Did you know that most "apps" aren't needed to be downloaded on your phone? Many times you can login and use a service by simply logging into the website no differently than you would from your laptop/desktop. Many companies WANT you to download their app, as once the application is installed on your phone this provides the company more access to information about everything you do on the device that they can in turn use/sell with/without your knowledge. In some cases, the experience of "using the app" is in fact superior than simply using the service via the browser on the phone, but in many cases this is simply not the case.

When you use the Brave browser to access a service on a website (social media, banking, weather, etc.) vs using an application installed on the device, the browser serves as a limited firewall between your device and the website you are visiting. This can greatly limit the amount of information that can be collected from your device by the website.

When there is a website/service you use frequently that you'd like to access quickly from the home screen on your phone, you can set this up with a few quick and easy steps:

Step 1: Open the Brave browser by taping on Brave's red lion icon on your phone

Step 2: Go to the website you care to bookmark on your phone's home screen

Step 3: Tap on the 3 vertical dots on the bottom right of the screen

Step 4: Scroll down and tap on "Add to Home screen"

Step 5: Change the name of the icon to something recognizable, simple and short

Step 6: Tap "Add to home screen"

If done correctly, you'll see the new icon pop up once you go back to your home screen as shown below:

A Video of these actions being performed can be found HERE.