Add it to your phone like an app
No App Store, no download, no cost. Recursive Love can live on your home screen with its own icon, open full-screen, and work even offline.
iPhone or iPad
Use Safari for this (it only works from Safari on iOS):
Open recursivelove.com in Safari.
Tap the Share button — the square with an arrow pointing up, at the bottom of the screen.
Scroll down and tap Add to Home Screen.
Tap Add in the top corner. The icon appears on your home screen like any other app.
To get gentle reminders, open it from that new icon and allow notifications when asked (iPhone needs to be on iOS 16.4 or newer).
Android
Use Chrome:
Open recursivelove.com in Chrome.
Tap the ⋮ menu in the top-right corner.
Tap Install app (or Add to Home screen), then confirm.
You may also see a small “Install” banner pop up — tapping that does the same thing.
Computer (Chrome or Edge)
Open recursivelove.com.
Click the install icon in the address bar (a small screen with a down arrow), or open the browser menu and choose Install Recursive Love.
It opens in its own window and lives with your other apps.
What you get
- Its own icon and a full-screen, app-like feel.
- The journal keeps working offline, on your device.
- Optional gentle reminders, if you turn them on.
It's the same private, local-first journal either way — installing just makes it quicker to reach. How your data is handled.
Trouble installing? Email recursivelove@proton.me and we'll walk you through it.