# How to install Kardpal on your home screen

Kardpal is a web app: you open it in the browser and install it from there, without the Play Store or the App Store. Once installed it opens full screen like any other app.

## Android

Open Kardpal in Chrome, Edge or Samsung Internet. Usually an "Install Kardpal" banner appears: tap Install. If you don't see it, open the browser menu and choose "Install app" or "Add to Home screen".

## iPhone and iPad

Open Kardpal in Safari, tap the Share button and then "Add to Home Screen". Kardpal shows you these steps the first time you open it.

## Computer

In Chrome or Edge the install icon is in the address bar. Kardpal opens in its own window, handy for managing cards with a keyboard.

## Why install it

The installed app opens faster, works offline, and the browser tends to keep its data instead of clearing it when storage runs low.

## Updates

There's nothing to update by hand: the new version arrives by itself the first time you open the app online. The version number is at the bottom of Settings.

[Try Kardpal for free](https://app.kardpal.it/)

Opens in your browser: no download, no sign-up. You can then add it to your Home screen.

## More guides

- [How to add a card](https://kardpal.it/en/how-to-add-a-loyalty-card/)

Three ways to add a loyalty card to Kardpal: camera, photo or screenshot, or by typing the number.

- [Barcode guide](https://kardpal.it/en/loyalty-card-barcodes/)

EAN-13, Code 128, QR code: which codes loyalty cards use, why a till sometimes can't read a phone and what to do.

- [Stocard alternative](https://kardpal.it/en/stocard-alternative/)

Looking for a Stocard alternative? Kardpal keeps all your loyalty cards on your phone, works offline and needs no sign-up.

Source: https://kardpal.it/en/install-kardpal/