AirVA runs the second you open it — no download, no store, no account. But if you draw daily, one tap saves it to your device: its own icon, its own window, the same instant app. It isn't a native app; it's the browser app, kept where you can reach it.
Free · no account · works in seconds
The same AirVA either way — in a tab, or in its own window with an icon of its own.
Below: the exact steps for every device, and the honest answers about what installing does and doesn't do.
Every app you've ever installed made you wait — a store, a download bar, an update nag three weeks later. AirVA skips the entire ritual. You open getairva.com and you're drawing, because the app is the page.
No installer, no setup, no permissions beyond the camera you say yes to. The first visit and the hundredth work the same way.
You're always on the current version, automatically. There is nothing to patch and no changelog to ignore.
Everything runs in your browser — the camera feed never leaves your device. Installing changes none of this.
Your device · Full steps
Worked out from your browser, not a guess at your device. The full steps for every platform are below.
If you draw more than once, give it an icon. One tap on most devices — and it's worth saying plainly: this saves the browser app to your device. It is not a store download, which is exactly why it stays free of everything downloads drag along.
→ AirVA gets its own Home Screen icon and opens in its own window, no browser bars. Remove any time: long-press the icon.
→ The strongest install of any platform: AirVA appears in your app drawer and app settings like any app, opens full screen. Uninstall from Settings → Apps.
→ AirVA opens in its own clean window, lives in your Start menu / taskbar. Uninstall from chrome://apps or edge://apps.
→ AirVA gets its own Dock icon and window, independent of the browser.
→ Honest note: Firefox's version is a pinned window, not a full install. Everything else about AirVA works identically.
More on drawing away from a desk: Air drawing on your phone.
Still stuck? Open the canvas and try it — the thing answers faster than reading about it does.
Try it FreeNo — and there's nothing to get from a store. AirVA is a browser app: it runs at getairva.com the moment you open it. The steps on this page save that same app to your device with its own icon and window. Several big products work exactly this way now; the app you'd get from a store would just be this same web app in a wrapper.
It's the real AirVA with its own icon and its own window — on Android it even appears in your app drawer and in Settings → Apps like any other app. What it isn't is a native download from a store. We think that's a feature: nothing to update, nothing taking up meaningful space, and the version on your device is always the current one.
No — same canvas, same gestures, same everything. What changes is reach and focus: an icon where your apps live, and a window without browser bars around it. On Android it opens full screen; on iPhone it opens in its own clean window.
Not currently — AirVA needs an internet connection. Installing saves the app to your device for one-tap access; it doesn't make it offline.
No and no. AirVA is free, installed or not, and there is still no account anywhere.
Two common reasons. On iPhone and iPad, only Safari can add web apps — use the Share button rather than looking for an install prompt, because iOS never shows one. And Firefox on Mac or Linux doesn't support installing web apps at all — bookmark AirVA there, or use Safari, Chrome or Edge.
iPhone/iPad: long-press the icon and delete, like any Home Screen item. Android: Settings → Apps → AirVA → Uninstall. Chrome or Edge on desktop: open chrome://apps or edge://apps and remove it. Mac Safari: drag the icon out of the Dock and delete the app from your Applications-adjacent web apps. Nothing lingers.
Very little — it isn't a packaged download. The app you install is a pointer to the same AirVA that runs in your browser, plus its icon.
The canvas doesn't care whether it's in a tab or on your Home Screen. Open it and draw.