CalBurndown installs to Android as a Progressive Web App straight from Chrome — no Play Store, no APK. Chrome on Android has supported web push and standalone-mode PWAs since 2014, so the install experience here is more polished than on iPhone.
What you get by installing
- Full-screen — no Chrome address bar
- Home Screen icon in your app drawer alongside everything else
- Push notifications with no setup
- Offline access — log meals on the subway
Steps
The easiest path:
- Open calburndown.com in Chrome.
- After a few seconds, you'll see an Install banner at the bottom of the page (or a small install icon in the address bar). Tap Install.
- Confirm in the popup.
If the banner doesn't appear, manual install also works:
- Tap the ⋮ menu (three dots, top right).
- Tap Install app or Add to Home Screen (the label varies by Chrome version).
- Confirm.
The icon lands on your Home Screen and in your app drawer.
Enabling push notifications
Chrome treats Web Push like any native permission. After installing:
- Open CalBurndown from the Home Screen icon.
- Tap Settings → Reminders.
- Tap Enable push on this device and allow notifications when prompted.
- Tap Send test to verify.
Other Android browsers
- Firefox — install works similarly: ⋮ menu → Install. Push works.
- Samsung Internet — install works. Push works.
- Brave / Edge / Opera — based on Chromium, so install + push behave like Chrome.
Troubleshooting
No install banner appears — Chrome's heuristic for the install prompt looks for "engagement" (you've spent ~30 seconds on the site). Open it once, scroll around, come back later — or use the ⋮ menu path.
The app reopens in Chrome instead of standalone — you tapped a calburndown.com link from another app. Open it from the Home Screen icon.
Push permission blocked — Settings (Android) → Apps → CalBurndown → Notifications → Allow. Or Chrome settings → Site settings → Notifications → calburndown.com → Allow.