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LocalCoinSwap app
Buy and sell crypto, peer to peer, from your home screen. Your keys stay on your device.
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Step by step
Install on any device
Pick a device and browser to see the exact steps for Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows, Mac, Linux and ChromeOS.
- 01 Tap the Share button at the bottom of Safari.
- 02 Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
- 03 Tap Add. The icon lands on your home screen.
- 01 Tap the three-dot menu in the top right.
- 02 Tap Install app. Older versions call it Add to Home screen.
- 03 Tap Install. The icon lands on your home screen.
- 01 Click the install icon at the right end of the address bar.
- 02 Click Install. LocalCoinSwap opens in its own window.
Or use the Install button at the top of this page.
What changes
Browser tab or installed app?
Same account and the same keys either way. Here is what actually changes.
| Installed app | Browser tab | |
|---|---|---|
| Opening it | One tap on the home screen icon | Type the address or find the tab |
| Trade alerts | On the lock screen, even when closed | Only while the tab is open |
| Screen | Full screen, nothing else | Shared with the address bar and tabs |
| Private keys | Decrypted only on this device | Decrypted only on this device |
| Updates | Every launch, automatically | Every visit |
On iPhone, trade alerts need the installed app. Everything else works the same in Safari.
Questions about the app
Under the hood it's the LocalCoinSwap website running as an installed app, so it gets its own icon, its own window and trade alerts, and it updates itself on every launch. What you skip is the app store: no download, no store account, nothing to update by hand. Trading, your wallet and your keys work exactly the same.
One is coming soon. Until then, this is the app: install it from this page and you get the same account, wallet and trades, with nothing to download from a store.
On Android and desktop, no. On iPhone, yes. iOS only delivers notifications to web apps that have been added to the home screen.
Trading needs a connection, so no. The installed app launches instantly and loads the latest version every time you open it.
Exactly where they were. Your private keys are only ever decrypted on your device, and installing changes nothing about that.
Like any other app: hold the icon and remove it on your phone, or use the app menu on desktop. Your account is untouched.
Put it on your home screen
Installs in seconds, and it's the same account and wallet you already have.
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