In from the startQuest Blaster
Read the question, fly under the right letter, and fire.
An arcade that runs on times tables.
Every times table from ×2 to ×12 is in from the start. One purchase opens six more games plus Math, English and Science up to 12th grade. No subscription, no ads, no accounts.
Get it on Google PlayComing to iPhone.
Why we made it
My kids love phone games. A lot of the free ones are pretty brainless, and that's fine. Kids need a little brainless. What bugged me was the ads, over and over, selling them the next thing to download.
So we made the version I'd want to hand them. It's still arcade games, and some of it is still gloriously brainless. But where the ads would go, there's a question. It starts where your kid is, times tables first, then Math, English and Science at their own grade. It keeps track of what they've got down, so next up is always the next thing to learn.
What the unlock opens
Math, English and Science from 2nd grade through 12th. That's 231 topics, and each kid sees the ones for their own grade. A few from each:
MathEnglishScience
2nd grade
- Math
- Adding within 20
- Place value
- Telling time
- Counting coins
- English
- Vowel teams
- Sight words
- Main idea and details
- Writing a story
- Science
- Plant life cycle
- Magnets
- Types of weather
- Day and night
3rd to 5th
- Math
- Long division
- Equivalent fractions
- Area and perimeter
- Coordinate planes
- English
- Theme of a story
- Making inferences
- Persuasive writing
- Figurative language
- Science
- Food chains
- Water cycle
- Simple machines
- Solar system planets
6th to 8th
- Math
- Ratios and unit rates
- Slope-intercept form
- Pythagorean theorem
- Box and whisker plots
- English
- Citing text evidence
- Logical fallacies
- Identifying media bias
- Connotation and denotation
- Science
- Cellular respiration
- Punnett squares
- Plate tectonics
- Newton's laws of motion
9th to 12th
- Math
- Quadratic formula
- Sine, cosine and tangent
- Conditional probability
- Complex numbers
- English
- Rhetorical appeals
- MLA citation format
- Tragic hero
- Dystopian literature
- Science
- DNA replication
- Stoichiometry
- Projectile motion
- Kepler's laws
How a star gets earned
Getting one right by luck doesn't count. Here's how the app decides your kid has it down.
- A question counts as learned after three right answers in a row, in any of the games.
- Miss it once and it goes back to practice, so a lucky guess never sticks.
- When every question in a topic is learned, the topic earns its star, and Next up moves to the next topic.
- Tap See all the answers on any topic to see every question with its mark: a star for learned, a practice mark for one that got missed.
What your kid sees
Nine games on the shelf
Three are in from the start. The purchase lights up the other six.
In from the start
In from the startQuest Breaker
Break bricks. Every 10 bricks, a quick question.
In from the startQuest Wilderness
Explore a pixel world. Right answers win the battles.
With the unlockQuest Territory
Draw a loop and claim everything inside it. Answer right for a power-up.
With the unlockQuest Snake
Collect orbs, dodge monsters, and answer right to grow.
With the unlockQuest Blocks
Stack falling stones. Clear 5 lines for a question, and get it right to slow everything down.
With the unlockQuest Invaders
Blast the alien carrying the right answer, then take down the boss.
With the unlockSpace Portal
Fly through portals and answer questions in deep space.
With the unlockTD Quest
Build towers along the path, and answer questions to upgrade them.
The grown-up part
Each kid gets their own pilot, level and grade, so the whole family can share one phone. Behind a quick number check, you can see who practiced this week, change a grade, or add a player.
- No ads.
- No accounts.
- Nothing collected. Progress stays on the phone.
- The games play offline.
Questions parents ask
Is it a subscription?
No. The three starter games and every times table cost nothing. One purchase unlocks the rest, and that's the whole price. The store shows it before you buy.
What does the purchase unlock?
Six more games (territory capture, snake, a block stacker, alien invaders, a portal flyer and tower defense) plus Math, English and Science for grades 2 through 12. That's 231 topics and 3,233 questions.
Can I see which facts my kid knows?
Yes. Open any topic and tap See all the answers. Every question shows a star once it is learned, or a practice mark if it got missed. For times tables that is the whole grid, fact by fact.
What grades is it for?
Times tables work for anyone learning them. The subjects cover grades 2 through 12, and each kid picks their grade the first time they open one. A grown-up can change it later.
Does my kid need an account?
No. There is no sign-up, no email and no login. Your kid opens it and plays.
What do you collect?
Nothing. There are no ads, no analytics and no tracking. Names, grades and progress stay on the phone. The privacy policy is short if you want to read it. Privacy
Does it need the internet?
No. The games play offline. Buying or restoring the unlock needs a connection, because the store handles it.
Can more than one kid use it?
Yes. Add a player for each kid from the Grown-ups screen. One purchase covers every player on that phone.
We got a new phone. What happens?
Install it, open Grown-ups and tap Restore purchase, and the unlock comes back. Progress lives on the old phone, so it doesn't move over.
Is it on iPhone?
Not yet. It's coming.
Do we need StudyQuest360 too?
No. This is its own app. StudyQuest360 is our homework app, and you don't need it to play these.