Your browser tab becomes a real app. No store, nothing to download: WeFocusBuddy installs in a few taps straight from the browser, on computer or phone. Its own icon, full screen, and it can notify you when the timer finishes.
Every system asks for the right gesture in a different place: below is only what you actually need, no digging through settings.
This install button only shows up in Chromium browsers: Chrome, Edge, Brave… not Safari, which has its own guide next to this one.
Look at the address bar, near the star icon on the right: click the small install icon, then Install.
Drag it to the Dock, then right-click → Options → Keep in Dock so it stays there for good.
WeFocusBuddy now opens like any other Mac app, no browser tabs, no address bar.
It's Safari that lets you add it to the Dock on Mac: Chrome uses a different button, shown in the guide next to this one.
Click File in the menu bar at the top, then Add to Dock…. Give it a name if asked, then confirm.
WeFocusBuddy is now a real app icon in the Dock. Right-click it → Options → Keep in Dock so it stays there for good.
This install button only shows up in Chromium browsers.
Look at the address bar, near the star icon on the right: click the small install icon, then Install.
It's now in the Start menu: right-click it and choose Pin to taskbar.
WeFocusBuddy now opens like any other app on your computer, no browser tabs, no address bar.
Installing and notifications only work from Safari on iPhone, not from Chrome.
It's the square with an arrow pointing up, at the bottom (or top) of the screen.
Scroll the list if you don't see it right away, then confirm with Add in the top right.
WeFocusBuddy gets its own icon, opens full-screen with no browser bar, and can send you timer and streak notifications once turned on in Settings.
Android's install prompt only shows up in Chrome (or other Chromium browsers).
Top right corner of Chrome, three dots.
Confirm when asked: the wording depends on your Chrome version.
WeFocusBuddy gets its own icon, opens full-screen, and can send you timer and streak notifications once turned on in Settings.
A browser tab closes by accident, gets lost among twenty others, and can't notify you of anything. An installed app stays put and can nudge you when the timer ends.
No. Installation happens straight from the browser: it never goes through a store, no account other than your WeFocusBuddy one is needed, and it's free.
Much less: it isn't a separate executable file, the browser registers it as a shortcut with its resources already cached.
Yes, like any other app: on Mac and Windows by dragging it to the trash or uninstalling it from system settings, on phone by long-pressing the icon and choosing to remove it.
No, it's the same account and the same sessions as before: installing only changes how it opens, not what it contains.
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