Using ReadyPixl on a phone or tablet

What works and what doesn't when you open ReadyPixl on a phone or tablet. Short version: small batches work; serious bulk needs a computer.

ReadyPixl works in mobile browsers, but the experience is built for computers. This article tells you what you can realistically do on a phone or tablet, and what you should save for desktop.

What works on mobile

Loading a few images by tapping the drop zone and using your phone's image picker
Browsing images in the filmstrip
Checking the canvas preview — see how a pipeline looks
Reading the help center — every article reads fine on phones
Signing in / managing your account
Reviewing presets you previously saved

Useful for: checking a result on the go, reviewing presets between batches, reading docs.

What's harder on mobile

Building a pipeline from scratch. The Selected Tools panel and tool sidebar are crowded on small screens. Possible, but slow.
Tweaking sliders precisely. Sliders are designed for mouse precision; they're harder to land on exact values with a thumb.
Drag-and-drop loading. Mobile browsers don't always support drag-and-drop the way desktop browsers do. Use the click-to-pick instead.
Big batches. Mobile browsers have stricter memory limits than desktop. 5-10 images is fine; 50+ may cause slowdowns or crashes.

What basically doesn't work on mobile

Loading a folder. Mobile image pickers don't have a "select folder" option — you'd have to multi-select individual images.
Heavy AI processing. When AI tools ship, they'll work on mobile but may be very slow.
Long sessions. Mobile Safari and Chrome aggressively close idle tabs. A long ReadyPixl session can lose your pipeline if you switch apps.

Phone vs tablet

Device	Realistic use
iPhone / Android phone (small screen)	Quick result checks, reading docs. Skip serious work.
iPad / Android tablet (medium screen)	Light work — small batches (5-15 images), simple pipelines. Checking previews.
iPad with keyboard + mouse / Surface tablet	Closer to desktop experience. Real work possible, but Chrome or Edge desktop is still faster.

Tips if you have to use mobile

Use the click-to-pick to load. Drag-and-drop is unreliable on mobile.
Save your pipeline as a preset frequently. Mobile sessions can get lost when you switch apps or get a notification.
Stick to small batches. 10 images or fewer.
Keep the ReadyPixl tab in front the whole session. Switching apps can pause the browser tab.
Use Chrome or Safari — they're better optimized than smaller-share mobile browsers.

When to switch to desktop

For batches over 10 images
For any pipeline that uses 5+ tools
For your first time using ReadyPixl (the desktop view shows everything at once; mobile hides things behind taps)
Whenever you have the choice

The free web version on a desktop browser is the same product, way easier to use.

Are you building a mobile app?

Not as a separate native app. The plan is to keep improving the mobile web experience as the product matures. For people who need a serious mobile workflow, the desktop app coming later (which will run as a native Mac/Windows/Linux app) will be the closest equivalent — it's the webapp wrapped in a native shell.

A dedicated phone app isn't on the year-1 roadmap. If that's something you'd want, tell us via the Feedback link — demand drives priority.