From the home row to words and short sentences. A per-finger color-coded keyboard, and a round 2.5D octopus that cheers along — on Mac, at a kid's pace.
macOS 14+ · Free · 7-day full trial · One-time purchase, no subscription · No ads, no data collection.
Small wins, one after another, all the way to typing without looking. Thoughtfully built to keep kids engaged.
Type words like robot, data, and model — vocabulary kids will meet more and more. No heavy lessons, just familiar words inside typing practice.
Home row → top/bottom rows → number row → words → short sentences. 34+ lessons per language, up to an elementary-school level.
Switch anytime in-app. Japanese: read kana (kanji + furigana) and type romaji. Chinese: read 汉字 with pinyin and type pinyin.
Color shows which finger to use. Auto-detects your layout (ANSI / ISO / JIS) so the right fingering becomes a habit.
The next key glows green, and a two-hands diagram shows exactly which finger — guiding kids naturally toward typing blind.
Each key is read aloud, so pre-readers can play too. Pick a voice character, and set the voice language separately.
Pick your buddy from 5 — octopus, cat, chick, frog, robot. Five color themes, and confetti on a 3-star clear.
Not whole sentences from day one — one row at a time, starting at the home row. Wins add up, all the way to short sentences.
Learning works offline. No ads, no analytics, no third-party SDKs. We do not collect any user data.
Free to download. For 7 days, every lesson and feature is unlocked. After that, the first 12 lessons stay free — and a single one-time purchase unlocks every remaining lesson. No monthly fee.
The in-app purchase is charged to your Apple ID once, at confirmation of purchase. It is not a subscription — nothing renews and there is nothing to cancel. Switched Macs or reinstalled? Tap “Restore purchase” in the app. Terms · Privacy
Touch Tako is a Mac app (macOS 14 or later) where kids practice touch typing with a friendly octopus. It starts at the home row and builds up through the top and bottom rows, the number row, words and short sentences, with 34+ lessons per language up to an elementary-school level.
No, Touch Tako is not a subscription. It is free to download, and every lesson and feature is unlocked for the first 7 days. After the trial, the first 12 lessons stay free, and the remaining lessons unlock with a one-time in-app purchase. Nothing renews and there is nothing to cancel.
Yes. All learning in Touch Tako runs on your Mac and works offline. The app only talks to the App Store for purchases and restores. Progress is saved on your Mac.
No. Touch Tako has no ads, no analytics and no third-party SDKs, and it does not collect any user data. A simple arithmetic parental gate appears before Settings and purchases.
Touch Tako supports Japanese, English and Simplified Chinese, switchable anytime in the app. In Japanese, kids read kana (kanji with furigana) and type romaji; in Chinese, they read 汉字 with pinyin and type pinyin.
Touch Tako reads each target key aloud, so kids who can’t read yet can play too. The next key glows green, and a two-hands diagram shows which finger to use.
The first step toward typing without looking — at a kid's pace, with peace of mind.
Download on the Mac App Store