What's new in Perch

GitHub, phone transfer, screenshots to the Shelf and a livelier notch.

New

• GitHub: your contribution graph, streaks, pull requests and top languages. Sign in with GitHub, or just enter a username.
• Phone transfer: scan a QR code to send photos and files between your phone and PC over Wi-Fi, both ways. Nothing goes through the internet.
• Snip to Shelf: take a screenshot and it lands on your Shelf, saved in Pictures › Perch Screenshots.
• Volume and brightness: a smooth bar in the notch while you change them.
• Earbuds connected: the name and battery pop up when Bluetooth headphones connect.
• Live music bars: small bars in the pill that move with what's playing.

Improved

• Resting pill: date and battery in the corners, a rolling clock in the centre, a charging animation when you plug in, and a greeting when you're back.
• Shelf: shows how full it is (it keeps your latest 30 files) and where received files are saved.
• Settings: the sidebar now scrolls, so every section is reachable.

Reminders, wellness nudges, a new Links tool and a lot of polish.

New

• Reminders: give a task a time ("call mom tomorrow 6pm") and it shows up in the pill when it's due, with an optional Windows notification. Reminders wait for your break during a focus session.
• Repeating tasks: daily, weekdays, weekly, monthly or every few hours ("standup every weekday 9:30").
• Daily summary: once a day, the pill tells you what's due today.
• Wellness nudges: eye, stretch and water breaks on your own schedule and hours. Time away from the keyboard counts as a break.
• Links: a new tool for saving links, with titles, icons, tags and search.
• Tuck away: hide the pill behind a small handle when you need the whole screen.
• Pill glow: a soft light inside the pill that shows a focus session, a break or a due reminder. Turn it off in Settings.

Improved

• Insights: focus trends by day, week and month, your streak, and the hours you focus best.
• Screen time: app icons, sites from your browser, categories with daily limits, per-app detail, and a pause button.
• Calendar: each day's focus time, finished tasks and note, with a cleaner note card.
• System stats: download and upload charts, gauges that warn when memory or disk runs high, and a clearer battery card.
• Now playing: the progress bar keeps moving between track updates.
• Dock: slightly larger, with icons perfectly centred.

First public release.

New

• Twelve tools in one pill: focus timer, tasks, notes, now playing, calendar, clipboard history, screen time, system stats, file shelf, ambient sounds, weather and quick tools.
• Hover to open, move away to close, or open Perch from any app with a global shortcut.
• Ctrl K to jump to a tool, start a timer, add a task or do quick math.
• Ten themes, five dark and five light.
• Hides itself when a game, video or presentation goes fullscreen.
• Everything stays on your PC. No account, no tracking.
• Automatic updates, and one licence for up to 3 PCs.