Your pet has a rocket. Where are you going first?

Pets in Space is a math game that does not feel like one. Pick a cat, a dog, a rabbit, an otter, an axolotl or a penguin, blast off, and land somewhere new. Hidden under the ground are geodes, and the only way to dig one up is to solve a math problem. Get it right, the geode is yours. Bring your geodes home, crack them open, and find out what is inside.

THE MATH
Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, at three levels you choose: 1st grade, 2nd grade or 3rd grade. Kids type the answer on a number pad, so there is no guessing from four choices. Wrong answer? A new problem appears, no buzzer, no losing a life. There is a help chart one tap away for any kid who gets stuck, and the clock pauses while it is open. Most rounds work out to around five problems a minute, which is what a mad minute math sheet asks for, except this one has a rocket.

CRACK THEM OPEN
Forty crystals to find, from common quartz all the way up to the rare ones. Some geodes hold space junk instead: a bent spoon, an odd sock, a very old sandwich. Some hold nothing but moon dust. That is the fun of it.

SHOP FOR YOUR PET
Spend your crystals in the Pet Shop on hats, space suits, rockets, snacks and digging tools that make you faster. A crown, a pirate bandana, a rainbow rocket, a galaxy suit. Your pet keeps everything.

THIRTEEN PLACES TO GO
Start at the Moon. Earn your way to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn's rings, an ice comet, a candy planet and out to the Milky Way. Each one looks different and hides different crystals. Watch out for meteor showers, dust devils and sleepy space aliens, and look for a friendly astronaut who will hand you a geode.

ONE MINUTE AT A TIME
Every trip is sixty seconds, so it fits before dinner, in the car or in a waiting room. The timer can be switched off for kids who would rather take their time.

FOR GROWN-UPS
- No ads, ever.
- No in-app purchases. You buy it once.
- No accounts, no sign-in, no personal information collected.
- Works with no internet after it is installed.
- Progress is saved on the device.

Pets in Space was invented by a girl named Leighton, who drew the whole game on paper first, and built it with her mom. Homework can be a fight. This is not.

Try it free in a browser at petsinspacekids.com