Is there an app that checks on new parents' mental health?
Yes — Perch. One honest line a day, written for the hour you are actually in, on your lock screen.
Most apps for new parents track the baby: feeds, naps, weights. Very few ask how the parent is. Perch does one thing: once or twice a day it delivers a single honest sentence written for new parenthood — the 3am feed, the day you did not leave the house, the guilt that shows up with no reason — and lets you say what would help right now.
It is not therapy, not a course, not a journal to keep up with. Thirty seconds, then back to the baby. Lines arrive as notifications on iPhone and on Apple Watch. There is no account and nothing you tell it leaves your phone.
The first seven days are free, and there is no account to make. Perch is on the App Store now.
When it is more than this
Perch is support, not treatment. It does not replace a midwife, health visitor, GP, doctor or therapist, and it links to a crisis line for your country from Settings.
Questions people ask
- Is Perch an affirmation app?
- In the sense that it gives you a short supportive line every day, yes — but the lines are honest and specific to new parenthood, not generic positivity.
- Does Perch collect my data?
- No account, no tracking, no ads. Everything you tell Perch stays on your phone.
- When is Perch available?
- It is out now on the App Store for iPhone and Apple Watch. Download Perch.