Add a game to your home screen

Adding a game to your home screen gives it its own icon, makes it open full-screen without the browser bars, and lets it work with no connection.

Before you start: open the game once while you are online and let it finish loading. Then follow the steps for your browser. Menus change a little between versions, so if you cannot see a button, look in the menu for "home screen" or "install".

iPhone and iPad

Safari (best)

1. Tap the Share button (a square with an arrow pointing up).
2. Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen. If you do not see it, tap More or View More first.
3. If you see Open as Web App, leave it switched on.
4. Tap Add.

Chrome, Edge, Firefox and other browsers on iPhone

1. Tap the Share button, or the browser's menu (three dots).
2. Choose Add to Home Screen and confirm.

If you cannot find it, open the page in Safari and use the steps above.

Android

Chrome

1. Tap the menu (three dots, top right).
2. Tap Install app (or Add to Home screen).
3. Tap Install.

Firefox

1. Tap the menu (three dots).
2. Tap Install (or Add to Home screen) and confirm.

Samsung Internet

1. Tap the menu (three lines).
2. Tap Add page to, then Home screen, then Add.

Edge

1. Tap the menu (three dots).
2. Tap Add to phone (or Add to Home screen) and confirm.

Computer

• Chrome or Edge: click the install icon at the right of the address bar, or open the menu and choose Install.
• Safari on a Mac: choose File, then Add to Dock.
• Firefox on a computer cannot install web apps. You can still play in the browser.

Keeping little fingers in the game

A web page cannot lock the phone, but your phone can. On an iPhone use Guided Access (Settings, then Accessibility). On Android use Screen pinning (Settings, then Security). Both stop a child swiping out of the game by accident.

Good to know

• Progress is saved on your device only. If you clear your browser data or delete the icon on some phones, the game forgets its progress.
• On an iPhone, the silent switch mutes the sound effects (the voice still speaks), and sound starts after the first tap.

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