You can add Sahora to your phone's home screen so it opens like an app, full screen and without the browser's address bar. There is nothing to download: Sahora runs in your phone's browser. This guide shows how on Android and iPhone.
Before you start
- Use your phone's own browser: Chrome on Android, Safari on iPhone.
- Go to sahora.ph and sign in once (see Signing in for the first time, or Signing in to the portal for employees).
Android (Chrome)
- Sign in to Sahora in Chrome.
- If a line at the top says Install Sahora on this device, tap it and confirm.
- If you don't see that line, tap the ⋮ menu, then Add to Home screen (or Install app).
- Tap Install or Add when Chrome asks.
iPhone (Safari)
- Sign in to Sahora in Safari.
- Tap the Share button (the square with an arrow).
- Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
- Tap Add.
Sahora shows the same reminder at the top of the page: "Add Sahora to your home screen: tap Share then Add to Home Screen."
Using Sahora from the home screen
- Tap the Sahora icon. It opens at your workspace, or the list of workspaces if you have more than one.
- Sign in as usual. Your login stays the same.
- Every workspace works this way: the employee portal, My team for supervisors and the company workspace.
- Use Help and the links on the page to move around, since the installed app has no browser bar.
Clocking in from your phone
If your company accepts clock-ins only from a phone, the Clock in / out page on a computer shows Clock in from your phone with a code to scan. Scan it with your phone's camera to open the same page there. See Clocking in and out.
Without signal
- Pages need a connection. Without one, you see "You're offline" and a Try again link.
- If your company allows it, clock-ins you make without signal are kept on the phone and sent when you are back online.
- You can keep a payslip's figures on the phone: open the payslip and tap Keep on this phone. The figures (not the PDF) then open from the offline page. Tap Remove to take them off.
What can go wrong
- No install option in the menu. Make sure you are in Chrome (Android) or Safari (iPhone), not in an app's built-in browser such as one opened from a chat app. Copy the link into Chrome or Safari.
- You tapped "Not now" on the install line. It doesn't come back on that browser, but you can still install from the browser's menu as above.
- The camera or location doesn't work when clocking in. Allow them when the phone asks, or turn them on for your browser in the phone's settings.
Good to know
- To remove Sahora, press and hold the icon and remove it like any app. Your account and records stay in Sahora.
- On a shared phone, sign out when you are done (Sign out at the top).