Your phone

Set this up once, and every app’s Share button can save to Trovemarks: your browser, newsletters, podcasts, social apps.

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Trovemarks Messages Mail Notes
Once it’s set up, Trovemarks is in the share menu of every app.

Android

On Android, Trovemarks installs as an app from Chrome and appears in the share menu.

  1. Open trovemarks.com in Chrome and sign in.
  2. Tap the ⋮ menu at the top right and choose Install app. If you only see Add to Home screen, tap that.
  3. When it asks, choose Install, not Create shortcut. A shortcut can’t receive shares.

Now tap Share in any app and choose Trovemarks. A small page opens, saves the link, and lets you add a collection, tags and a note before you go back.

Links saved this way come from the Share menu source, so you can give them their own defaults, like a To read collection.

iPhone and iPad

On iOS, Trovemarks saves through a shortcut, in the background, without leaving the app you’re in.

  1. Create a key for your phone. Go to Settings → Sources, choose + New API key, name it iPhone, and copy the key.
  2. Add the shortcut. Open the Trovemarks shortcut on your phone and choose Add Shortcut. Paste the key when it asks.
  3. Share any link and choose Trovemarks. The first time, iOS asks whether the shortcut may connect to trovemarks.com; choose Always Allow.

A notification confirms each save. The key is its own source (iPhone), so you can give it defaults, or revoke it if you lose the phone.

Without the shortcut

You can also use the bookmarklet in Safari, or the address-bar trick in any browser.

Using the web app on your phone

Trovemarks works in any phone browser. On Android, the installed app opens without the browser around it. On iPhone, choose Share → Add to Home Screen in Safari for the same.