Kithling Support

Kithling is a virtual pet you raise over about a month. It hatches from an egg, grows through five stages into one of four true forms depending on how you care for it, and lives in your Dynamic Island and on your Lock Screen.

Getting started

• A new egg hatches on its own after two minutes. Tap it to keep it warm and it hatches sooner.
• Look after it with the care bar at the bottom of the screen: Meal, Snack, Play, Sleep, Medicine and Scold. Whatever it's asking for is picked out.
• The four rings at the top show how full, happy, rested and healthy it is. Tap them, or the handle under the care bar (it says "Pip's day", with your kithling's name), for the details.
• To have it in the Dynamic Island, tap "Put it in the Dynamic Island" at the end of the welcome, or later open the ⋯ menu, choose Settings and turn on "Show in Dynamic Island".

Common questions

Why doesn't my kithling have a look of its own?

Custom looks are made with Image Playground and need an iPhone with Apple Intelligence, with image generation turned on in the Settings app under Apple Intelligence & Siri, and a supported language and region. Without it, your kithling is shown as an emoji and everything else works the same.

Image Playground opened by itself. What do I do?

That's your kithling growing into a new form. Pick a look you like and it becomes its look for this form; cancel to keep the emoji for now. A card on the main screen lets you make one later, and Settings → Its look lets you make a new one or go back to the emoji.

Can I use Siri?

Yes. Ask "How is my Kithling?" and Siri tells you how it's doing and whether it needs you. You can also say "Feed my Kithling", "Play with my Kithling", "Put my Kithling to bed", "Give my Kithling medicine", "Clean up after my Kithling" or "Tell off my Kithling" — Siri says how it went. The same actions are in the Shortcuts app, so you can add them to your own shortcuts and automations.

My kithling is asleep and won't do anything.

It sleeps from 22:00 to 07:00, the same hours every night. Use Wake if you need to, but a creature that is woken a lot grows jumpy.

Why am I getting reminders?

Only when your kithling needs you and the Dynamic Island can't show it — for example when a call starts while the app is closed. Nothing is sent overnight. Turn reminders off in Kithling's settings under Reminders.

The Dynamic Island stopped showing my kithling.

iOS ends every Live Activity after about eight hours. Opening Kithling brings it back. If it never appears, check the Settings app under Kithling → Live Activities.

What does connecting Apple Health do?

Your steps, exercise, sleep and mindful minutes make your kithling healthier and longer-lived, and listening to music perks it up. It's optional and read only — nothing is written to Health.

My kithling passed on. What now?

Lay a new egg from the memorial screen. Every kithling you raise stays in the Field Guide (the book icon), with its whole life story and every look it had.

How do I start over?

In Settings, choose "Start over with a new egg". The current kithling's story is kept in the Field Guide.

Where is my data?

On your iPhone. Kithling has no accounts and collects nothing. See the privacy policy.

Contact

Something not working, or an idea? Open an issue on GitHub — you'll need a free GitHub account. Please say which iPhone and iOS version you're using. Issues are public, so don't include personal information.