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Skybeard

One finger, 11 flying machines.

Professor Skybeard has a long white beard, a workshop full of ideas and eleven flying machines that are just waiting for their test pilot: you.

Coming soon to the App StoreFor iPhone and iPadHow it flies
  • Free to play
  • iPhone, iPad & iPhone Duo
  • iOS 17 or later
  • 12 languages
Professor Skybeard’s workshop with a biplane on a green meadow

One finger. Every machine different.

Hold, tap, wind up, aim: the Zeppelin climbs at a leisurely pace for as long as you hold, the Ornithopter flaps its wings with every tap, and the Balloon heats up with a delay. You’ve barely mastered one machine before you have to feel your way into the next.

Every machine comes in three versions – Mk I to Mk III. Below each one: what Professor Skybeard wrote in his diary.

  • Zeppelin Mk I

    Zeppelin

    Hold

    Hold: climb

    Release: sink. Slow to respond.

    Hold means climb, release means sink – simple, says my notebook. My beard says otherwise.

  • Spaceship Mk I

    Spaceship

    Hold

    Hold: thrust upward

    Not too long – the engine overheats.

    It has just one button. Unfortunately, that button is also what triggers the overheating. Details, details.

  • Biplane Mk I

    Biplane

    Hold

    Hold: nose up

    Climbing costs speed. Too slow = crash.

    Hold its nose up too long and it runs out of puff. Same as me on the cellar stairs.

  • Dart Glider Mk I

    Dart Glider

    Hold

    Hold: diagonally up

    Release: diagonally down. Instant, no momentum.

    The Dart Glider knows no hesitation. Hold, release, done. No gentleness, no mercy.

  • Sailplane Mk I

    Sailplane

    Hold

    Hold: dive

    Release: pull up. Only momentum carries you.

    Here, holding means SINKING. Who would have thought?

  • Magnet Capsule Mk I

    Magnet Capsule

    Aim

    Finger above the capsule pulls up

    Below, it pulls down – the farther away, the stronger.

    The finger pulls, the finger pushes. No buttons. Elegant, I think.

  • Ornithopter Mk I

    Ornithopter

    Tap

    Tap: flap wings

    In between, it falls – stay in rhythm.

    It flaps until it’s out of breath. Just like me on the stairs, only with more feathers.

  • Pogo Spring Mk I

    Pogo Spring

    Wind up

    Hold: compress spring

    Release: jump. Compressed longer = higher.

    You do fall farther too, but that’s in the small print.

  • UFO Mk I

    UFO

    Tap

    Tap: flip gravity

    The UFO then falls upward – or back down.

    Don’t ask me how. Ask the beard – it noticed first.

  • Star Mk I

    Star

    Aim

    Tap above: up. Tap below: down.

    It keeps gliding – a tap the other way brakes.

    At first I thought the thing was broken. It’s just shy.

  • Balloon Mk I

    Balloon

    Tap

    Tap: fire burner

    Delayed effect – heat early, stop early!

    Like a teapot running late.

Five worlds, 50 levels.

Ten levels per world – from gentle hills all the way into the thunderstorm. Every world has its own tricks.

  1. Hill Country

    Where you learn to fly: green hills, old aqueducts and the first tight tunnels.

  2. Coast

    Gusts, cliffs and caves.

  3. Desert

    Heat fields and sandstorms.

  4. Night Sky

    Beacons and shooting stars.

  5. Thunderstorm

    Lightning, tailwinds and electric shocks that swap up and down.

The Skybeard world map with Hill Country, Coast, Desert, Night Sky and Thunderstorm

Three rounds per level.

Explore first, then prove yourself, then fly without a net.

  1. Explore

    With checkpoints. Get to know the course.

  2. Trial

    Five stars are waiting to be caught.

  3. Master Flight

    No safety net, no checkpoints.

  4. Secret star

    Behind the third star, every level hides a secret star – for the brave only.

11

Relays

In relay levels the machine changes in mid-flight.

99

Grande Finale

All eleven machines in a row: 99 gates straight through every world.

