What works offline
The places you actually work don't always have bars. So SideWRK keeps going without a connection — you can start a job and add the work right there in the crawlspace or the field, and it's held safely on your phone until you're back in signal, when it syncs on its own. Nothing you did offline is lost.
It also installs to your phone like a regular app — add it to your home screen and it opens straight to your work, no app store needed. What needs the internet still needs it — sending a customer their estimate goes out once you're back online — but the work you do in the field doesn't stop because the signal did.
What you can use it for
Write it up in the dead zone
Basement, rural property, metal building, underground garage — start the job and add the work where you are, not later from memory in the truck.
Never lose the field notes
What you enter offline is saved and syncs when you reconnect, so a lost signal never means a lost job or a re-do.
Open it like an app
Install it to your home screen and it launches straight into your jobs — fast, full-screen, no browser to fumble with.
Work anywhere your trade takes you
The job doesn't wait for a good connection, and neither does the paperwork — you capture it on the spot and it catches up.
How offline works
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Install it to your phone
Add SideWRK to your home screen so it opens like an app and is ready even when the signal isn't.
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Work with no connection
Start a job and add the work in the field — it's saved on your phone, no bars needed.
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It syncs when you're back
The moment you're back online, what you did offline uploads on its own — nothing lost, nothing to re-enter.
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Send once you're connected
Things that reach the customer — sending an estimate or collecting a card payment — go out as soon as you have signal again.
Why offline matters for the trades
The office-app crowd builds for people at a desk with wifi. But the work is in a crawlspace, on a roof, out past where the towers reach. An app that quits the second the signal does is useless exactly when you need it — so SideWRK doesn't.
It's included, and it's built for the reality of the job: capture the work where the work is, and let it catch up when you're back in range.
Offline — common questions
What can I do with no signal?
Start a job and add the work — the line items, notes, and details. It's saved on your phone and syncs when you're back online, so nothing you captured in the field is lost.
Does everything work offline?
The field work does. Things that have to reach someone else — sending a customer their estimate, running a card payment — go through once you're back in signal. The paperwork doesn't stop; the sending waits for a connection.
Do I need to install anything?
You can add SideWRK to your home screen so it opens like an app — no app store. It works in the browser too, but installing makes it faster and readier offline.
Will I lose work if my phone dies offline?
What you entered is saved on the device as you go, and it syncs when you reconnect. Losing signal doesn't lose your work.