Install fibub as an app

Put fibub on your home screen like any other app: one tap opens it full screen, and every tool you have opened keeps working with no internet. No app store, no sign-up, nothing to pay.

What you get

  • Its own icon on your home screen, app drawer, dock or Start menu.
  • Full screen, without the browser's address bar, with the same Learn, Tools, Home, Blog and Menu bar at the bottom.
  • Works offline. Every page you open is kept on your device, so the tools you use work on a plane or with no signal. Pages you have never opened need the internet the first time.
  • Always up to date. When you are online, each page loads fresh, so you get new tools and fixes straight away. There is nothing to update by hand.
  • The same privacy. The app is the website itself. Your files and numbers still never leave your device, and installing it tells us nothing about you.

Android phones and tablets

Chrome: tap Install fibub above, or open the menu (⋮) and choose Add to Home screen, then Install.

Samsung Internet: tap the menu (☰) and choose Add page to, then Home screen.

Firefox: tap the menu (⋮) and choose Install or Add to Home screen.

iPhone and iPad

  1. Open fibub.com in Safari (newer iPhones also allow this from Chrome and Edge).
  2. Tap the Share button: the square with an arrow pointing up.
  3. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.

On iPhone, the app has a Back button at the top left, because there is no browser bar.

Computers

Chrome and Edge (Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS): click Install fibub above, or the install icon at the right of the address bar. fibub then opens in its own window and appears in your Start menu or Applications.

Safari on a Mac (macOS Sonoma or newer): choose File, then Add to Dock.

Firefox on computers cannot install websites as apps. Bookmark fibub instead; pages you have opened still work offline.

What is kept on your device

Copies of the fibub pages you open and the files they need (up to a few hundred pages; the oldest go first). They are kept in your browser's own storage and are never sent anywhere. fibub has no account and no cloud copy of anything.

Removing the app

Remove it like any other app: press and hold its icon and choose Remove or Uninstall; on a computer, open the app's menu and choose Uninstall. To also delete the pages kept for offline use, clear fibub's site data in your browser settings.