Ages 3–8 · explore & discover
Heart Steps
A whole universe of “what if?”
Children dive in a submarine, fly a rocket past the planets, walk a living forest and dig for dinosaur fossils. Along the way they investigate real ideas in science, nature, maths, engineering and music, with Pip as their guide.
- No ads, ever
- No accounts: progress stays on your device
- Plays offline
- Family PIN and time limits
Where will your explorer go first?
Every world is a 3D place to walk, swim or fly through, with its own creatures, missions and experiments.
Ocean Odyssey
Pilot a submarine from sunlit reefs to the glowing deep. Count fish, follow currents, try ballast and sonar.
Living Forest
A ranger station with a nature camera, animal tracks, a season dial and a night walk with fireflies.
Dinosaur Valley
Fossil layers, footprints, nests and diets, and a lesson in how deep time really is.
Moonbase Discovery
Craters, gravity, rock samples, the order of the planets and rover algorithms.
Sky Islands
Rainfall, wind, weather records, balloons, mixing light and the water cycle.
Tomorrow Town
Build bridges, read map scales and clocks, and work out capacity, energy and patterns.
Inventor Islands
Gears, circuits, robots, balance and prisms, with hands-on tinkering.
Melody Meadows
Pitch, rhythm, echoes and vibrating strings, and an orchestra of dancing creatures.
Plus 🌌 Galaxy Voyage: fly a rocket to the Sun, the planets and their moons, stamp a space passport and trace the constellations.
Explore, investigate, discover
Curiosity leads. Children choose where to go, and every discovery opens the next one.
Explore
Walk, swim or fly through big worlds, meet creatures and tap anything that looks interesting.
- 26 areas, from a kelp canyon to a crater field
- Wonder Stars with a “Did you know?” fact
- A compass and maps for quick travel
Investigate
Hands-on experiments with real visual models, at three difficulty levels.
- Pour buckets, turn gears, mix light, balance a bridge
- 48 experiments that change every time you play
- Wrong answers explain why and invite another try
Discover and collect
A field journal, creature cards and treasure chests mark every step forward.
- 47 creature cards and an album of facts
- Earn equipment like sonar and a deep-sea light
- Ranks from Curious Cub to Legendary Explorer
Real screens from Heart Steps
A guide who loves questions
Pip the red panda explains what children find, gives a clue when they are stuck, tells short stories about each world, and plans new four-stop expeditions.
- Pip’s built-in guidance works with no internet connection
- Online Pip is optional and off until a grown-up approves it
- Online questions go out as “Explorer”, never your child’s nickname
- Pip says so when the game simplifies how the real world works
Calm, private and in your control
Heart Steps is built for young children, with grown-ups in charge of the settings that matter.
Private by design
No sign-up and no accounts. Up to 12 explorer profiles, their progress and your settings stay on your device.
Grown-ups decide
A family PIN protects the settings. Set time limits, turn on gentle motion, and export a backup whenever you like.
Nothing to sell
No ads, no tracking, no in-app purchases. No camera, microphone or location access.
Read the Heart Steps privacy policy or learn how to delete Heart Steps data. Questions? support@hivup.pro