How do I install Visualist as an app?

You can use Visualist in any web browser, or install it from your browser as an app on your computer, tablet, or phone. Installed, Visualist gets its own icon and opens in its own window, and what you last opened stays available when you’re offline. It installs from your browser, not from an app store.

Installing is on every plan and uses no AI credits.

Install Visualist

1. Open Install as app. Select your avatar at the bottom of the rail (the Account menu) and choose Install as app. On a phone, open the menu and tap Install as app under Account.
2. Choose your browser. The Install Visualist as an app dialog opens on the tab for the browser you’re using. Select another tab if it’s not yours: iPhone and iPad, Android, Chrome, Edge, Safari on Mac, or Firefox.
3. Follow the steps for that browser. Follow the steps on the tab, listed below. In Chrome, Edge, and Chrome on Android, select Install at the top of the tab when it shows, to open the browser’s own install prompt.
4. Open Visualist from its icon. Visualist opens in its own window. Start it from your Dock, taskbar, Start menu, or home screen like any other app.

When you install from the Install button, Visualist confirms with Visualist is installed.

Steps for each browser

These are the steps the dialog shows on each tab. The labels in bold are your browser’s own.

iPhone and iPad

1. In Safari, tap Share. If you don’t see it, tap More first.
2. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
3. If you see Open as Web App, leave it on. Tap Add.

Chrome and Edge on iPhone work the same way: tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.

Android

1. In Chrome, tap the menu (three dots) at the top right.
2. Tap Add to home screen, then Install.
3. Visualist appears on your home screen and in your app list.

In Firefox on Android, open the menu and tap Add to Home screen.

Chrome on a computer

1. Click the install icon at the right end of the address bar. Or open the menu (three dots) and choose Cast, save, and share, then Install page as app.
2. Click Install.
3. Visualist opens in its own window. Start it from your Dock, taskbar, or Start menu.

Edge on a computer

1. Click the App available icon in the address bar. Or open the menu (three dots) and choose Apps, then Install this site as an app.
2. Click Install.
3. Visualist opens in its own window. Start it from your Dock, taskbar, or Start menu.

Safari on Mac

1. In the menu bar, choose File, then Add to Dock.
2. Click Add.
3. Visualist opens in its own window. Start it from your Dock or Launchpad.

Safari on Mac needs macOS Sonoma or later.

Firefox on a computer

To install Visualist on a computer, open it in Chrome, Edge, or Safari and follow the steps for that browser.

What works offline

Without a connection, Visualist still opens, on the work you last loaded on that device, including the images you viewed. Designs in the design editor, websites, invoices, signature requests, and billing stay online only, so open them once you’re connected. Reconnect to see the latest and to make changes. This works the same in a browser tab on that device.

When you log out, Visualist removes the work it kept on that device.

Updates

The installed app is the same Visualist you use in your browser, so it stays up to date on its own. When an update is ready, Visualist shows a message with Reload. Select Reload to switch to it.

If something goes wrong

• You can’t find Install as app. It shows in the Account menu when you use Visualist in a browser. Inside the installed app the item is hidden, because Visualist is already installed.
• There’s no Install button on the tab. The button shows only when your browser offers its own install prompt. Follow the numbered steps on the tab instead.
• You’re on Firefox on a computer. Open Visualist in Chrome, Edge, or Safari and follow the steps for that browser.
• Safari on Mac has no Add to Dock. It needs macOS Sonoma or later.
• You’re asked to sign in on iPhone or iPad. The installed app keeps its own sign-in. Sign in once inside it.

To learn the layout, see How do I find my way around Visualist?.