# On a phone

The drill, the dashboard and the stats all work on a phone. You can also add an icon to the home screen.

## The practice screen on a phone

On a phone you get the same practice screen as on a computer, laid out for the narrow display: the chord spans the full width, the hints sit below it, and the menus stay hidden while you play.

Everything is large enough to read from a music stand, which is where a phone usually ends up.

![The practice screen on a phone: the chord chart, the chord name, the answer circles and the keyboard.](https://pianokitty.com/features/en/mobile/app.webp)

## A keyboard, even here

An Android phone or tablet checks your playing the same way a computer does: connect the piano with a USB OTG adapter and the app hears it. No browser on iPhone or iPad supports Web MIDI, because they all use Safari’s engine. The [browser page](https://pianokitty.com/features/browser) lists the workarounds.

You can also practice without an instrument, since naming and ear training work well on a phone screen.

![Naming mode on a phone: a chord name and a row of answer buttons.](https://pianokitty.com/features/en/mobile/naming.webp)

## Everything else fits too

The dashboard, the stats, the lessons and the pet shop are the same pages as on a desktop, laid out for a thumb. Once you sign in, your streak, coins and exercise history are the same on every device.

![The dashboard on a phone: the practice CTA, the streak and the suggestion cards stacked.](https://pianokitty.com/features/en/mobile/dashboard.webp)

## Put it on the home screen

Add PianoKitty to the home screen and it opens like an app, with its own icon and no address bar, straight into practice. On an iPhone you also need this for practice reminders, because notifications there only work from the installed app.

You still need an internet connection. The icon opens the website, and the website does not work offline.

![The mobile help page explaining how to add the app to the home screen.](https://pianokitty.com/features/en/mobile/install.webp)

> If the screen dims in the middle of an exercise, turn on **Keep screen awake** in [Preferences](https://pianokitty.com/preferences).

## Open these on your phone

- Try it: [A drill sized for a phone](https://pianokitty.com/app?subject=chords&ct=0,1&bn=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11&inv=0&hints=true): Triads in every key, hints on.
- Try it: [Naming without an instrument](https://pianokitty.com/app?activity=naming&subject=chords&ct=0,1,6,7,8&bn=0,2,4,5,7,9,11&inv=0): Tap the answers with your thumb.
- Try it: [How to install it](https://pianokitty.com/help/mobile): Adding the icon on iOS and Android.
- Try it: [Your stats on the phone](https://pianokitty.com/stats): The same numbers you see on the computer.

Related: [Practice away from the piano](https://pianokitty.com/features/practice-anywhere.md), [Practice without or away from your piano](https://pianokitty.com/features/no-piano.md), [Works in your browser, no installation needed](https://pianokitty.com/features/browser.md)

Source: https://pianokitty.com/features/mobile