# Is there an iPhone app? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-iphone-app/912244 "2020-06-23T04:14:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-iphone-app/912244/1 "2020-06-23T04:14:27Z")
I see DiscourseHub is an available app, but couldn’t figure out how to get here from there. Anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-iphone-app/912244/2 "2020-06-23T05:44:32Z")
Reports have been made that the Android and IOS Discourse app are nothing more than skins for Chrome and are not really full-fledged apps. They are crap. Supposedly the mobile experience, while browser based, is pretty good. I rarely use a phone because my screen is so small but I guess I should go look at it for myself. I have an iPhone myself so lemme see what I can see. Back to you soonest. Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-iphone-app/912244/3 "2020-06-23T13:33:06Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-iphone-app/912244/4 "2020-06-23T14:03:08Z")
If you want to use the app, just add [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) as the site. I actually like the app as it’s an easy one click to the site and keeps it separate from my chrome tabs, even if it is just a skin to chrome. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-iphone-app/912244/5 "2020-06-23T14:22:02Z")
The reviews are crap themselves. I downloaded it and am using it and it’s fine. Probably as fine as using it in the browser (which I tried first) but if nothing else it allows me to add it (the app, which essentially for me IS the SDMB) to my home screen in place of Tapatalk. You can add a web page, that opens in Safari, to your home screen as an icon instead of the Discourse app if you want. [Here’s how.](https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/add-website-shortcuts-iphone-home-screen/) But so far I have no complaints about the Discourse App and am going to keep using it, hoping that there will be continuous improvements. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-iphone-app/912244/6 "2020-06-23T14:29:15Z")
I’m not able to login to the iPhone app (DiscourseHub) because it tells me I need to enable cookies in the browser. Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this? (I believe I have cookies enabled in both Chrome and Safari.) ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-iphone-app/912244/7 "2020-06-23T14:47:14Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > If you want to use the app, just add [boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com) as the site. That did it! I couldn’t figure out what to use when it asked me to add a site. Looking at it, it looks to me just like the board does in Safari. I’m going to mess around with it a bit on my phone. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-iphone-app/912244/8 "2020-06-23T15:42:17Z")
Fig is another good app, the little I’ve played with it. Enter the community name ([boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)) and go from there. Very streamlined interface ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-iphone-app/912244/9 "2020-06-23T15:49:56Z")
Any chance we can get the new Discourse site working on Tapatalk? It’s what I’ve been using for years to access the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-iphone-app/912244/10 "2020-06-23T16:23:19Z")
It was posted before the move that discourse doesn’t work with Tapatalk. I’m pretty sure that’s accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-iphone-app/912244/11 "2020-06-24T21:51:27Z")
Well that’s unfortunate.