheep app for quite some time. Glad it is finally here
ZBow
May 25, 2012 5:13:57 AM
Nexus S 4G Love it!