Keep working when the connection drops

Yes, with a paid Pro plan. The installed Similia app keeps recent cases, notes, repertories and materia medica books on the device, so they keep working without a connection, and changes sync when the connection returns. On the Free plan, and in a browser tab, Similia needs an internet connection.

Offline mode is part of a paid Pro plan: a subscription or Lifetime Pro. The repertories and materia medica books the account includes, through the plan or through add-ons, are downloaded for offline use. If the plan ends, offline mode turns itself off on each device after syncing any waiting changes.

No. Offline mode starts once the Pro subscription is active: it is not part of the free trial. During the trial, Similia works online as usual.

Yes. Offline mode runs in the Similia app installed from the browser, never in a browser tab. Installing takes about a minute and needs no app store: Settings › Offline shows the steps for the browser in use. The installed app may ask to sign in once more.

iPhone and iPad with Safari, Chrome, Edge or Firefox; Android with Chrome, Samsung Internet, Edge or Firefox; Mac with Safari on macOS Sonoma or later, Chrome or Edge; and Windows, Linux or ChromeOS with Chrome or Edge. Offline mode doesn't work with Firefox or Opera on a computer.

Offline mode downloads the app itself, the account's cases and every repertory and materia medica book on the account: classic books in English and, where a translation exists, in the app's language, premium books in English. As a guide, the app takes about 12 MB, the eight classical repertories about 6 MB and the 27 classic books about 30 MB in English, plus about 20 to 35 MB for their translations into the app's language, depending on how many of the books that language has. Each premium repertory adds up to about 8 MB per language, and each premium book up to about 7 MB. Settings › Offline shows how much space Similia uses on the device. Offline mode also copies My Notes to the device, and later changes are copied while it is online.

Every repertory on the account: the eight classical repertories and the premium repertories included in the plan or bought as add-ons. Keyword search and chapter browsing work offline, while semantic search, search filters and search operators need a connection. The 27 classic materia medica books and the premium books on the account can be read offline and searched by keyword, although translated classic books in some languages are searched online only.

No. Notes-to-Rubric, AI case analysis, the AI assistant, Live Audio, dictation and photo analysis run on servers, so they need a connection. While the device is offline their buttons are dimmed, and they work again as soon as the connection returns.

They are saved on the device straight away and sync by themselves when the connection returns, while the app is open. An icon in the app's top bar shows when changes are waiting. If the same notes changed on another device in the meantime, both versions are kept.

At least once every 30 days, so the app can confirm the plan. After 30 days without a connection, the app asks to reconnect before opening offline again; nothing on the device is removed, and changes made offline sync once connected. Offline access to premium repertories and books is renewed at each online check.

Offline mode runs separately on each device where Similia is installed, and turns itself on there. Premium repertories and books work offline on up to 3 devices used in the last 30 days; Settings › Offline can release the others, and turning offline mode off on a device frees its place. The classical repertories and books have no device limit.

In the installed app, open Settings › Offline and choose Turn off. Similia first syncs any waiting changes, then removes the offline copy of the app, the cases and the downloaded repertories and books from the device. Everything stays in the account online, and offline mode stays off on that device until it is turned on again. Signing out also removes the cases and notes kept offline.

An iPhone, iPad or Mac never updates the icon or the start page of an app added from Safari. When a newer one is needed, or the app's storage on the device stops working, Settings › Offline suggests removing Similia and adding it again. It asks to choose Turn off first, which syncs waiting changes, and shows the next steps only once nothing on the device would be lost. Chrome, Edge and Android update the app by themselves and are never asked.