How to install it on Android in two taps

Chrome on Android installs RPWallet as a Progressive Web App in two taps. Nothing is sideloaded, the Install unknown apps permission stays off, and the installed app launches full screen — no address bar, no tab strip, nothing to crop out of a recording.

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RPWallet installed on an Android home screen running full screen from Chrome

The short answer

To install RPWallet on Android: open rpwallet.app in Chrome, enter your license key, tap the three-dot menu and choose Install app (older builds call it Add to Home screen), then confirm with Install. The app appears in your launcher and opens full screen. Nothing is downloaded to sideload and the Install unknown apps setting is never touched.

Before you start

  • Any Android phone or tablet running Chrome 90 or later. Samsung Internet, Edge and Brave work too, with a differently worded menu item.
  • Your RPWallet license key, from the email sent after checkout.
  • About two minutes, and roughly 15 MB of storage for the cached app shell.
  • No Google account, no Play Store listing, and no Install unknown apps permission.

Four steps, about two minutes

Chrome names this differently depending on version — Install app on recent builds, Add to Home screen on older ones. Both do the same thing.

  1. Open the site in Chrome

    Chrome

    Type rpwallet.app into Chrome's address bar. As with iOS, a link tapped inside Telegram, Instagram or Discord opens in an embedded browser with no install option, so open it in Chrome itself.

  2. Enter your license key

    Paste the key from your delivery email and confirm it. Activating before you install means the launcher icon opens straight into the wallet rather than back to the key prompt.

  3. Open the menu and choose Install app

    ⋮ → Install app

    Tap the three-dot menu in the top right. Choose Install app, or Add to Home screen on older Chrome builds. Chrome sometimes offers the same thing as a banner at the bottom of the screen — that banner installs the identical app.

  4. Confirm, then launch from the launcher

    Install

    Tap Install in the dialog. The icon lands in your app drawer and on the home screen. Open it from there rather than from Chrome: launched from the icon it runs full screen with no address bar, which is the state you want before recording anything.

If something goes wrong

The menu shows no Install app option.
Either you are in an embedded browser rather than Chrome itself, or the page has not finished loading. Open rpwallet.app directly in Chrome, let it load fully, then reopen the menu. In Samsung Internet the equivalent item is Add page to, then Home screen.
Chrome asks to install unknown apps or warns about a file download.
Not on this route. The Chrome install described above is a Progressive Web App and never needs that permission, so if a page reached from a search result or a link asks for it while claiming to be RPWallet, close it. RPWallet does publish an official signed Android app, but it is delivered from your own dashboard after you have a licence — never from a third-party download page.
The app opens in a browser tab with an address bar.
It was saved as a bookmark or shortcut rather than installed. Remove the icon, return to Chrome, and use the Install app item in the three-dot menu rather than Bookmark this page.
It asks for the license key again on every launch.
You activated in an Incognito tab, so the activation was cleared when the tab closed. Activate in a normal tab and install again.
Prices look frozen after opening the app offline.
The app shell is cached so it launches without a connection, but live prices need one. Reconnect and pull down to refresh. If you want the numbers to move without a connection, turn on market price jitter in Settings.

Two ways onto an Android home screen

The Chrome route above is the quickest and needs nothing beyond the browser: a Progressive Web App runs in the browser's sandbox, with no filesystem access and no permissions beyond those you grant any website. Every plan also includes the official RPWallet Android app, a first-party build that exists because Chrome would not reliably install the wallets as home-screen apps on every device. You pair it with a short code generated in your dashboard, and it does not consume an extra licence device slot. Either way the app lands on your home screen and launches full screen — pick whichever gets you there.

Screen recording on Android

Android's built-in screen recorder is in the quick settings panel. Turn on Do Not Disturb before recording — a real notification sliding over a simulated wallet is the fastest way to ruin an otherwise clean take.

Install on Android FAQ

Do I need to allow Install unknown apps?

Not for this route. A Progressive Web App installs through Chrome and never touches that setting. The official RPWallet Android app is a separate option included with every plan and is paired from your dashboard once you hold a licence — so a page you arrived at from a search result or a forum link, offering an RPWallet installer, is not a place to enable that permission.

Does it work in Samsung Internet or Brave?

Yes. Every Chromium-based Android browser can install a PWA. The menu item is worded differently — Samsung Internet uses Add page to, then Home screen — but the installed app is identical.

How much storage does it use?

Roughly 15 MB for the cached app shell, plus whatever token images you upload. That is a fraction of a native wallet app.

Can I larp a wallet on Android without a computer?

Yes. Install from Chrome to the home screen, set your balances in Manage Tokens, and record with Android's built-in screen recorder. Nothing is modified on a desktop and no real wallet application is touched.

Will it keep working without a connection?

The app opens and your balances display offline because the shell and your settings are cached. Live price updates need a connection, so figures hold at their last known values until you reconnect.

Can I use the same key on my phone and tablet?

Up to your plan's simultaneous-device limit, yes. Each device gets every wallet interface; the limit counts devices, not wallets.

Ready to install it

No download, no seed phrase, no real funds. Installs to your home screen on iOS and Android in about two minutes.