This is a great app. It has so many features, yet it is easy to operate and play. I just purchased it on my iPod and my nephew (6 yr old) and I spent at least 2 hours playing -- I've never had a children's app hold my or his attention for so long. Very attractive, fun graphics, easy to use, lots of variety in the various steps to make money, buy parts, build the rocket, and fly different kinds of missions. I can see him playing with this again and again and using it as he gets into higher grades and more complex math . I asked my husband to buy it on his iPad so we can play with the larger version next time.
it seems that there is no reward for solving harder math problems. Kids get $ whether they solve easy level addition or hard level division.
Would give it 5 stars if the game rewards for the higher level math skills by "unlocking" special rocket upgrades or special flight move.
This is a great app. If I had had this when I was young I'm sure my basic math skills would be much better. The iTouch devices have become a great way to educate, while keeping a kid entertained.
Doing math problems to earn cash for more rocket parts is a great idea. Kids love customizing things like rockets. And then you fly missions with the rocket you built. Those are a lot of fun too!
My 6 year old is obsessed with this App. He has a rocket shaped piggy bank in real life so I think the fact that he earns money as he accumulates the right answers is especially alluring to him. This is one of those back door learning apps where the kids do not even realize they are learning as they play with it!! ;)
This kept my kiddo so happy while we waited for the eclipse last night. He's getting excellent practice with double digit addition and he can grow into multiplication / division. There are so many options for different missions and different math learning too. This app is packed with good tools for learning!
It's fun to assemble the rocket and keep buying parts with money earned by completing math problems. It's a great motivational tool for learning math and having fun at the same time. Dan has done it again with another fantastic educational app! I highly recommend it.
I got this game based on nothing but my high respect for the "Stack the States" game. Still with no reviews out when I purchased it, I knew it was a gamble...I just had no idea how big the payoff was going to be!! My third-grade son cannot get enough of it! It is currently the carrot we are using when he does other things we ask of him. Then my wife and I sit back and chuckle to ourselves as he has a ball "playing" with math!!
Overall, the game is genius: solid concept, fun, easy to play, educational (without feeling to "teach-y"), slick design, good physics, and an absolute hit at my house!
Thanks to this fantastic app, my seven year old son has found his learning tool of choice. Being a home schooled kiddo, we implement tons of fun and tactile ways of introducing concepts to him. This app by far has superseded all of the others we've purchased so far, since applying the iPad to his studies. His enthusiasm is amazing and with the polished graphics and audio I myself am impressed with what the developers have done for the homeschooling community! The way he jumps right into the problems with ease, unlike some more complicated apps, not only makes learning fun for him but also encourages him to explore more difficult lessons; while allowing him the incentive of earning money for improving his rocket. Don't give it a second thought, rocket math is for anyone wanting a math tool that really works!
When creating your rocket, don't forget to add an engine (listed as rockets in the parts list). Need to go higher, just add more boosters. Keep the thrust cranked up, to go high. Not sure why you would want to reduce thrust. And make sure you really want your selected part because when you select it, it's immediately purchased. This game needs a "preview" mode so you can play with rocket designs, before you pay.
I love this developer (Stack the States fame)! This game has so many facets to it. The kids stay engaged in the challenge of constantly building a better rocket, which takes skill all on it's own, but also requires money. So they practice math to earn more money to build better rockets. I love that you can choose the various math challenges--from counting by ones or twos or fives, or money, or backwards, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division or even square roots. There's something for preschoolers up to middle schoolers....all 6 of my kids love this app! You won't be disappointed! What an incredible value!!! Can't wait to see what this developer comes out with next!
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