Game: Mackaboo Universe: Game & Play
Developer: Mack Toys, Inc., a small family toy studio in Newport, Washington, USA
Release: Coming soon (in testing, October 2026)
Platforms: iPhone and iPad, including the iPhone Duo; Android phones, tablets and foldables (Google Play)
For: Young children, roughly ages 3 to 8, and the grown-ups who play along
Price: Free to play: the spaceship and eight worlds, 38 places, free. Three optional one-time packs, Deep Space, Moons and Mysteries and Nearby Stars, $1.99 each or $4.99 for all three (All of Space). Four optional add-ons, $0.99 each: Space Gear, Galaxy Fur & Star Rooms, Rocket Toys & Space Snacks and Alien Pets, or all four in the Space Kit for $2.99. No subscriptions.
Privacy: No ads, no accounts, no tracking, no data collected. Every purchase sits behind a grown-up question. Plays offline.
Characters: The eight Mackaboo friends, in four best-friend pairs: Mochi and Latte, Pip and Waffles, Kiwi and Biscuit, Nimbus and Sunny, with Papaboo to guide them, and 60 friendly aliens to meet
In the game: The spaceship and 20 worlds, 86 places in all, on a map of six pages: Earth, the Moon, Mars and the Sun; Pluto, a happy asteroid, a nebula and planet Bork; Saturn, Betelgeuse, a satellite and the exoplanet Kepler-22b; Titan, Europa, a comet and a black hole; and four real exoplanets round nearby stars, from Proxima b to Kepler-186f. 146 friends live in the universe.
Website: mackaboouniverse.com
Press contact: Jeff Pittman, jeff@macktoys.com
