Install the app

Specset runs in any modern browser, and you never have to install anything. If you use it often, or you use it in the field, you can add it to your home screen instead. It then opens in its own window with no address bar, gets its own icon in the app switcher, and updates itself.

Installing is optional. Nothing about the browser version changes, and you can use both on the same device.

Install on iPhone or iPad

You must use Safari. Chrome, Firefox, and Edge on iOS cannot add apps to the home screen.

1. Open Specset in Safari and sign in.
2. Tap the Share button in the toolbar.
3. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
4. Confirm the name and tap Add.

The Specset icon appears on your home screen. The first time you open it, you will be asked to sign in again. That is expected: iOS keeps an installed app's data completely separate from Safari, so your browser session does not carry over. You only do this once.

If your organization signs in with Microsoft, that works in the installed app too.

Install on Android

1. Open Specset in Chrome and sign in.
2. Open the account menu from your avatar in the upper right.
3. Tap Install app, then confirm.

Chrome may also offer to install Specset on its own. Either route installs it as a normal Android app, so it shows up in your app drawer and app switcher.

Install on desktop

Chrome and Edge can install Specset as a desktop app. Open the account menu from your avatar in the upper right and click Install app. It then opens in its own window instead of a browser tab.

Safari on macOS uses File > Add to Dock instead.

Getting updates

The installed app updates itself. There is no app store, and no version to download.

When a new version of Specset ships while you have the app open, an Update available badge appears in the header. Tap it to load the new version. If you ignore it, the app picks up the update the next time you open it.

When you are offline

Specset needs a connection to load your projects, so the installed app is not an offline tool.

What it does do is fail clearly. If you open the app without a connection, it starts and tells you it cannot reach Specset, with a Try again button, instead of showing a blank page. That matters most on a phone in the field, where there is no address bar to tell you what went wrong.

Remove the app

Removing the installed app never affects your Specset account or any project data.

• iPhone or iPad. Touch and hold the icon, then choose Remove App.
• Android. Touch and hold the icon, then choose Uninstall, or remove it from Settings like any other app.
• Desktop. Open the app, click the menu in its window, and choose the uninstall option for Specset.

You can always go back to using Specset in your browser, and you can reinstall it later.