Version 1.0. Released 30th January 2009.

Fly through space from the Sun to Earth dodging asteroids and picking up enough fuel to make it to the next space station. Along the way you will learn a little (that’s not much but just enough) about each planet and our solar system.

There are three planet levels to complete (so far).

Sun to Mercury; Mercury to Venus; and Venus to Earth.

To get to each planet involves flying to space stations where you can refuel. Each space station is about 10 million kilometres (six million miles) apart. You pick up fuel along the way by flying through rotating space gates hidden among the asteroids. It’s important you fly through the asteroids as they guide you to your destination. If you head off course you risk ending up drifting in space.

A note of warning: controlling a spaceship flying at half the speed of light was never going to be easy. Some patience, determination and a careful hand on your iPhone or iPod Touch is needed to complete this game.

iPlanets shows that gaming brings knowledge.

Pick it up at the iTunes app store now — search for iPlanets.

Email: iPlanets@iFamilyGames.com with any thoughts or queries