Get Balto on your device
Balto installs straight from this page. There is no file to download, no store account, and nothing to update by hand. It takes about ten seconds and uses a few megabytes.
Download the app file
If you would rather have a file than install from the browser
These are the same Balto as the website, signed by us rather than by a store, which is why both systems warn you. Installing from the browser below avoids the warnings and the download, and is what we would pick. All versions
This browser cannot install web apps. Firefox and Safari on a computer have no install option. Open this page in Chrome or Edge and the button will appear.
On a computer
Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS
- 1Open Balto in Chrome or Edge.
- 2Click the install icon at the right of the address bar, or open the browser menu and choose Install Balto.
- 3It lands in your Start menu, Dock or applications list, and opens in its own window.
On Android
Chrome, Edge, Samsung Internet, Opera
- 1Open Balto in Chrome.
- 2Tap the three dots, then Add to home screen or Install app.
- 3Android installs it properly, so it appears in the app drawer and in your recent apps.
On iPhone and iPad
Safari only
- 1Open Balto in Safari. Chrome on iPhone cannot do this.
- 2Tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
Nothing to install?
The website is the whole app
Installing changes nothing about what you get. It only removes the browser bar and puts an icon on your device. Your account, your progress and your notes are the same whichever way you open it.
What installing actually gives you
- Opens faster, because the app files are already on the device.
- The arcade, the pearls and the training room still open with no connection.
- Its own icon and window, with no address bar in the way.
- Updates itself. There is no new version to go and fetch.
Questions you answer and payments you make always go to the server, so nothing you do offline is lost and nothing private is kept on the device.
Balto is not on Google Play or the App Store yet. Everything here comes from us directly, which is why it updates the moment a fix ships rather than waiting for a store review, and also why your device warns you about the file.