Mobile web

What works on Scanz mobile, what doesn't, and how to use it. A touch-optimized version of the web app for tracking scans and alerts on the go.

Scanz on mobile is a touch-optimized version of the web app. There’s no native iOS or Android app today — you get to it the same way you’d get to any website. Open app.scanz.com on your phone’s browser, log in with your normal account, and the layout adapts automatically.

This page covers what mobile is good for, what it isn’t, and the small things that make the experience smoother.

How to access it

Open Safari (iOS) or Chrome (Android) on your phone.
Go to app.scanz.com.
Log in with the same credentials you use on the web or desktop.
The mobile layout loads automatically — the platform detects the viewport and serves the touch-optimized version.

There’s nothing to install. Bookmark the page or, on iOS, tap the share icon → Add to Home Screen to get an app-style icon on your home screen that opens straight into Scanz. On Android, Chrome offers the same via the menu → Add to Home screen.

The home-screen shortcut isn’t a native app — it’s a saved web link with a custom icon — but it gets you in with one tap and looks like an app from the launcher.

What works well on mobile

Mobile is built for monitoring, not building. The things that work cleanly on a phone are the read-only or near-read-only flows where you’re checking on something, not configuring it.

Saved scans. Open a scan you built on the web, see live results, sort the table, tap a row to drill in. This is the most common mobile workflow — you built the scan at your desk, you want to glance at it from anywhere.

Alerts. Triggered alerts show up in the mobile interface the same way they do on web. If you’ve set price or condition alerts on tickers you care about and you stepped away from your screen, mobile is how you check whether anything fired.

Watchlists. Your watchlists are available, with real-time price action and percent change for everything in them. Useful for keeping an eye on a curated set of stocks while you’re away from the desk.

News. The News Scanner runs on mobile. Tap a headline, read the article, see the related ticker — the same flow as desktop, just laid out for one column.

Quick lookups. Tap the search and type a ticker — you’ll get the current price, percent change, and key data without needing to load a chart.

What’s harder on mobile

Some workflows are technically possible on mobile but uncomfortable enough that most traders don’t try.

Building scans from scratch. Adding 5 filters, picking session codes, dialing values — doable, but tedious on a phone keyboard. Build scans on web or desktop where the filter UI is fast, then load them on mobile.

Charts. Charts work on mobile, but reading subtle price action on a 6-inch screen during volatility isn’t comfortable. If you need to make trade decisions off a chart, you probably don’t want to do it from your phone.

Level 2 and Time & Sales. These render on mobile but the information density is high enough that the experience is cramped. You can pull them up to confirm something, but actively trading from L2 on a phone isn’t realistic.

Multi-tasking layouts. The desktop app’s strength is putting multiple scanners and views side by side. Mobile is one column at a time. You can switch between views, but you can’t watch two streams simultaneously.

Tablet experience

iPads and Android tablets get an in-between layout — wider than phone, narrower than full desktop. Most things that feel cramped on a phone (charts, L2, building scans) feel fine on tablet, especially in landscape orientation. If you’ve got an iPad Pro or similar, the tablet experience is closer to the web app than the phone experience.

Notifications

Mobile alert notifications work through the browser. If you allow notifications when prompted, alert triggers can pop up on your phone’s lock screen even when the browser tab isn’t focused. Behavior depends on the browser:

iOS Safari: Notifications work when Safari is open in the background. Reliability varies — for critical alerts, don’t depend on browser notifications alone. Email alerts (configurable in alert setup) are more reliable on iOS.
Android Chrome: Notifications are reliable and work like a native app’s notifications.

If you’re trading actively from mobile and depend on alerts, set both browser notifications and email alerts so you’ve got redundancy.

Common issues

Layout shows the desktop version on phone. Force-refresh the page (pull down on iOS Safari, refresh on Chrome). If a desktop tab was opened earlier and the URL still has desktop-specific parameters, that can stick — open a fresh tab and go to app.scanz.com directly.

Tap targets feel too small. Pinch to zoom, or rotate to landscape for a wider layout. Most tap targets are sized for thumbs, but tables with many columns can pack tight in portrait.

Login keeps timing out. Mobile browsers are aggressive about clearing sessions. Use “Add to Home Screen” so the app opens as a standalone web view, which tends to keep the session longer.

Sound alerts don’t play on mobile. iOS and Android both restrict autoplay audio in the background. Sound alerts work while the tab is focused, but if your phone is locked or another app is in the foreground, the audio won’t fire. Use email or push notifications for alerts you can’t afford to miss.

When to use mobile vs. desktop

A reasonable rule: build on desktop, monitor on mobile. Sit down with a real keyboard and screen for the work that requires precision (building scans, configuring alerts, laying out workspaces). Pull out the phone for the moments when you just need to know what’s happening — a glance at a scan during lunch, checking whether an alert fired while you were in a meeting, watching pre-market action while you’re walking the dog.

If a workflow keeps making you wish you were on a real screen, that’s the signal to wait until you’re back at the desk.

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