Install on iPhone

SpotSitter is a Progressive Web App — no App Store download. You install it from Safari on iPhone, and it lives on your Home Screen like any other app. Push alerts require iOS 16.4 or later; SMS and email channels work on every iPhone.

We never ask for a Disney login during install. Install only enables alerts and the deep link back to Disney's site.

The five steps

1. Open Safari on your iPhone. If you're reading this in Chrome, Firefox, or an in-app browser (Gmail, Instagram, etc.), tap the three dots and choose Open in Safari first. Add-to-Home-Screen only works in real Safari on iOS.
2. Go to spotsitter.com. Or tap the link in your welcome email. Wait for the page to load fully — you should see the SpotSitter logo at the top.
3. Tap the Share button. The square icon with an arrow pointing up, in the bottom toolbar on iPhone or the top toolbar on iPad.
4. Choose “Add to Home Screen.” Scroll the share sheet down if you don't see it right away. Tap Add in the top right. SpotSitter now lives on your Home Screen.
5. Open SpotSitter from the Home Screen icon — not from Safari. The first time you tap a channel inside the installed app, iOS will ask permission to send notifications. Tap Allow.

That's the whole flow. The next time a spot opens for one of your watches, your phone will buzz like any other app.

Troubleshooting

“I don't see Add to Home Screen in the share sheet.”

You're probably in Chrome or an in-app browser. iOS only shows that option in Safari proper. Tap the address bar, copy the URL, paste it into Safari, and try again. If you're already in Safari, scroll the share sheet down — it's below the row of contacts and apps.

“I added it but it opens in Safari, not as an app.”

Make sure you're tapping the SpotSitter icon on your Home Screen, not a Safari bookmark or a link in your email. Home Screen icons have rounded corners and the SpotSitter sunset-gold logo. If it still opens in Safari, delete the icon, refresh the page in Safari, and add it to Home Screen again — sometimes iOS caches an old install.

“I'm on an older iPhone — does it still work?”

You need iOS 16.4 or later for push alerts. iOS 15 and earlier can still install SpotSitter and see watches, but you won't get push notifications. Use SMS or email channels instead, both of which work on every iPhone. To check your iOS version: Settings → General → About → Software Version.

“The notification prompt never appeared.”

The prompt only fires inside the installed app, after you tap a channel toggle the first time. If you said no the first time, iOS hides the prompt for good — see the next item.

“I tapped Don't Allow and now I can't get push alerts.”

Go to Settings → Notifications → SpotSitter and turn Allow Notificationson. iOS does not let any web app re-prompt after a denial, so this is the only path. If SpotSitter doesn't appear in that list, the install didn't complete — start over from step 1.

“It worked on my phone but not my partner's.”

Each device installs separately. Have them open Safari on their own iPhone, go to spotsitter.com, and do steps 1–5. The watches you create on one device sync to the other once you both sign in with the same SpotSitter account.

Still stuck? Email support@spotsitter.comwith a screenshot and we'll walk you through it.