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Elana | אילנה

My therapist recommended one of those gamified productivity / mental health tracker apps because I respond well to en-cute-ification, and this one has an adorable bird Tamagotchi that you help to grow up and go in adventures and dress up in little outfits. When I saw that there were unlockable "micropets" (basically petpets, in Neopets parlance), I was like, oh shit, I am going to brush my teeth *every day* 😆 My therapist told me not to bother with the premium upgrade; there don't appear to be ads, and the free version works perfectly well on its own.

I have notifications turned entirely off, and I assembled my tasks as custom items pulled from existing to do lists (I am allergic to app 'suggestions'), but other neurotypes may prefer regular reminders for things. It seems to store all data locally, unless you opt in to encrypted cloud saves.

Anyway it's called 'Finch' and if you use my invite code (NXAHJMGJCP) I will get closer to unlocking a micropet just saying!!!! https://app.befinch.com/invite_v2/DMd8

Join me on Finch!

Elana | אילנה Jun 6, 2025

J-M joined Finch and we have had such fun sending each other cute supportive messages back and forth using their little “Good Vibes” system. He’s like: it’s a cross between a couples app and the communication interface on Rocket League. “What a birb what a birb what a birb” 😂

Elana | אילנה Jun 17, 2025

I added a daily recurring goal to my Finch, under Connections, labelled "Kiss Meow Meow". The goal is to do this ten times each day. It is very good, I am grinding rainbow crystals. Sometimes I cuddle beside her and smooch her a whole bunch and then afterwards I can hammer that button and hear all the glittery sound effects.

Elana | אילנה Jul 13, 2025

Our zero covid friends from New York City—the ones who've come to visit us for little cottage vacations on two occasions now—have gotten Finch and added us as friends and now our little birbs can send each other good night messages

Elana | אילנה Jul 18, 2025

I noticed that the micropets in Finch each have a custom sound effect when you select them in your inventory. I pointed it out to J-M and his FIRST MOVE was to spam the sound effect in rapid succession creating a frenetic stacked harmony that made me laugh so hard I sincerely thought my life was coming to an end 🤣 I can barely believe I'm still amongst the living after all that shrill wheezing 😂

Elana | אילנה Sep 2, 2025

J-M has a wizard bear micropet on Finch and the sound effect it makes is an extensive but cute yawn, like, "waaaaaauhrrrrrrhhhh", and it is speaking to my soul right now

Elana | אילנה Oct 26

I got a beautiful cello for my Finch daily adventure reward, which introduced warm tones to my furnishing schema, so I changed my window frame and added some pink roses to balance it out. I used to have vases filled with blue mushrooms in those spots, but how could I say no to a cello???

Elana | אילנה Jan 18

I need you to know that if I send you “Outfit Love” on Finch, I really mean it. Your birb looks fabulous.

Elana | אילנה Feb 16

The Queen of Hearts event on Finch is doing the same bug that the Hallowe’en event did: it triggered the “quest complete” sparkles after the second-to-last adventure, and now I’m like, “did I 100% this or not?”

Apparently my fourteenth adventure should come today… and apparently this bug has been fixed on Android already, but not iOS…

Elana | אילנה Mar 28

One of my friends on Finch is doing a full goth thing in a black cloak, an eyepatch, and a dark purple house, and has a little bat equipped as a micropet, and I love it

I’ve gone full pink floral because I got such cute Japanese-themed stuff from the Blossoming Birbs event. I even got a pair of 下駄, which I think I am never going to take off 😄

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@elana I’ve been figuring this out too. 😅 I had forgotten that the October event had something similar, but now that you mention it I remember. I have an iPhone and so I am trusting that’s why I still have the problem.

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@elana Ooooh what a beautiful birbhouse you have!

Elana | אילנה Oct 26

@littlemiao 🤩 thank you!!!

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@elana Some of the micropet vocalizations really speak to my soul too

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. I don’t think I’ve encountered the wizard bear yet.

Elana | אילנה Oct 26

@littlemiao I keep seeing amazing new micropets on my friends and I'm like aaaaaaaahhhh so many cute things to collect!!!

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@elana Collect them all!

I didn’t join Finch right away when I saw your first posts but they definitely planted the Finch seed in my brain and I am so glad I eventually joined. It’s helped me so much! Thank you!

Elana | אילנה Oct 27

it's made me really happy to see you enjoying it!!!

DJ Toebeans Jul 18, 2025

@elana I did the same thing with my micropets. 🤣

Elana | אילנה Jul 18, 2025

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I am in excellent company, it seems 😁

magrat Jul 13, 2025

@elana I’m intrigued. Never heard of this before

sheepchase Jul 13, 2025

@elana I started Finch a month ago and am loving it!

Elana | אילנה Jul 13, 2025

@sheepchase omg! let's be Finch friends! my friend code is NXAHJMGJCP

sheepchase Jul 13, 2025

@elana Yay!! I’ll add you now.

sheepchase Jul 13, 2025

@elana Added! 🐦

エラン履恵 • Elán Rie 💉x9 Jun 6, 2025

@elana Finch is delightful! I used it for years 🐦

Elana | אילנה Jun 6, 2025

@niji_limbo omg rad! that's so cool that you've used it for years! it's not just a fad then

エラン履恵 • Elán Rie 💉x9 Jun 6, 2025

@elana I do want to be clear it's been a hot minute since I used it! 😅 There were some changes to the UI that I couldn't get used to and threw off my personal habits (although I don't recall the specifics offhand)
If the current setup is a good fit for you, though, it's definitely very sustainable! The little hats and pets are adorable, and you can learn fun facts about places in the world by sending your birb to different countries 💕

Elana | אילנה Jun 6, 2025

@niji_limbo fun facts???!! I love fun facts!! 😆

エラン履恵 • Elán Rie 💉x9 Jun 7, 2025

@elana Same! Fun facts and little local trinkets for your birb 😁

DJ Toebeans Jun 6, 2025

@elana Hello, friend! My birb is Sparkles. Been using for a few weeks, so I'm not sure if I got you any closer to your micropet, but maybe it worked. 🤞🏼

FYI, I've seen some posts on r/Finch about users randomly losing their birbs, so do make sure to do some kind of regular backup!

Elana | אילנה Jun 6, 2025

@djtoebeans well hello to you and Sparkles!! I see you two in my friend tree so that worked to put a smile on my face at at least 😄

Courtney Jun 6, 2025

@elana I use this one too! I am highly annoyed by notifications and reminders for things I don't want to do. But I find the app is still helpful because I want to earn enough gems to buy cute stuff!