Last updated on November 29th, 2025 at 10:10 am
NASA Science: Plant Growth – Education Game Review
NASA Science: Plant Growth is a Education/Adventure game from NASA, first launched in 21st November 2016.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 24+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes NASA Science: Plant Growth Stand Out
Welcome to the International Space Station! As the newest member of the ISS crew, it’s your task to familiarize yourself with the station, and help out with the plant growth experiment.
Trying to move in zero-g will be different than what you are used to on Earth! Spend some time flying and flipping around the station without gravity to assist you.
Once you’ve become comfortable moving in zero-g, find astronaut Naomi and assist her in cutting-edge research: how microgravity affects plant growth in space. What kind of light do they need? How do you water plants without gravity? Why is growing food important in space?
Collect mission patches for completing tasks and for making discoveries. Can you grow enough plants to create a salad for the astronauts to eat? Launch time!
The app also contains information on plant growth experiments, for use in the classroom and at home.
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, NASA Science: Plant Growth is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 17th September 2025
Recent improvements include:
- Update to Unity 6.2
- Improve video quality
Download & Availability
NASA Science: Plant Growth is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get NASA Science: Plant Growth on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Make more updates like now in real life happening please your game is sooooo cool.
Great game! But we had a little problem when looking for stuff could be a little bit more helpful.
Our 7-year old loved this and we thought it was cool enough to spend some time exploring the station without him.
This is the first app ive given 5 stars. Its the best space app available why cant all the apps be like this, and do what they say they are going to. This is a blast. We only wish it showed more areas of the ISS.
We ran across the app while searching for something else, and decided to give it a try. Our daughter loved this, and on top of that she learned about the international space station and plant science.
We cant find the sunglasses its taken us hours to look for them and we still cant find them.
Naomi is a creature of nightmares. We had to play this app for our biology class and we got sick from the way the screen moves so slow and shaky. The way you maneuver around is painfully slug-like, and realistic or not, made this whole experience so monotonous that we were ready to quit about thirty seconds in. The tasks arent clear. It took us forever to figure out what the storage bags looked like. Also, the voices are annoying. Mission control sounds like Morgan Freeman and Siris illegitimate son.
This was one of the worst apps.not user friendly at all.Dont download this.
A very good game, But please extend it. Aa more missions. We have finished the whole game and it's got boring.
This app is visually appealing and fun/easy to play. A great way to learn and have fun at the same time.
Learning so much about the Space Station! This is fun and educational. An amazing app to expand your exploratory knowledge. Love this app! Thank you for sharing this with us.
We enjoyed using NASA's new app. The virtual tour of the ISS was fun and the tablet UI was good.
We enjoyed this, nice art work and fun game play.
We like the maneuvering aspect of the app.
We just couldn't make it through the ship. The controls are far too nauseating. We get that you're in space, but keeping your view mostly centered would have been better than constantly spinning around.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 4.0.1
- Size: 240.55 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [NASA]()
Last updated: 17th September 2025 | Genre: Education, Adventure | Developer: NASA