Tap Touche 5.5 May 2026

Tap'Touche 5.5 popularized the idea of the final exam—a comprehensive test that required the user to type a long-form text. Successfully completing this test with a specific speed and accuracy threshold usually resulted in a completion certificate, a badge of honor for many high school students.

Because the Tap Touche 5.5 lacks palm rejection, you must lift your hand. Alternatively, buy a $5 "artist glove" (covers pinky and ring finger). This allows you to glide your hand across the screen without activating the touch sensors.

Many buyers ask: Why buy the Tap Touche 5.5 instead of saving for an Apple Pencil? tap touche 5.5

Here is the honest breakdown: The Apple Pencil (2nd Gen) is superior for professional art because of tilt shading and palm rejection. However, it costs $129. The Tap Touche 5.5 costs roughly $9 to $20.

Buy the Tap Touche 5.5 if:

Tap'Touche 5.5 became a fixture in classrooms across Quebec and France. It bridged the gap between the mechanical drills of typewriters and the digital necessity of computer labs.

Teachers favored it because it allowed for individualized pacing. In a single computer lab, one student could be practicing the "D and K" keys while another was tackling punctuation and capitalization. The software reduced the burden on instructors to manually time tests or check finger placement constantly. Tap'Touche 5

The old beige-and-blue windows are gone. Version 5.5 introduces a clean, flat UI that scales properly on 4K monitors. The central metronome and hand diagrams are still there, but they’re less distracting.

One of the biggest selling points of the Tap Touche 5.5 is its "no discrimination" policy. Because it is passive (no electricity required from the device), it works on 99.9% of capacitive screens. Alternatively, buy a $5 "artist glove" (covers pinky

Tested Compatible Devices:

Hold the stylus at a 60 to 80-degree angle relative to the screen. If you hold it like a flat paintbrush (20 degrees), the disc will drag edge-first and may scratch the screen or fail to register.