Follower WebHooks API for standalone apps

Or instead of using v5 use Helix:

There already is:

You can long poll on the topic you would of subscribed to on Webhooks under the helix API.

See Reference | Twitch Developers

GET https://api.twitch.tv/helix/users/follows?to_id=[user ID]

Webhooks require for the application that is receiving to be accessible from the outside internet inbound to the application. That generally doesn’t happen with a desktop/mobile application. So you will have to long poll. Or implement the server that you don’t want to implement to relay.