# Use NoteMaker on your phone

NoteMaker works in your phone's browser and can be installed like an app. On a small screen the layout changes: a bottom bar for the places you use most, a top bar for search, your inbox and your account, and one floating button to create things.

![Four phone screens: Home with the bottom bar, Pages with the New page button, the Pages menu, and the account sheet](https://thenotemaker.com/help/phone-shell.webp)

## Install it as an app

-   **iPhone and iPad (Safari):** tap **Share**, then **Add to Home Screen**.
-   **Android (Chrome):** open the browser menu and choose **Install app** (or **Add to Home screen**).
-   **A computer (Chrome or Edge):** click the install icon at the right end of the address bar.

An installed NoteMaker opens in its own window, without browser bars. Links to other NoteMaker pages open in that same window instead of starting a second one. On Android and on a computer, pressing and holding the app icon offers shortcuts to **Search**, **Inbox**, **Pages** and **Forms**.

NoteMaker does not keep your pages on the phone, so it needs a connection. Without one it shows a short "You're offline" page.

## The bottom bar

The bar at the bottom takes you between the places of your workspace: **Home**, **Pages**, **Boards**, **Forms**, **Sheets** and **Agent**. Only the ones your workspace has appear, and the one you are in is highlighted.

The bar steps out of the way while the on-screen keyboard is open, and returns when you finish typing.

## The top bar

-   **The button on the left** opens the menu of the area you are in: the tree of pages on Pages, your chats on Agent, the list of settings on Settings and your account on Profile. On screens with no menu, it switches workspace instead.
-   **The title** tells you where you are.
-   **Search** opens the same box as Ctrl+K on a computer, for finding things and running commands. See [🔎 Find anything with search](https://docs.thenotemaker.com/get-started/find-anything-with-search).
-   **Inbox** shows the number of unread messages.
-   **Your picture** opens the account sheet.

Where there is a menu you can also swipe in from the left edge of the screen to open it. Tap a link in it, or tap outside it, to close it again.

## The account sheet

Tap your picture at the top right. The sheet holds what the rail keeps at its bottom on a computer:

-   **Profile**, and a way to **switch workspace**,
-   **Settings**, **Trash** and **Archive**, and **Admin** if you administer your NoteMaker,
-   **Theme**: Light, Dark or System,
-   **Reload app**, which fetches the newest version,
-   **Sign out**.

When a new version of NoteMaker is released while the app is open, a bar at the bottom says so and offers **Reload**. An installed app has no reload button of its own, so use that bar or **Reload app**.

## Create things

On Pages, Boards, Forms and Sheets a round button at the bottom right adds a new page, board, form or sheet. On a computer the same action is a button at the top of the screen.

## Chat with the agent

A conversation in Agent Mode takes the whole screen. Its header has the list of chats, **New chat** and the options menu. The bottom bar stays, so you can always leave the chat for another place. See [💬 Chat with Agent Mode](https://docs.thenotemaker.com/agent-mode/chat-with-agent-mode).

## Write on a phone

Type as you would on a computer. On a touch device a floating **Scribble** button also lets you write by hand straight onto the page. See [📐 Diagrams and handwriting](https://docs.thenotemaker.com/write/diagrams-and-handwriting). To move a page on a phone, use **Move to…** from its menu instead of dragging.

## Save a link from another app

Once NoteMaker is installed, it appears in the **Share** menu of other apps on Android and on iPhone. Share a web link or some text to NoteMaker and a screen titled **Save what you shared** opens with:

-   a **Title** and an optional note, both of which you can edit,
-   the **Link** that came with it,
-   **Save in**, to choose the workspace,
-   **Save as a new page**.

Nothing is saved until you press the button. The new page is private to you, with the link as a card, until you share it.

## Related

-   [👋 Welcome to NoteMaker](https://docs.thenotemaker.com/get-started/welcome-to-notemaker)
-   [🔐 Your account and security](https://docs.thenotemaker.com/get-started/your-account-and-security)
-   [↔️ Move pages around](https://docs.thenotemaker.com/organise-and-share/move-pages-around)