Rata Help

Add Rata to your home screen

Rata has no app in the App Store or Google Play. The web app on your home screen is the Rata app.

On the home screen, Rata opens in its own window with the Rata icon, like other apps. It also works offline. When we change Rata, your home screen app gets the change the next time it opens.

Android (Chrome)

  1. Open app.rata.fyi in Chrome.
  2. On Home, the card "Add Rata to your home screen" shows. Tap Add, then Install.
  3. If the card does not show, tap the menu (three dots) in Chrome, then Add to home screen or Install app.
  4. Open Rata from your home screen.

iPhone and iPad (Safari)

  1. Open app.rata.fyi in Safari.
  2. Tap Share in the browser bar.
  3. Tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
  4. Open Rata from your home screen.

On an iPhone, the home screen app does not see the groups that you opened in Safari. So add Rata to the home screen before you make groups. If you already have groups in Safari: on Home, tap Add on the "Add Rata to your home screen" card, then Copy. Open the home screen app, sign in, tap Join on Home and paste. All your groups come with it, with your name in each group. The link has your group keys, so send it to nobody.

The link opened inside WhatsApp or Instagram

The browser inside other apps cannot add Rata to the home screen. Open the menu of that browser and pick Open in browser (Android) or Open in Safari (iPhone). Then do the steps above.

Hide the card

Tap the X on the card. The card stays hidden for 30 days.