Mobile Website vs the Mobile App
The mobile website is very aesthetically pleasing to look at but the app is so bland and boring by comparison, I included a side by side pic. Itd be nice if the app was updated to look like the mobile site. Also, please add a way for us to update our watching from the homepage of the mobile site. Currently on the mobile site you have to tap on a show and go to another page to update your watched episodes but we should be able to do that right from the homepage. Underneath each show on the Watch Next row of the homescreen there should be a button we can tap to mark an episode as watched just like how it is on the mobile app. Also when saving the mobile website to your phone's homepage there is no "refresh" or "reload" option to reload the page after you update an episode, you have to close out of it completely and reopen to get it to refresh
AdminAndrew Masyk
(Founder, Simkl)
responded
Right now you can add the website to your Home screen which will work as an app on your phone. Here’s how:
iPad or iPhone
Launch Safari app. *Please note that this does not work from the “Chrome” app.
Enter into the address field the https://simkl.com URL of the website you want to create a shortcut to. Tap Go.
Tap the icon featuring a right-pointing arrow coming out of a box along the top of the Safari window to open a drop-down menu.
Tap Add to Home Screen. The “Add to Home” dialog box will appear, with the icon that will be used for this website on the left side of the dialog box.
Enter the name for the shortcut using the on-screen keyboard and tap Add. Safari will close automatically and you will be taken to where the icon is located on your iPad’s desktop.
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Alexis Sullivan commented
I've already done this on my phone, but when you save the page on your homescreen there are a few issues with the lack of user friendliness.
1. After you add the page to your homescreen and then open it, you have to tap on a show and go to another page to update your watched episodes but we should be able to do that right from the homepage. Underneath each show on the Watch Next row of the homepage there should be a button we can tap to mark an episode as watched just like how it is on the mobile app so that we can update our watched episodes from that home page
2. When saving the mobile website to your phone's homepage there is no "refresh" or "reload" option to reload the page after you update an episode, you have to close out of it completely and reopen to get it to refresh the page
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The mobile website is very aesthetically pleasing to look at but the app is so bland and boring by comparison, I included a side by side pic. Itd be nice if the app was updated to look like the mobile site. Also, please add a way for us to update our watching from the homepage of the mobile site. Currently on the mobile site you have to tap on a show and go to another page to update your watched episodes but we should be able to do that right from the homepage. Underneath each show on the Watch Next row of the homescreen there should be a button we can tap to mark an episode as watched just like how it is on the mobile app. Also when saving the mobile website to your phone's homepage there is no "refresh" or "reload" option to reload the page after you update an episode, you have to close out of it completely and reopen to get it to refresh