Early Readers
6–8
Goal: 15 WPM · home row fluency
~12 weeks · 10 min/day
Featured games
▸ Letter match
▸ Balloon pop
▸ Rainbow racer
Ages 6-14 · Parent-approved
Typing games that actually teach
touch typing.
Once you own it: no ads, no upgrade pop-ups, no random characters collecting coins. Typiq Kids teaches proper home-row technique through 9 carefully designed games across 3 age groups (6-8, 9-11, 12-14).
Stored locally on your computer — no cloud account, no email, no login.
Free in the browser: Kids Mode up to level 2 and the first home-row lessons, 10 minutes of practice, no account and no download. The downloadable app has the full course and a 30-minute trial.
Safe · No telemetry · Signed for Windows and macOS
Why →
No ads, ever
COPPA + GDPR-K
Works offline
★ Balloon Pop · Level 3
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Press the letter to pop the balloon!
A real curriculum, not just games
Three learning paths,
by age and ability.
Each path follows the same progression — home row → top/bottom rows → numbers → punctuation → fluency — with different games, vocabulary and pacing per age. You pick the path when you create your kid's profile.
Tweens
9–11
Goal: 25 WPM · full keyboard + numbers
~16 weeks · 10 min/day
Featured games
▸ Word wizard
▸ Typing garden
▸ Code explorer
Teens
12–14
Goal: 40 WPM · passages + punctuation
~20 weeks · 10 min/day
Featured games
▸ Speed tower
▸ Story typer
▸ Chat challenge
Why no parent dashboard?
Because there's no cloud.
Typiq Kids is a desktop app. Progress lives on the same computer your kid practices on — there's no account to log into, no email reports, no central server tracking your child. The app shows WPM, accuracy and stars right after every session. Sit next to your kid for two minutes a week and you've seen everything a dashboard would have shown you.
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Local only
Lessons, progress and games stored on the install. Works offline forever after the first activation.
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No social, no chat
Kids cannot see other kids. No leaderboards. No strangers. Ever.
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Separate kid profiles
Create one profile per child on the same install. Each picks their own age group and keeps their own progress.
What we don't do
No dark patterns.
Not even the "friendly" ones.
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No ads
Not even "educational" ones.
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No loot boxes
No currency to collect, no premium characters.
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No social features
Kids can't chat, follow, or see each other.
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No streak shame
Miss a day? Nothing bad happens. Come back when ready.
Parent FAQ
Questions parents
actually ask us.
What age should my kid start?
Around 6, once they can read short words. Typiq starts with visual letter-matching before asking them to type — so even pre-readers can begin, and the app scales up as they go.
How much screen time per day?
We recommend 10 minutes per day, 4–5 days a week. Research shows short daily sessions beat long weekend crams for motor-skill learning. The app doesn't enforce a timer — that's up to you.
Does it work on a tablet?
No. Typiq's paid app is a desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux — there is no iPad or Android version. On a Chromebook, open the browser version at typiq-app.com/try instead: nothing to install. A tablet on its own isn't suitable either, because touch typing needs a physical keyboard — Typiq only reads presses on real keys and never opens an on-screen keyboard, so a touch-only screen can't type at all.
Is my child's data safe?
Yes. Typiq is a desktop app — your kid's progress is stored locally on your computer, not in any cloud. No behavioral advertising, no data sold to third parties, no chat, no social network. See our privacy policy.
What if we share a computer with siblings?
You can create one profile per child on the same install. Each picks an age group and keeps their own progress, stars and games. All stored locally on your computer.
Start your kid's typing journey
for free.
No credit card for either trial. One payment, no subscription, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Works offline so screen time stays quiet.
Free in the browser: Kids Mode up to level 2 and the first home-row lessons, 10 minutes of practice, no account and no download. The downloadable app has the full course and a 30-minute trial.