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Installing Merit Me on Your Phone

Overview

Merit Me is a Progressive Web App (PWA). Employees install it from the browser — no App Store or Play Store. After install it opens full-screen like a native app and keeps the employee signed in.

Use the URL your company issued (production), for example https://app.merithrms.com or your tenant host. The demo site (https://demo.merithrms.com) can be installed the same way for trials.

Step-by-Step Guide

Android (Chrome or Edge)

Option A — one tap (recommended)

  1. Open Merit Me in Chrome.
  2. When the Install Merit Me banner appears at the bottom, tap Install.
  3. Confirm Install. The Merit Me icon is added to your home screen.

Option B — from the browser menu

  1. Open Merit Me in Chrome.
  2. Tap the ⋮ menu (top-right).
  3. Tap Install app (or Add to Home screen).
  4. Tap Install.

Open Merit Me from the new home-screen icon — it runs full-screen, like an app.

iPhone / iPad (Safari only)

On iPhone and iPad you must use Safari. “Add to Home Screen” is not available in Chrome on iOS.

  1. Open Merit Me in Safari.
  2. Tap the Share button (square with up-arrow) at the bottom.
  3. Scroll and tap Add to Home Screen.
  4. Tap Add (top-right). The Merit Me icon appears on your home screen.

Open it from the icon — it runs full-screen, without the Safari address bar.

After installing

  • Sign in once with your work email and password; Merit Me keeps you signed in.
  • Updates are automatic — no need to reinstall.
  • Notifications: if prompted, tap Allow so you get alerts for approvals, messages, and payslips.
  • To remove it: press and hold the icon → Remove / Uninstall (this does not delete your data on the server).

Keeping Merit Me up to date

Merit Me updates itself — there is no App Store or Play Store update to install.

  • When you open Merit Me, it checks for a new version in the background.
  • If a new version is ready, a bar appears in the app: "A new version of Merit Me is ready." Tap it to reload into the latest version.
  • Didn't see the bar? Fully close Merit Me (swipe it away from recent apps) and open it again.
  • Your data lives on the server, so updating never loses anything — and you usually won't need to sign in again.
  • Still on an old version? Open the app's web address in your browser and refresh, or remove and reinstall it from the browser (the address stays the same).

FAQ

Issue Fix
No “Install” banner on Android Use ⋮ → Install app (Option B).
No “Add to Home Screen” on iPhone Open the site in Safari, not Chrome.
Opens in the browser with an address bar You opened the website, not the installed icon — launch from the home-screen icon.
Wrong company / can’t sign in Confirm you are on your company’s production URL and using your work email.
  • Same chapter: Merit Me — Employee Self-Service — daily features after install.

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