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Alien Pasta Lab is a cooking game for kids on iPhone and iPad: children cook silly space food for Blorp, a hungry three-eyed alien, then make the real recipe at home with a grown-up. It’s free to download with 4 free recipes. One optional purchase, The Whole Galaxy, costs $3.99 (US price), opens every recipe, kitchen and alien friend, plus new ones as they are added, and covers the whole family with Family Sharing. No ads, no subscriptions, and it plays offline.
Is Alien Pasta Lab free?
Yes, it’s free to download, and 4 recipes are free to play: Alien Pasta, Moon Pizza, Comet Cupcakes and Nebula Smoothie, in Blorp’s Starship. One optional purchase, The Whole Galaxy, opens the rest. There are no ads and no subscriptions.
How much is the full game?
The Whole Galaxy is a one-time purchase of $3.99 (US price; the App Store sets it in other countries). It unlocks every recipe, kitchen and alien friend, plus new ones as they are added: all 50 recipes, 6 kitchens and 4 alien friends. Family Sharing is on, so one purchase covers the whole family. It’s the only thing for sale.
Does one purchase cover the whole family?
Yes, with Family Sharing. Buy The Whole Galaxy once and everyone in your Family Sharing group can open it on their own iPhone or iPad.
What ages is it for?
Any kid who can tap and swipe. It’s listed for ages 6–8 in the App Store’s Kids category, and younger kids can play too: they can tap any step to hear it read aloud, and every step shows what to do with a little hand. The real recipes are for cooking with a grown-up at any age.
Does it have ads?
No. There are no ads, no accounts and no tracking, and the app collects no data at all.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Alien Pasta Lab plays offline. Only buying or restoring The Whole Galaxy talks to the App Store.
Is it on Android?
No. Alien Pasta Lab is made for iPhone and iPad, and it’s coming soon to the App Store.
Is the shop safe?
Yes. Klink’s Space Shop sells hats, outfits and treats for Blorp, paid for with star noodles. Children earn star noodles by cooking (and a free spin of the Lucky Wheel each day), and they can’t be bought with money. The only real-money purchase is The Whole Galaxy, and it sits behind a grown-ups’ math gate.
Are the real recipes safe for kids?
Every dish has a real recipe in Blorp’s Galactic Cookbook, written for a child and a grown-up to make together. Anything with knives, the stove, the oven, a blender or the microwave is marked as a grown-up job, and recipes with an allergy or choking risk carry a note. Check ingredients for allergies first.
How do I play?
Pick a dish and follow Blorp. Each step shows what to do (tap, hold, swirl, roll, swipe and more), and a little hand shows you how. There is no way to fail: every dish ends with Blorp gobbling it up.
What are star noodles?
The coins in Klink’s Space Shop. Children earn them by cooking (and a free spin of the Lucky Wheel each day) and spend them on hats, outfits and treats for Blorp. Star noodles can’t be bought with money.
Why does it ask a math question?
That’s the grown-ups’ gate. Buying, restoring and links out of the game sit behind it, so children can’t reach them by accident.
I bought The Whole Galaxy. How do I get it back?
On a new device, or after reinstalling, open the pause menu, tap For grown-ups, then Restore purchase, signed in to the same Apple Account you bought it with.
The purchase says it’s waiting for approval
That’s Ask to Buy. Everything opens by itself as soon as the request is approved.
Where is progress saved?
On your device only. Deleting the app deletes the stickers, outfits, star noodles and cooked dishes. Your purchase is never lost: it comes back with Restore purchase.
How do I ask for a refund?
Apple handles refunds for App Store purchases at reportaproblem.apple.com.
How do I get in touch?
Email hello@alienpasta.app and say which device you play on. A person reads every message.
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