Give them a first computer you can feel good about

Transform your old laptop into a distraction-free space for kids to explore, create, and play.

Designed for ages 3-8

Pre-order for $50Save $30! $80 after launch

Rolling out support in waves

Built by a software engineer and dad of two who wanted a calm first computer for his 4-year-old. Our story →

They explore, draw, or make music

and then stop on their own.

No video negotiations

No "one more episode." No ads.

You get 20 quiet minutes

to cook dinner or answer an email.

See it in action

Demo video

A creativity device, not an entertainment device

Screen time without the guilt

Most kids' devices are designed to capture attention.

↳Purple is designed to be put down.

No internet

No ads, no algorithms, no tracking, no infinite feeds. Automatically secure.

Nothing to break

Kids get free rein of the whole computer. No settings to mess up, no files to lose.

Pay once, keep forever

No subscriptions, no in-app purchases. Just yours.

Built to bore them eventually*

No quests, no missions, no goals. They'll put it down when they're done.

*Our marketing advisor quit after reading this. But we'd rather kids get bored than hooked.

Simple setup

How it works

Get the USB

We mail you a pre-loaded USB drive with Purple Computer ready to install.

Install on an old laptop

Plug in, follow the simple steps, and your old laptop becomes a Purple Computer.

Hand it over

It's theirs now. No supervision required.

No tech skills needed.

What's inside

Built for curiosity

Ask

Type a word, see an emoji, hear it spoken. Mix colors. Do math. Unlimited combinations to explore.

Play

Make music and draw with your keyboard. No wrong notes, just exploration.

Write

No distractions, just words. Colors shift as you type.

The little things

Built for little hands

Try typing things like:

yellow + blue3 x catwhat is 7 + 8say hellorabbits + 7 carrotsasdf + purple

Autocomplete

Less typing for small fingers

No error messages

Everything does something

No shift key needed

Double-tap for symbols

Forgiving math

Typos don't break calculations

Colors mix like paint

yellow + blue = green

Optionally speaks words

Hear everything you type

Sustainability

Give your old laptop a second life

That laptop in your drawer still works. It's just too slow for modern software. Purple Computer runs beautifully on decade-old hardware: no lag, no new device needed. One less device in a landfill, years more of useful life.

Our story

How Purple came to be

My 4-year-old wanted his own computer. He has his own rolling pin, his own snow shovel. Why not a computer?

We'd been doing "computer code" together on my laptop for a while: typing words to see emojis, playing with colors and sounds. He loved it. So I took an old laptop and turned it into something that was fully his. Type "cat" and see 🐱. Press any key and hear a sound. Add text to speech so the computer reads back what you type.

We've always been cautious about screen time. But this felt different: no episodes, nothing addictive. Just exploring and creating.

— Tavi, Founder

Team

Tavi Nathanson

Software engineer and dad of two young kids. Also runs comedy shows in New Jersey.

Resident Dinosaur Expert

Age 4. Likes dinosaurs, space, and science experiments. Can count to 340. Regular user of his own Purple Computer, but he doesn't actually pick it up every day. That's the point!

Questions

Common questions

Pre-order Purple Computer

Get the USB installer delivered to your door.

$50 now, $80 after launch

$50

Save $30 with pre-order pricing.

April 2026 for older Intel Macs

Perfect for that laptop in the closet. Other models coming soon.

Full Refund Anytime

No questions asked. Keep the USB, no returns needed.

Not sure if your laptop is supported? Pre-order anyway to lock in the $30 discount.