HomeScreenAppsHomeScreenApps docs: install apps and list yours
How to install a web app from HomeScreenApps on iPhone, Android and desktop, what gets listed in the catalogue, and how featured spots work.
Install an app
Apps that install as an app open in their own window, without the browser bar. Shortcuts open in your browser.
- iPhone or iPad: open the site in Safari. Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow), then Add to Home Screen, then Add.
- Android: open the site in Chrome. Tap the menu (three dots), then Install app or Add to Home screen.
- Desktop: open the site in Chrome or Edge. Click the install icon at the right end of the address bar, then Install.
Your shelf
Your shelf is saved in this browser only, so it does not follow you to another device.
What gets listed
We open and check every app by hand before it appears. Our own apps are marked “Our pick”, never “Featured”.
- Live over HTTPS.
- A real product, not a mock-up.
- Installs from the browser or works as a shortcut.
List your app
Submit any installable web app and we review it at no cost. Browsing and installing is free too. We check it by hand and reply by email. Use the submit form on the main site.
Featured spots
Category feature $29 per month, Home feature $79 per month, Spotlight $149 per month, each labelled Featured. Featured spots open when the catalogue reaches 50 apps; until then there is nothing to buy. Featured never changes how other apps are listed or reviewed.