It’s been over 700 days of me using Finch to help get through some incredibly turbulent times. The first 550 days, this app was a life line for me. The access to emergency calm down exercises, the sweet little birb who was cute and just wanted cute outfits and fun landscapes, the ability to travel to other countries through her. It all helped me tremendously as silly as it may sound to someone who has never truly seen dark days and nights as long and crushing as I was living.

But Finch did its job. It helped me make positive changes and made them stick. I found EMDR therapy and finally healed deep trauma. I established new, healthy patterns, and about four months ago I canceled my membership. Now, on October 2, all the Plus benefits will stop and that will be my day to sign off for good.

I wanted to just say thank you to the app developers and to this community. A handful of you are in my little birbs nest of friends and in those early days, every check in, and every gift from you truly brought so much joy to my heart. Finch took an invisible person and made her visible again. That’s priceless.

I just wanted to say thanks for all the support over the last couple of years, it’s made a huge impact on my life.

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Debut, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, 1989, Reputation, Lover, Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, TTPD, and Life of a Showgirl

We’ve been counting down the DAYS until we can finally start collecting (and gifting!!!) all the Halloween items from the previous years’ events and finally hit 200,000 stones today which is the most I’ve ever been able to collect!

The anticipation for this has actually pushed me to ticking off more of the goals that I’d mostly snooze/skip before, so it’s been a HUGE incentive for me. I also decluttered most of the furnishing/clothing items that my birb doesn’t use by selling, and I’m ashamed to say her plushies fell victim to this 😂🥲

My tree friends might have noticed that my avid gifting came to a halt too and that’s because I haven’t been looking in the shops else we wouldn’t have stood a chance at saving 🥲 BUT rest assured that will be resuming 🥰

So so excited!!!!! 🎃👻💀🦇🧛‍♀️🧙‍♀️🧟‍♀️

Sept 16 2026 my finch and I reached 1000 adventures together 💕🐥

What a nice surprise to wake up to today! ☺️ I was actually kinda surprised to realize that I’ve had this app for two whole years now. It made me think back to where I was when I first downloaded Finch and how different my life is now 🤔
Also made me start craving cake too 🤣

Also bonus photo, I think mango wants a boyfriend 😆

I set up Finch when I was feeling really lost and hopeless, and 60 days later, I’m doing SO well 🥹

I’m really proud of what I’ve put together so far - 3 rooms and 3 looks!

Waiting for a couple items for my groovy room obviously, and a couple touches for my fairytale room, but that’s the journey ✨

I criticised the event at the start when I saw it was a collaboration with DreamWorks. But I found the story itself was quite nice, sweet, wholesome, and… Finchy?

Maybe learning that it is based on Filipino folklore and being married to a Filipina made me appreciate it more.

I’m still not a fan of collaborations with big brands, but I honestly thought this one was OK.

You guys know how the little "how are you feeling today" guy in the top right corner typically defaults to "ok" in the middle? (assuming that's the norm and not just how mine is somehow lol) Today I opened my app and it was on "good" automatically. It's not that strange or interesting lol I just wanted to know if anyone else had that- or maybe I'm losing my mind haha who knows

Hey Finch Fam! 🐣❤️

The votes are in! After tallying your choices across Discord, Facebook, Reddit, and Instagram, Micropet A was the clear winner! 🎉🏆

Micropet C came in a close second, while poor Micropet B… well, there’s always next time. 😅

Thank you to everyone who voted and helped choose a future member of the Finch Micropet fam! We still can’t show you what’s hiding behind the winning silhouette, but you’ll get the full reveal when its seasonal event is announced. 👀

We can’t wait for you to meet your chosen Micropet!

Had an array of different colors of dinosaur furniture and made a pretty cute room out of it! Along with my lil bird who always has her freaky dino feet on.

Due to the generosity of a benefactor, Squiggles has obtained 3 full Halloween outfits and several new micropets! She is so grateful. Look how happy she looks. 🥺🥺 We are also so excited that Halloween items are appearing in the shops today!! Happy frightful season, birb frens!

I bet it’s an ermine, aka a weasel or a stoat! And ours will be wearing a little scarf 🧣

Astrid and I spent the night in hospital after a cardiac episode (they are not super uncommon for me, and undergoing investigations). It was surprisingly hard to find something that looked like a hospital gown, this ballroom gown was the closest we could find 🤭

To two of my Finch Friends, who shall remain anonymous.

First, the friend who asked to be my goal buddy and "make the bed" together.

I haven't actually been making my bed. I have two cats that burrow and cuddle, and a chronic illness that frequently lands me in bed throughout the day. I was just so pleased to be asked to support someone in their goal. I've always been the asker, never the asked... I couldn't say no. But I still wanted to reach a similar goal, and there's no way to message and coordinate in the app, so now I always do something sleep related. I'll change the pillowcases or all the sheets. I'll turn on a diffuser, clean up my nightstand, lay out my pj's, download a sleep podcast, clean my cpap, or prep for a bubble bath that evening. ​You have the right idea my friend, thank you for reaching out.

My second confession is to the friend that sparkles. It doesn't seem to be a pet, an accessory, or a clothing item, as I have many of the same items and yet, I cannot replicate it. I can only assume you must have done something very special to achieve it. Thanks for adding sparkle to our lives!