Take a look.

iPhone screenshots of the German version

  • Start
    Start
  • Hill Country
    Hill Country
  • Coast
    Coast
  • Desert
    Desert
  • Night Sky
    Night Sky
  • Thunderstorm
    Thunderstorm
  • World map
    World map
  • Workshop
    Workshop

Landscape on iPad and iPhone Duo.

On big screens, Skybeard becomes the inventor’s book.

  • The Professor’s notebook on the left, the level on the right.
  • Close the notebook and fly across the full width.
  • Fully unfolded, iPhone Duo shows the inventor’s book just like the iPad.
The inventor’s book on iPad
The inventor’s book on iPad
The thunderstorm across the full width
The thunderstorm across the full width

Half-folded: the console.

Fold iPhone Duo halfway and Skybeard becomes a handheld: the game on top, the control desk below. Your finger rests only on the desk – and never covers the machine again.

  • The desk shows each machine’s gesture: hold, tap or wind up.
  • For the Star and the Magnet Capsule it becomes a height bar: it is the height of the world, and your finger on it is your finger in the game.
  • The world map and the logbook spread across both screens too.
iPhone Duo in console mode: Skybeard with the Zeppelin on top, the control desk with the “Hold” field below
Zeppelin: hold anywhere on the desk

The workshop.

With the gears from every flight you build new machines, paint them in chrome and gold, and give the Professor a beard, hat and flight trail to your taste.

Professor Skybeard holding a wrench

  • Test Field

    Flight school for every machine – three lessons each, at your own pace.

  • Endless mode

    For every world, each with its own record.

  • Bonus Party

    For every world in which you’ve caught all 30 stars.

  • The Professor’s diary

    23 entries – full of beard, courage and small disasters.

Game Center

6 leaderboards and 15 achievements – each with its own medal.

Hard, but fair.

A computer pilot has flown every level with room to spare. So it can always be done – you just have to be able to do it.

After a crash you’re back in the air at once, no waiting. And if you’re truly stuck, you can skip a level after several attempts.

  • No sign-up, no account.
  • Your progress stays on your device.
  • Anonymous game stats only with your consent – without any identifier.

Everything else is in the app’s privacy policy.

Honest pricing.

0 €

The whole game is free.

All 11 machines, five worlds, 50 levels, the workshop and the Grande Finale – without a single purchase.

Ads only appear between levels or voluntarily in return for a reward – never during a flight.

Optional: in-game purchasesFor anyone who wants them – for example to play without ads or build faster. None of them is needed.

No AdsNo ads between levels, rewards without video, all maps€5.99
Starter Pack2,000 gears + exclusive gear trail, one-time€1.99
Gear Crate1,000 gears, up to 5×€1.99
Gold PackGold rank for every machine on map 1€4.99

One-time purchases, prices in the German App Store; may vary by country.

Professor Skybeard, sooty after a crash landing

Help & contact

Something not working? Write to us – ideally with your device and iOS version.

kontakt@realmaker.de
I’m stuck on a level.

Every level is proven to be beatable. After several attempts you can skip it – with a short video or a skip token from the workshop. Practise any machine at your own pace on the Test Field.

How do I restore my purchases?

Open the workshop, tap the golden bag and choose “Restore purchases” (same Apple ID as for the purchase).

How do I change my ad consent?

Open the pause menu in the game → “Privacy settings”. Tracking is controlled in iOS Settings under “Privacy & Security → Tracking”.

Does Skybeard collect data about me?

No. Only if you agree on first launch, anonymous game statistics count totals – such as how often a level was completed – without any identifier. They help us find spots that are too hard; you can change this in the pause menu under “Anonymous game stats”. Details in the Privacy Policy.

Is my progress backed up?

Your progress is stored on your device. It is lost if you delete the app; purchases can be restored.

Ready for take-off?

Skybeard is coming soon to the App Store – free, for iPhone and iPad.

Coming soon to the App StoreFor iPhone and iPad Professor Skybeard cheering