Add it to your home screen.
EngineHoursLog installs like an app, but it's a website — no App Store, no Play Store, no updates to babysit. Takes about 20 seconds.
You don't have to install it. The app works in any browser at enginehourslog.com/app. But installed, it opens from your home screen like any other app, runs full-screen with no browser chrome, and works offline — which matters when you're at the slip with no signal.
iPhone & iPad (Safari)
Open enginehourslog.com/app in Safari.
Not Chrome, not Firefox — Safari only. iOS only lets Safari install web apps.
Tap the Share button.
It's the square with an arrow pointing up, at the bottom of the screen (or the top-right on iPad).
Tap "Add to Home Screen."
If you don't see it, scroll down in the share sheet. It's there, just below the row of app icons.
Tap "Add" in the top-right.
That's it. The EngineHoursLog icon is on your home screen. Tap it like any other app.
Tip: Once installed, open it from the home-screen icon — not from Safari. That's what gives you full-screen, offline-capable behavior.
Android (Chrome)
Open enginehourslog.com/app in Chrome.
Works in most Chromium-based browsers too (Edge, Brave, Samsung Internet). Firefox Mobile does not support installation on Android.
Wait for the install prompt, or tap the menu.
Chrome may show an "Install app" banner at the bottom. If not, tap the three-dot menu in the top-right.
Tap "Install app" or "Add to Home screen."
The label depends on your version of Chrome. Both do the same thing.
Confirm.
The icon appears on your home screen. It launches without browser chrome and works offline.
Desktop (Chrome, Edge, Safari)
Open enginehourslog.com/app.
Chrome, Edge, Arc, Brave, and modern Safari all support installation. Firefox does not.
Look for the install icon in the address bar.
In Chrome-based browsers: a small computer-with-down-arrow icon on the right end of the address bar. In Safari: File → Add to Dock.
Click Install (or Add to Dock).
EngineHoursLog opens as a standalone window. It appears in your Applications folder / Start menu / launcher like any other app.
What installation gives you
- Works offline. Once the app has loaded once, it keeps working without a network connection. Log hours at the slip, in the engine bay, in a hangar, at a remote cabin. Production accounts sync and back up when signal returns.
- Full-screen experience. No browser address bar, no tabs, no distractions. Feels like a native app because — at the interaction level — it is.
- Home-screen icon. One tap from the home screen, no hunting through browser bookmarks.
- Faster startup. The app shell is cached; it opens in under a second after installation, even on a slow connection.
Launch-preview warning — export before uninstalling
The public launch is still gated. Until production account recovery is deployed and manually verified, removing the web app from the home screen or clearing browser site data can erase this device's local copy.
Before you uninstall during launch preview: open the app, tap Export all data, and save the file somewhere safe. That file is your log, in a format any future version of EngineHoursLog can import, and any spreadsheet can read.
Once you've exported: long-press the icon on your phone and remove it, or drag it to the trash on a Mac. The app is gone. Your exported file is yours to keep.