Open Pumpynotes in your phone's browser and what you get is not a website but the kind of mobile app you already know: navigation at the bottom, everything placed for one-handed use. There is nothing to install; same address, same account, same data. Below you will find what lives where on a small screen and on a tablet.
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Navigation at the bottom, like in your apps
The bottom tabs you know from every app on your phone greet you here too: Overview, Calendar, Notes, Finance and Settings, all within reach of your thumb. Whichever tab you are on, a white card sits under it; you see where you are at a glance.
The bar does not get in the way of reading: it slips away as you scroll down and comes back the moment you scroll up. It also hides itself when you tap a text field and the keyboard opens, so it never covers a form.
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Good evening, Emma
You have 2 events today · finish the day strong
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Phone: navigation at the bottom, title and tools at the top
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The header and its tools
The page name sits at the top in large, bold type. As you scroll down, that header turns into a slim rounded strip and sticks to the top of the screen, so you never lose track of the page you are on.
To the right of the title sit the buttons that belong to the page: search, notifications, profile and the page's own action (add an event on the calendar, edit on Overview). What is a written button on a computer becomes an icon on a phone, to save room. The box behind the search icon is covered in Search and commands.
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The calendar on a phone
On a small screen the calendar switches to a layout of its own: Month and Week at the top, a touch grid in the middle, and the list of events for the day you picked below it. The calendar opens in the default view you chose in Settings. Events show up under each day as colored bars; the ones that don't fit are shown as +1, +2. Days with income or expenses carry a small dot under the date: red for expenses, green for income. Today is marked in yellow.
Tap a day and the grid stays where it is while the list below jumps to that day. You open an event from the list and edit it there. If money moved that day, a small box with the day's net amount appears just above the list. Tap it to see that day's income and expenses, then use Open in finance to go to Finance.
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The calendar on a phone: the grid on top, the selected day's list below
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How it looks on a tablet
On most tablets the screen is wide enough that the navigation menu is not at the bottom as on the phone but on the left edge, as on a computer: the Pumpynotes mark and the page icons at the top, with Settings, History, Trash, Help and Support in the bottom section. Tap an icon and you are on that page. Hold a small tablet like the iPad mini upright, though, and the screen is too narrow, so you get the phone layout with navigation at the bottom.
On a tablet, the Overview page stacks its widgets in a single column, and on most tablets it stays that way even when you turn it sideways. For the widgets to sit side by side as on a computer, you need a wider screen, such as a 12.9-inch iPad Pro held sideways.
Thursday, October 1518:12
Good evening, Emma
You have 2 events today · finish the day strong
Austin · Based on your location
⛅21°C
Partly cloudy
19:00⛅20°
20:00☁️19°
21:00☁️18°
22:00🌙17°
Upcoming Events
Today7 days14 days30 days
Today
All day
Return library books
Today
14:00
Dentist
Oct 19
10:00
Team meeting
Meeting notes
Oct 21
18:30
Gym
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Tablet: navigation on the left edge, logo and pages on top, settings and help at the bottom
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Overview and notes on a small screen
On a small screen Overview drops to one column and widget width no longer matters; you set the order in edit mode with the up and down arrows in the top right of each widget. The details are in Set up your Overview page. To add a new section, the steps in Add and remove widgets from the Marketplace work on a phone too.
On a phone the Notes page shows your cards in two columns; in the Notes section of Overview, the cover cards become a strip you swipe sideways. When you select text in a note, the formatting bar appears right above your selection.
Phone and computer use the same account, and the data is the same whichever device you sign in from. An event you add on your phone shows up in the calendar open on your computer within 30 seconds, and right away when you switch back to that tab.
Frequently asked questions
Is a mobile app on the way?
Yes, native Pumpynotes apps for iOS and Android are in development. Until they arrive, your phone's browser is fully capable: the same account, the same data and the app-like layout described on this page. We will announce the apps here and inside Pumpynotes when they launch.
Do I have to download an app?
No. Opening Pumpynotes in your phone's browser is enough, and the mobile view kicks in by itself. There is nothing to install.
Will I get notifications on my phone?
In-app reminders work on every plan. Browser notifications, the kind that arrive even while the phone is locked, are available on Pro plans and above; you only have to allow them the first time you are asked. On iPhone, add Pumpynotes to your Home Screen first to get browser notifications; a Safari tab never asks for notification permission.
How do I get the desktop layout on a tablet?
There is no setting to switch: the width of the screen decides. If the tablet is wide enough, the desktop layout arrives on its own and navigation moves to the left edge; that happens on every common tablet, except an iPad mini held upright. Laying out the Overview widgets side by side needs a wider screen, though, so on most tablets they stay in a single column even in landscape.
Can I put a shortcut on my home screen?
Yes. Pick "Add to Home Screen" in your browser's share menu and Pumpynotes opens with one tap, without the address bar; day to day it feels like an app.
Does it work without an internet connection?
Not for now: Pumpynotes reads your data from your account, so it needs a connection. If the connection drops the page stops refreshing, and when it comes back you carry on where you left off.