Bruno doesn't install anything on his phone, on principle. He joined through the browser, built his wishlist and voted on the draw. For the envelope, the chat and the phone notifications, he ended up downloading the app.
I'm hereoamigosecreto.app (the website: invite, invite kit, name draw and this guide)
I'm hereplay.oamigosecreto.app (the browser)
I'm herestore.oamigosecreto.app (the Store)
I'm hereApp Store and Google Play (the app)
I'm hereoamigosecreto.app/baixar (to pick one)
Browser or app?
App
Browser
Join through the invite
Yes
Yes
Create the group and invite
Yes
Yes
Approve and draw names
Yes
Yes
Vote in the Democratic Draw
Yes
Yes
Wishlist
Yes
Yes
Envelope
Yes
through the vote or the Store
Anonymous chat and hints
Yes
No
Restrictions and My family
Yes
No
Waiting Room and reveal
Yes
No
Recap and running the group again
Yes
No
Phone notifications
Yes
by email, if you turn it on
Store
Yes
"Shop for the person I drew" and store.oamigosecreto.app
Websiteoamigosecreto.app
Browserplay.oamigosecreto.app
Storestore.oamigosecreto.app
Get the appoamigosecreto.app/baixar
Step by step
1
Use the same account in both
In the app and in the browser you sign in with the same Google or Apple account, no password. Your groups and your wishlist show up in both places.
2
Do the essentials in the browser
At play.oamigosecreto.app you join by invite, create the group, invite people, approve whoever asked, build your wishlist, draw names and vote.
3
Install the app for the rest
The envelope, chat, hints and notifications stay in the app. In the browser, when the next step is one of those, the panel shows "Open in the app".
4
Just drawing names? Open the name draw
With the crew in the room and no account needed, open oamigosecreto.app/sorteador: 3 to 100 names, with restrictions. Nothing leaves your browser.
5
Pick how to install
On iPhone it's the App Store, on Android it's Google Play, and if you stay in the browser you add the page to your home screen from its menu.
Same account in the app and the browser.
Works in your browser, nothing to install. Drawing names with no sign-up only applies to the site's name draw: a group needs a Google or Apple account, in the app or in the browser.
Questions about this chapter
Do I need to install anything?
No. At play.oamigosecreto.app you join by invite, create the group, bring the crew in, approve whoever asked, build your wishlist, draw names and vote. If you got an invite, tap the link: on your phone, the big button says "Join now, no download needed". Without an invite, open play.oamigosecreto.app and sign in.
What can I only do in the app?
The app is where you find the anonymous chat and the hints, My family, the photo album, the Waiting Room, the 30 Magic Days doors and the group games. The envelope is in the app too, but "Shop for the person I drew" opens the Store with the person you drew. Install it from the App Store or Google Play.
Is there a desktop version?
Yes, in the browser: play.oamigosecreto.app opens on a computer with the same account and the same groups, and an invite opened there shows the "Join in the browser" button. The app itself is only for iPhone and Android. Open play.oamigosecreto.app and sign in with your Google or Apple account.
I just want to draw names now, without creating an account.
That's what the site's name draw is for, at oamigosecreto.app/sorteador, no sign-up. The phone goes from hand to hand and each person taps their own name. Whoever is holding the phone can peek; if even you shouldn't know who drew whom, create a group instead. Open the name draw, paste the names and tap "Draw names".
How do I install it on iPhone and Android?
On iPhone, from the App Store; on Android, from Google Play. The page oamigosecreto.app/baixar shows "Download for iPhone", "Download for Android" and "Open in the browser (no install)" and, if you came from an invite, keeps the code in view. If the app opens with "Update required", update it in the store and go on.
I started in the browser. Do I lose anything if I install the app?
You don't lose a thing. The account is the same, Google or Apple, and your groups, your wishlist and everything you've done live in that account, not on the device. Install it, sign in with the same Google or Apple account and the group is already there, now with the envelope, chat, hints and phone notifications.
Do I get notifications in the browser?
On your phone, no: the browser doesn't send any. What you get is an email when someone joins or the draw is scheduled. To turn it on, go to Profile, find the "Emails" card and check "Activity in your groups". To hear when the draw runs or you're approved, install the app and turn on "Notifications" in Profile.