iPhone
The native iPhone app, with notifications, voice notes recorded right in the app, and every screen following your phone’s text size.
The app
Coming soon. Porchlight works in your phone’s browser today.
The porch, in your pocket.
Five tabs: Feed, Capsules, Share, Calendar and More. The whole of Porchlight in an app, with a nudge when your family shares something new.
Coming soon. Porchlight works in your phone’s browser today.
Every phone at the table
One family, on every screen.
Android
An Android app is coming. Until it arrives, Porchlight works in Chrome and adds to the home screen like an app.
The web
Any browser on a phone or a computer. The same family, the same feed, nothing to install.
01 · Feed
The family, newest first.
The first tab is the Family Feed: everything the family shares, newest first, with the Flash at the top while it is live.
How it works
- Pick a room at the top: Everyone, or one of your circles.
- Heart a post, or write under it.
- Tap the lamp for the Porch, the bell for what is new, your photo for You.
02 · Capsules
Letters for someday.
Every capsule still sealed, with who it is from, who it is for, and the days until it opens.
How it works
- Tap the plus to seal a new one.
- Write it, add a photo or your voice, choose who it is for.
- Pick 1, 5, 10 or 18 years, or any day, and seal it.
03 · Share
Share something, in a few taps.
The button in the middle of the bar. A story, a photo, a milestone or a voice note, to the whole family or one circle.
How it works
- Tap Share in the middle of the bar.
- Choose Story, Photo, Milestone or Voice.
- Add a few words and where you are, then Share with the family.
04 · Calendar
The days worth circling.
The month at a glance and what is coming up, for the whole family.
How it works
- Tap a day to see what is on it.
- Tap the plus to add a birthday, a dinner or a recital.
- Set it to repeat every year or every week.
05 · More
Everything else, one tap away.
The family and your circles, Nearby, your own details, the week’s question, and the simple guide.
How it works
- Open The Family to share the invite code or make a circle.
- Open You to change your photo and how you sign in.
- Open Show Me the Guide Again any time.
Light and dark
Day or night, it feels like home.
Choose light, dark, or follow your phone. Your choice follows you between the app and the web, so the porch always looks the way you left it.
Made for every age
If Grandma can text, Grandma can Porchlight.
Notifications that matter
When someone shares with the family, answers the week’s question, or the Flash goes off.
Sign in with a code
A one-time code instead of a password. Nothing to invent and nothing to forget.
Text that grows with you
Every screen follows your phone’s text size, for anyone who likes it bigger.
A simple guide
A plain walkthrough of every screen, and a little note on each one the first time you see it.
Nothing to break
Anything you add, you can remove. There is no rush and nothing to get wrong.
One family, everywhere
The same family on the web and in the app, so nobody has to choose.
No need to wait. Start today.
Porchlight works now in any browser. Your family will be right there when the apps arrive.