Rocket Cadets — press kit

At a glance

Name	Rocket Cadets (App Store: “Rocket Cadets: Coding for Kids”)
Developer	Meno Data AB (Sweden) — a solo parent-developer studio
Platforms	iPad (primary) & iPhone. Requires iPadOS / iOS 16 or later.
Category	Education — Coding & Computer Science (Apple Kids Category)
Ages	8–12 (App Store age rating 4+; Kids band 9–11)
Price	Free download. World 1 free forever. One-time $14.99 “Unlock All Missions” (non-consumable) opens Worlds 2–15. No subscription, nothing renews. Family Sharing included. Purchase behind a parental gate.
Privacy	100% offline. No ads, no accounts, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. App Store label: “Data Not Collected.” All progress stays on the device.
Released	August 2026 (v1.0.0), worldwide
Contact	hello@rocketcadets.com
Links	App Store · rocketcadets.com · Try World 1 in a browser

Quotable one-liner

“Rocket Cadets is the upgrade path for kids who’ve outgrown Scratch: real Python, one honest price, and nothing ever leaves the device.”

What it is

Rocket Cadets is a coding curriculum disguised as a space adventure. Across 15 worlds and 80+ missions, kids 8–12 type real Python — actual syntax in a real editor, run by a Python interpreter that lives on the device — not drag-and-drop blocks. Progress is a “Flight Plan” map with XP and badges; a tap-any-term glossary gives instant plain-language help, so a kid can learn independently with no programmer parent nearby.

A second strand teaches AI literacy: hands-on canvas playgrounds where kids build real intuition for how AI works — training and fooling a simple classifier, seeing how a computer “sees” an image, predicting what comes next. It is emphatically not a chatbot: nothing in the app talks to any AI service, and a child never chats with one.

It runs 100% offline, collects no data, shows no ads, and requires no account. There is one optional purchase — a one-time $14.99 unlock behind a parental gate — and it never renews.

Feature highlights

• Real Python, not blocks. A real editor and interpreter — the language professionals actually use.
• AI literacy, done right. Hands-on playgrounds that show how AI works. No chatbot; nothing sent anywhere.
• One honest price. $14.99 once unlocks all 15 worlds forever. No subscription. Family Sharing covers siblings.
• Works on a plane. Every lesson and playground runs offline — which also proves the privacy claim.
• Learn independently. Tap any word for a plain-language card; kid-friendly error hints; challenges must actually run to pass.
• Built for the Kids Category. No third-party ads or analytics, ever; purchases and links behind a parental gate.

What kids learn

A real path from first steps to complete programs: print, variables, data types, loops, conditionals, functions, and simple turtle graphics — plus AI literacy: how a machine-learning classifier learns from examples and where it fails. Rocket Cadets covers concepts from the CSTA K–12 Computer Science framework.

Founder story

Media assets

All assets below are free to use in coverage of Rocket Cadets. Screenshots are raw app UI at full iPad resolution (2048×2732) — no marketing frames — so you can crop or frame your own. Email hello@rocketcadets.com for a zipped set, additional sizes, an iPhone set, or offer codes.

Icon & logo: App icon (1024×1024 PNG) · Logo (SVG) · Social/OG image (1200×630)

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About Meno Data AB

Meno Data AB is a Swedish studio run by a single parent-developer. Rocket Cadets is its first app — built on the belief that kids deserve to learn the real thing, with an honest one-time price and nothing collected about them.

Version history

• v1.0.0 — August 2026. Launch: 15 space worlds, 80+ missions, real Python + AI-literacy playgrounds, offline, Data Not Collected, one-time $14.99 unlock with Family Sharing.