What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Minor updates - have you tried our most recent game, Camping With Grandpa?

Hey, campers! Who wants to roast a marshmallow and eat a s’more? Grab a stick and join Grandpa on a hiking and camping adventure you’ll never forget! Choose a trail, read a compass, spot some wildlife, identify animal tracks, earn wilderness patches, play tent games, and watch videos about real-life outdoor experiences. Don’t forget to douse the campfire before you leave! Designed for ages 6-8.

App Description

Build a rocket, take off, and explore space with Grandpa! Travel to nine fascinating destinations in our solar system. Along the way, Grandpa and his alien friends need help fixing satellites, adding up aliens, blasting asteroids, sorting items in the ship, racing and landing UFOs, and much more! Grandpa in Space is packed with 10 mini-games and 18 instructional videos. Ages 5 to 8.

“Grandpa in Space is one of the best collections of educational games for kids out there, with nice, colorful graphics, cute sound effects, and high educational value.” - Top Kids Apps

“An out-of-this world interactive math and science adventure that will entertain as well as educate! 5 STARS.” - The iPhone Mom

“A thrilling, realistic, and child-friendly educational space exploration app.” - AppAdvice

Find out why kids LOVE this wacky educational space game!

ACTION-PACKED MINI-GAMES:
1. Build a Rocket. Choose from sleek and shiny or totally silly rocket parts!
2. Alien Addition. Can you add up those wiggly alien legs?
3. Asteroid Blaster. Count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, or 10’s to blast the asteroids!
4. Clean up the Ship. Oh, no! The ship is filled with floating debris! Put it in the right bins!
5. Sort by Height. Can you line up the aliens, towers, and rockets by height?
6. Fix the Satellite. Oops, an asteroid damaged the satellite; can you fix all the parts?
7. Rhyme Race. Help the aliens win the UFO race by rhyming the words!
8. Opposites. Send each alien to the right home by matching up the opposites!
9. Memory Match. Use sound clues to help find matching aliens behind the planets!
10. Shape Lander. Can you land UFO on the trapezoid landing pad?

FEATURES:
+ 10 educational mini-games.
+ 18 narrated educational space videos with real footage from NASA.
+ 36 planet fun facts incorporated throughout game.
+ Fun interactive add-ins: give Grandpa a high five, eat a pizza planet, press the “red button”
+ Colorful graphics, professional-quality music, sound effects, and voices.
+ Adult can select which mini-games are active.
+ Developed by an Educational Psychologist and parents. Tested by kids.

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT:
+ Solar system information, 36 planet facts, contextual information about space travel.
+ Math: count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 10’s, addition facts through 12, advanced shapes: octagon, rhombus, trapezoid, square, rectangle, circle, pentagon, hexagon, crescent, oval.
+ Literacy: advanced opposites, rhyming, vocabulary (sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, asteroid, comet, solar system, satellite, moon, crew, helmet, radio, gravity, meteor, axis, galaxy, planet, universe, nebula).
+ Sorting, categorization, memory, planning/coordination games.

"5 Stars. The Grandpa and Grandma apps by Fairlady Media are definitely must-have apps for kids.” - Top Best Apps for Kids

PRODUCT SUPPORT:

Fairlady Media is committed to developing high-quality family-friendly games with excellent entertainment value. Please contact us if you have suggestions for improvement or to get technical issues resolved: [email protected].

Also by Fairlady Media:

+ Grandma's Garden (dancing Granny teaches preschool skills, ages 5 & under)
+ Grandpa's Workshop (high-fiving Grandpa teaches primary skills, ages 2-6)
+ Grandma’s Kitchen (fun and learning with Grandma and her wacky utensils, ages 4-7)
+ Grandma Loves Bugs (explore the forest to learn about creepy-crawlies, ages 5 & under)
+ Grandma’s Preschool (the best school readiness app on the App Store, ages 3-6)
+ Fishing With Grandpa (cast and reel in fish and play games with Grandpa, ages 3-6)
+ Music With Grandma (learn about music and jam on musical instruments, ages 7+)
+ Camping With Grandpa (go on a hiking adventure and learn about the wilderness, ages 5-8)

+ Smashing Grammar (crush the nouns, verbs, and more to get a high score, ages 9+)

Links that take the user outside the app are contained behind a Parental Gate.

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • May 29, 2014 Initial release
  • June 10, 2014 New version 1.1
  • September 13, 2014 New version 1.2
  • January 27, 2015 Price increase: $1.99 -> $2.99
  • June 11, 2015 New version 1.3
  • September 08, 2015 Price decrease: $2.99 -> FREE!
  • September 13, 2015 Price increase: FREE! -> $2.99
  • September 20, 2015 New version 1.4
  • October 12, 2015 New version 1.5
  • June 30, 2016 New version 1.6