Beyond the expected. Into what's possible.

A discovery platform for families. A caring adult sends personalized quests — small doors into big interests — and a young explorer's world gets wider, one discovery at a time.

Coming soon to iPhone and iPad

Every Explorer deserves a Navigator.

An aunt across the country. A grandfather a time zone away. A parent who travels for work. Ex-Orbita is built for the caring adults in a young person's life — the ones who notice what lights them up and want to be part of it, even from far away.

Send a thoughtful, personalized quest in under a minute. See what they discover. Watch their curiosity take shape as a universe the two of you build together — and keep every meaningful moment, permanently.

One universe, built together.

A few moments from the app — swipe through, and tap any screen to see it full size.

The Living Universe: a night sky of galaxies — Science and Discovery, Creativity, Nature and Adventure — each grown from real curiosity. — The Explorer's sky — galaxies grown from what they're actually drawn to

A quest preview: what Maya will see — 'The Fine Print of a Job' — with its description and the four numbered steps they'll actually do. — A real quest — what the Explorer will see, and what they'll actually do

The Storybook: a journey's cover page — ready to become a real printed book. — The Storybook every answer becomes — printable, forever

The Navigator's Command deck: both explorers, this week's sends, and what Ex-Orbita noticed. — The Navigator's deck — the whole journey at a glance

Built for where they are.

A seven-year-old and a seventeen-year-old aren't curious in the same way — so their quests shouldn't look the same either. Every quest is shaped for one of four stages of growing up, from making things you can hold to wrestling with questions that don't have easy answers.

Age sets the starting point, never a limit. What an Explorer actually does — the questions they chase, the ideas they run with — shapes what comes next.

Watch one idea — exploring space — grow up with them:

Discoverers

Ages 7–9

Noticing, choosing, imagining — making things they can see and touch.

“Choose a planet. Draw what a visitor might need to wear there.”

Investigators

Ages 10–12

Comparing, explaining, predicting — testing ideas against real evidence.

“Compare Mars and Venus. Which would be harder to explore, and why?”

Creators

Ages 13–15

Interpreting, questioning, arguing — making something that's truly theirs.

“Should governments spend money exploring space when Earth has unresolved problems?”

Pathfinders

Ages 16–18

Weighing values, planning, thinking in systems — steering for themselves.

“Design criteria for deciding which space missions deserve public funding, then evaluate one proposal.”

These stages guide, never grade. There are no levels to pass and nothing to fall behind on — just quests that fit, wherever an Explorer happens to be.

Guidance without taking over.

Ex-Orbita is designed around a simple promise: the adult stays the meaning-maker, and the family stays in control.

A guardian approves first

Nothing reaches a young explorer without a parent or guardian's yes. No exceptions, no fine print.

Your data stays yours

The family's universe lives in the family's own iCloud. Yent Industries holds no child data — by architecture, not policy.

Nothing watching, nothing sold

No ads. No third-party analytics. No public profiles. No strangers.

No failure state

No grades, no streaks, no leaderboards. Curiosity doesn't keep score here.

Know what matters. Ask better questions. Help them take the next step.

Ex-Orbita notices what a young person keeps reaching for and shows you first — so a quiet interest becomes a conversation, and a conversation becomes a new door. You'll always be the one who opens it.

Ex-Orbita is in its pilot phase with founding families. More here soon.