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Landka
Company typePrivate
IndustryMobile app development
GenreEducational apps, Educational games
Founded2010
HeadquartersPortugal
Products
  • Back in Time
  • Kiwaka
  • Kiwaka Story
  • Overpaint
  • Art Legacy
  • Art Legacy Live
  • Live Gallery
  • Stars and Ghosts
Websitehttp://landka.com

Landka is a mobile software development company focused on educational apps. Notable products include Back in Time, Kiwaka and Art Legacy.

History

The Portuguese company was founded in 2010 and gained notability with its flagship product Back in Time, an education iPad app about world history.[1][2] Back in Time was released in September 2011 and brought instant success to Landka, being featured in the App Store worldwide and reaching the top sales of iPad book apps in nearly 40 countries.[3][4][5] This project won Landka a World Summit Award (UN based initiative) in Learning and Education and was later ported to Windows thanks to a partnership between Landka and Intel.[6][7] Back in Time was distinguished by The New York Times and selected for the top 10 apps of the year.[8][2]

Later developments included ThinkO, a brain-training game released in 2012 that reached the top1 downloaded apps in Brazil, and Kiwaka (2014), an educational game to teach children about astronomy developed in collaboration with ESA and ESO.[9][10][11][12]

In 2015, Landka released Overpaint, an educational game about colors and Art Legacy, an education book app about the most relevant paintings in the history of art, that won the company another nomination for the World Summit Awards.[13][14][15][16]

Apps

Title Year Description
Back in Time 2011 Education book app for iOS about the history of the universe, earth, life, mankind and civilization that uses a time analogy to explain different timescales. The app presents key events since the beginning of the universe until the present day covering the chronology of the universe, the geological history of earth, the evolutionary history of life and human history.[1]
ThinkO 2012 Puzzle game for iOS where the goal is to clear the board by moving rows and columns of colored rings into the matching squares. (discontinued)
Kiwaka 2014 Educational game designed to teach children about astronomy. The app explores the concept of tangential learning by presenting scientific information about stars and constellations as a reward for completing game levels. Developed in collaboration with scientific institutions such as the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO).[10] Available for iOS, macOS and tvOS.
Kiwaka Story 2014 Interactive book app for children that tells the story about the characters in the game Kiwaka to teach children about the constellations in the night sky.[17] Available for iOS, macOS and tvOS.
Overpaint 2015 Puzzle game for mobile devices that explores the ability to mesh primary colors to clear a board of moving circles.[14] Available for iOS, macOS and tvOS, Android and Windows.
Art Legacy 2015 Education book app about the most famous pantings in Art History. The paintings are interactive through a parallax effect.[15] Available for iOS, macOS and tvOS.
Art Legacy Live 2016 Screensaver app that displays famous paintings using a parallax effect.[18] Available for iOS, macOS, tvOS, Android and Windows.
Live Gallery 2016 Screensaver app that displays nature photos using a parallax effect.[19] Available for iOS, macOS, tvOS, Android and Windows.
Stars and Ghosts 2016 Side scroller halloween game. Simple one-touch game controlling a flying witch in a broomstick.[20] Available for iOS, macOS, tvOS and Android.

References

  1. ^ a b LANDKA. "Back in Time". App Store. ISBN 978-989-97421-0-9. Retrieved October 17, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b "iPad Apps - the Best of 2011 - App Smart". The New York Times. January 5, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Usher, Oli. "Educational App with ESA/Hubble Content in New York Times Top 10 Best iPad Apps". Hubble Space Telescope | ESA. Retrieved October 17, 2018. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Coentrão, Abel (January 24, 2012). "Portuguese app reaches top sales in 38 countries". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Portuguese app in the US top sales". Jornal Expresso (in European Portuguese). October 10, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Back in Time | WSA 2012 Winners". World Summit Awards. Retrieved October 17, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ Totura, Nathan. "Redesigning 'Back in Time' from an iPad* to Windows* Store App - Case Study". Intel. Retrieved October 24, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ Tedeschi, Bob (October 5, 2011). "Watching Stars Fall, Cellphone in Hand". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 10, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "News | LANDKA". LANDKA. Retrieved November 4, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ a b Sandu, Oana. "New App Kiwaka Features ESO Material - Mobile app company LANDKA brings the Universe closer with ESO images and videos". European Southern Observatory. Retrieved February 11, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Dredge, Stuart (June 9, 2014). "20 best iPhone and iPad apps this week". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved February 11, 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Coentrão, Abel. "Portuguese company Landka launches a new iPad game following the success of "Back in Time"". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 11, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "Google Play App Roundup". Tested. Retrieved November 4, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ a b "Portuguese company releases app design to explore colors". Sabado Magazine (in European Portuguese). Retrieved November 11, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ a b "Art Legacy: the latest temptation from Landka… and from the App Store". Exame Informática (in European Portuguese). Retrieved November 4, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ PÚBLICO. "Seven portuguese projects selected to compete at the World Summit Awards". PÚBLICO (in Portuguese). Retrieved November 4, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Kiwaka Story". App Store. ISBN 978-989-97421-1-6. Retrieved 2020-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Art Legacy Live". App Store. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  19. ^ "Live Gallery". App Store. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  20. ^ "Visão | Is Halloween night and Landka releases a new game". Visão (in European Portuguese). 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2020-03-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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