Rocky Roo
Rocket Clock
Learning to tell the time, the fun way.
A warm, playful iOS app that teaches kids aged 6–9 to tell the time with Rocky the kangaroo. No purchases, no data collection — just learning that feels like play.
The Story
Meet Rocky — a cheeky little kangaroo on a mission to help kids aged 6–9 master the clock.
Rocky Roo Rocket Clock started the way the best products do: with a real problem at my own kitchen table. My son Rocky (Rocky-Roo to me) was working through his tell-the-time homework, and this was the perfect opportunity to finally fulfil his request that I make him his own app! (He'd been listening to me talk about KnoWHO and the other apps in development!) So I built him his own — with his name on it and something to actually teach him a fundamental skill.
It turns one of childhood's trickiest skills into something kids genuinely want to practise: an interactive clock they can spin and drag, quizzes that feel like play, and a Game Centre they earn their way into — Race the Clock, Colour by Numbers, and Clock Builder — all powered by a "hop" economy that rewards every correct answer.
Built differently, on purpose.
Rocky Roo Rocket Clock was also a deliberate experiment in how I build. The entire app was created through AI-assisted development — designed and iterated with Claude, built with Replit's AI agent, and shipped to the App Store through Xcode. No code written by hand. My role was product owner, designer, and quality bar: describing exactly what kids needed, reviewing every screen on real devices (and getting Rocky's live feedback during the process was super cool too!) and pushing back until all the details felt right.
Each app I ship this way sharpens the process. Rocky Roo used a different pipeline to my previous builds — new tooling, new workflows, same obsession with warm, human design. It's proof that with clear product thinking and taste, one founder can now take an idea from a kid's homework struggle to a live App Store product — no dev team required.
What's inside
A clock kids can actually touch
Spin the dials, drag the hands, and watch the time change four ways at once — on the clock face, in digital numbers, in words, and counting down to the next hour.
Quizzes that feel like play
Every correct answer earns a hop. Collect 10 hops and the Game Centre unlocks — Race the Clock, Colour by Numbers, and Clock Builder.
A mini curriculum built in
O'clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to, and how analogue matches digital — all covered in Rocky's Learn tab, in language kids actually understand.
Learning to tell the time, the fun way.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 2026
Rocky Roo Rocket Clock does not collect, store, or share any personal information.
Information we collect
None. The app does not ask for a name, email address, date of birth, phone number, or any other personal detail. There are no accounts and no sign-in. We have no way of identifying anyone who uses the app.
Progress and settings
Your child's hops, unlocked games, and app settings are saved only on the device itself. This information never leaves the device, is never transmitted to us or anyone else, and is deleted if the app is removed.
Advertising and tracking
There are no analytics tools, and no tracking of any kind. We do not use cookies, device identifiers, or location data.
Purchases
There are no in-app purchases and no subscriptions. Nothing inside the app asks a child to spend money.
Third parties
We do not share, sell, or disclose information to third parties, because we do not collect any. The app contains no external links or social media features that a child could navigate into.
Children's privacy
This app is designed for children aged 6–9 and is built to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Australian Privacy Principles. Because no personal information is collected from anyone, no parental consent mechanism is required.
Changes to this policy
If this policy ever changes, the updated version will be published on this page with a revised date above. If a future version of the app collects any information, that change will be described here clearly and in advance.
Contact
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Get in touch.
Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you — especially from the kids using it.