Install Our Caring Circle on Android

There are two ways to put Caring Circle on your Android phone. Most people in the US should get it from Google Play — it installs like any other app. If you want push notifications today, install it from Chrome instead. Same account, same circle — and you can keep both.

Option 1: Get it on Google Play

Search Our Caring Circle in the Play Store, or tap the badge below on your phone.

• An icon in your app drawer, launched like any other app.
• Lock the app with your fingerprint, so a borrowed phone doesn't open your family's details.
• Sign in with the account you already have — email or Continue with Google.

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Option 2: Install from Chrome

This route adds Caring Circle to your home screen straight from the browser: full-screen launch, an icon in the app drawer, and push notifications. It takes about a minute.

After a Chrome install — turning on push notifications

On Android, push notifications work in Chrome whether or not you install — installing is for the app feel. To turn them on, open Caring Circle in Chrome or from the home-screen icon, go to Settings → Push notifications → Enable push notifications, and accept the Android permission prompt. The dashboard may also offer it with a banner. If you turned them on already, nothing changes after install.

Today, push notifications cover activity in your circle: a confirmation when you claim a task, a thank-you when a task you were helping with is completed, a heads-up when the main helper steps back and you were the backup, and a note when someone joins your circle. Settings also shows Reminders and Urgency switches, but nothing is sent under those yet. The notifications guide has the details.

Quiet hours are respected automatically — no pushes between 10 PM and 7 AM in the time zone set in your profile.

Troubleshooting

I can't find Our Caring Circle in the Play Store. The Play app is available in the United States for now. Outside the US, use the Chrome install above — it's the same app and the same account.

I got the app from Google Play and I'm not getting notifications. Push isn't in the Play app yet. Install from Chrome as well — Option 2 above. You can keep both: same account, same circle, and Chrome is where the alerts arrive.

I turned push on and nothing arrives. On Android 13 and later, Chrome itself needs notification permission: open Android Settings → Apps → Chrome → Notifications. Then check quiet hours and that the Activity switch is on — the notifications guide has the full list.

I don't see "Install app" in the Chrome menu. Two common causes. First, you may be in Incognito mode — Chrome hides install in private tabs. Close the Incognito window and open a normal one. Second, the menu shifts based on what you've installed recently; scroll up and down through it to be sure the option isn't hiding.

I'm on Samsung Internet (or another non-Chrome browser). Samsung Internet supports a similar flow — tap its menu and look for Add page to → Home screen. The label and exact path vary by app version. If you can't find the option, install Chrome from the Play Store and follow this guide; the icon will still launch full-screen from Chrome's installed app.

I'm on Firefox. Firefox for Android doesn't fully support installing web apps the way Chrome does — you can add a shortcut to the home screen, but it opens inside Firefox instead of launching full-screen. For the best experience, use Chrome.

I installed but the icon shows a generic globe. Old installs sometimes cache before the manifest icon loads. Remove the shortcut (long-press → Remove), open Chrome, reload app.ourcaringcircle.com once, then reinstall.

The app feels stuck or out of date after install. Pull-to-refresh inside the app, or close it fully from the app switcher and reopen.

Still stuck? Email support@ourcaringcircle.com — include your phone model and Chrome version and we'll usually solve it in a single reply.