> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.sourcedock.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Phone app

> Put SourceDock on your phone's home screen, look up a product's profit, scan a barcode, take receipt and box photos, and get alerts on your phone.

Say you are in a store holding a toy. You want to know if it is worth buying. Open SourceDock on your phone, scan the barcode, and see the profit in a few seconds.

The phone app is SourceDock on your phone's home screen. It is the same account and the same data as on your computer, with a layout made for a phone. There is nothing to download from an app store.

For one made-up seller walked through the phone's Desk, calculator, photos, lists and alerts, see [The phone app, in depth](https://docs.sourcedock.io/get-started/phone-app-in-depth.md).

## Install it

### iPhone

**1. Open SourceDock**

Open app.sourcedock.io in Safari, Chrome, Firefox, or Edge, and sign in. The Desk says **Get SourceDock on your iPhone: tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.**

**2. Add it**

Tap Share, then **Add to Home Screen**.

**3. Open it**

Open SourceDock from your home screen.

### Android

Open app.sourcedock.io in your browser and use the browser's own install option. Then open SourceDock from your home screen.

> [!NOTE]
>
> The phone layout shows only when you open SourceDock from the home screen on a phone. In a phone's browser tab, or on a tablet, you see the website.

## The bottom bar

The bar at the bottom has three buttons:

| Button | What it does |
| - | - |
| Left | Opens the **Profit calculator** until you change it. |
| The round button | Fans out up to 6 shortcuts. Tap **More** for every other page, **Jump or search**, your account, **Docs**, and **Log out**. |
| Right | Opens **Photos** until you change it. |

To change them, tap the round button, then **More** > **Choose shortcuts**. Under **Bottom bar**, pick the page for **Left** and **Right**. Below that, turn on up to 6 pages for the round button. Your choices are saved for your login, so every phone matches.

## Look up a product's profit

**1. Open the calculator**

Tap the left button, or open **Profit calculator**.

**2. Find the product**

Paste an Amazon link, an ASIN, or a UPC in the box and tap **Look up**. Or tap **Scan a barcode** and point the camera at the barcode. Only the barcode's numbers are looked up. The picture is not sent anywhere. No barcode handy? Tap **Photo**, take a picture of the box, and tap the match you have.

**3. Read the profit**

Type your cost. You see Amazon's fees, your profit, your ROI, and the most you can pay. These are the same numbers as the Chrome extension's profit panel, with the same settings. See [Chrome extension](https://docs.sourcedock.io/reference/chrome-extension.md#how-the-profit-is-worked-out).

Your last 10 lookups are under **Recent lookups**. They are kept on this phone only. On Android you can also share an Amazon page to SourceDock to look it up.

## Receipts and box photos

Say you just bought 6 blenders and want to keep the receipt with the order.

**1. Open Photos**

Tap the right button. You see your newest orders. Search by product, ASIN, or order number.

**2. Pick the order**

Tap the order. Pick **Receipt** or **Box & prep**.

**3. Add the picture**

For a receipt, tap **Take photo**, or **Choose photo or file** for a photo or a PDF. For box photos, tap **Take photos**. Each photo saves as soon as you take it.

One order holds up to 20 files in all, each under 25 MB. To remove one, tap its x and confirm.

You can also add a receipt from **Purchases**: tap the round **+** beside the search box, then **Add receipt**.

## Alerts on your phone

**1. Open the alert settings**

Open **Alerts** and tap the bell.

**2. Turn on the phone icon**

Each row is one kind of alert. Purchases, Recovery, and Vault always show. Scout and Health show once they have alerts. Tap the phone icon on a row. The first time, your phone asks if SourceDock may send notifications. Allow it.

On an iPhone, phone alerts work only in the app you opened from the home screen, not in a Safari tab. If you said no to notifications, allow them for SourceDock in your phone's settings, then tap the icon again.

Tap a notification to open the Alerts page in SourceDock.

## What is different from the website

* There is no keyboard shortcut. Use the round button, then **More** > **Jump or search**.
* Capital Recovery has one layout on the phone. Its **Default | Adv** switch only saves your choice for the website.
* A team member sees only the pages their owner shared. The calculator comes with the Vault page, and Photos with the Purchases page.


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