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This wikiHow will show you how to install web apps on iPhone or iPad. In order to do so, open Safari and add the website with the web app to your home screen.

  1. This app has a compass icon on a blue background.
  2. Currently, only a small selection of sites have web apps, but any site can be added as an "app" on the home screen.
    • If the website does not have a web app, then the site will open in a browser window instead when you try to launch it.
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  3. This will open a menu of options for sharing the web site.
  4. This will open a dialog box.
  5. This will download the web app to your iPhone or iPad.
  6. You will find your newly installed web app on the home screen . It will have been installed in the first available open spot, so you may have to scroll across to find it. You can open it by tapping it, just like any other app.
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