Peanut is a social networking app designed to connect women through fertility, pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause. Founded in 2017 by Michelle Kennedy, former deputy CEO of dating app Badoo, Peanut has grown to over 4 million members. The app uses a swipe-based matching system similar to dating apps to connect women at similar life stages. Peanut offers community groups, expert-led audio events, live Q&A sessions with healthcare professionals, and a TTC (trying to conceive) section with ovulation tracking and cycle insights. The platform provides a safe, moderated space for women to share experiences, ask questions, and build friendships around shared life stages. Peanut also features pods for local meetups, resources for mental health, and educational content from medical experts.
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Peanut connects women through fertility, pregnancy, and motherhood with swipe-based matching, community groups, expert audio events, and moderated support spaces.
Peanut fills a genuine gap in the social networking space by creating a dedicated platform for women navigating fertility, pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause. The swipe-based matching system, borrowed cleverly from dating apps, makes finding women at similar life stages intuitive and low-friction. Expert-led audio events and live Q&A sessions with healthcare professionals add real value beyond peer support. The moderated community creates a safer space than general social media for discussing sensitive topics. Local meetup pods extend digital connections into the real world. At 4 million members, the community is large enough to be useful in most areas. As a health app, Peanut provides useful TTC and cycle tracking but is more of a community platform than a clinical tool. The Android experience (4.0 rating) is noticeably weaker than iOS (4.6). The freemium model means some valuable features are paywalled. Peanut works best as a complement to other parenting and health tools rather than a standalone solution, but for its core mission of connecting women through shared life stages, it is thoughtfully designed.