Space by Tinybop vs Voyager

Travel into space and visit tiny Mercury, fierce Venus, friendly Earth, dusty Mars, stormy Jupiter, elegant Saturn, hazy Uranus, and mysterious Neptune. Perfect for future astronomers everywhere. "Space should more accurately be called "Hands On With the Solar System." — Children's Technology Review *** KAPi Best App for Older Children *** *** Children's Technology Review Editor's Choice *** Hurl meteorites through the atmosphere. Spin around the sun and zoom onto its surface. Jump into a whirling space storm. Boldly go where no kid has gone before in 3, 2, 1…. liftoff! Space is No.8 in Tinybop’s award-winning Explorer’s Library. Kids can discover new worlds in other Explorer’s Library apps, including The Human Body, Plants, Simple Machines, The Earth, Weather, Homes, and Skyscrapers. FEATURES + Visit 8 planets and the sun! + Study the surface of each planet and the sun up close. + Discover the characteristics of each planet with a helpful snowman. + Throw meteorites at each planet to test their atmospheres and gravity. + See how big and massive each planet and the sun are by comparing them side-by-side. + Play with and observe each planet’s orbit around the sun. + Follow the moon’s orbit to discover the phases of the moon. + See how quickly or slowly each planet spins on its axis and how long each day is. + Peek inside each planet’s rocky crust or gassy outer layer. + Move the Earth’s axis to see how it affects seasons. + Explore Mars’ rocky surface with NASA’s Curiosity, Pathfinder rovers. + Fly the Ingenuity Chopper on Mars. + Experience wild weather and more on Venus. + Find out why Mercury has so many craters. + See what Saturn’s rings are made of and make them spin. + Discover diamonds on Neptune and Uranus. + Interactive text labels in 50+ languages teach vocabulary. + FREE Space Handbook has technology tips and basic info for teachers and parents. + Original artwork by Jessie Sattler. + Original sound design. + Open-ended activities with no rules. Curiosity and creativity are rewarded. + Multi-user system. + Fun for all ages. + No third-party advertising. FREE handbook Our expert-reviewed handbook is full of facts, interaction hints, and discussion questions to support learning in this app, in the classroom, or at home. Download in your app or at: http://tinybop.com/handbooks. Privacy Policy We take your and your child’s privacy very seriously. We do not collect or share personal information about your child, nor do we allow any third-party advertising. When the camera, microphone, and other services are used within an app, your information is neither collected nor distributed outside of the app. Read our complete privacy policy at tinybop.com. Tinybop, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based studio of designers, engineers, and artists. We make toys for tomorrow. We’re all over the internet. Visit us: www.tinybop.com Follow us: twitter.com/tinybop Like us: facebook.com/tinybop Peek behind the scenes: instagram.com/tinybop We love hearing your stories! If you have ideas, or something isn’t working as you expect it to, please contact us: hi@tinybop.com. Psst! It's not Tiny Bop, or Tiny Bob, or Tiny Pop. It's Tinybop. :)

Download Voyages and play them in the actual environment, by following the provided route to places where you will encounter challenges, relating to what that place was like and what lived there many millions of years ago. The challenges involve answering task questions for which you obtain a score. The answers to the tasks are to be found both in what you find at the task sites and in the information provided by the app. This information is provided as reconstructions of what scientists think a place was like long ago, plus the life forms that may have existed there, the weather conditions and the ancient geography of the planet at the ti. In addition to answering the tasks, you receive unpredictable virtual threats, that you have to answer against the clock or suffer a significant penalty. For your Voyage you have supplies of water, oxygen and fuel. Your virtual water and oxygen supplies will be steadily drained based on the rock you are traveling over and the climate and composition of the atmosphere at the time that rock was formed. Your fuel level is based on the battery level of your device. Your final Voyage score is based on many factors, including the level of your supplies when you complete the Voyage with and whether you have attempted to cheat in any way. The app and its Voyages could be used in this educational game playing style, or be used to explore the geology of a Voyage area. Normally tasks can only be answered by actually being within the task zone (geofence), but it is possible to work out a code to unlock a Voyage so it may be undertaken anywhere - except you will never obtain a score as high as that for actually going to the places. Each Voyage is supported by a map, with task sites and basic safety and amenity information, along with photos, diagrams, audio video and animation. The app comes with one built-in 'demo' Voyage which is unlocked by default. Other Voyages, as they become available, can be downloaded over the cellular network or WiFi. You can always delete these Voyages when you are done with them. When using the app out on a Voyage you do not require cellular (phone) or WiFi connectivity. The app does require GPS to determine your location when doing a Voyage for real, but for no other purpose.