Use Similia Offline

Offline mode keeps Similia working when the connection drops. The installed app keeps cases, notes, repertories and materia medica books on the device, saves changes there and syncs them when the connection returns. The offline mode page explains how it works and answers common questions.

Before you start

Offline mode is part of a paid Pro plan, a subscription or Lifetime Pro. A subscription includes it once it is active; it is not part of the free trial. It runs only in the Similia app installed from the browser, never in a browser tab.

Install from a supported browser: Safari, Chrome, Edge or Firefox on iPhone and iPad; Chrome, Samsung Internet, Edge or Firefox on Android; Safari on macOS Sonoma or later, Chrome or Edge on a Mac; Chrome or Edge on Windows, Linux and ChromeOS. Use a device you control, and connect to Wi-Fi for the first download.

Turn on offline mode

1. Open Similia in a supported browser, sign in and go to Settings › Offline.
2. Follow the install steps shown there for the browser in use, such as Add to Home Screen on iPhone or Install in Chrome.
3. Open Similia from the new icon on the home screen, the Dock or the desktop, and sign in if the app asks.
4. In the installed app, go to Settings › Offline. The card shows about how much the account will download. Select Turn on: the app reloads and starts setting up the device.
5. Keep the app open and connected until the card shows Ready to work offline. Each part shows its own progress: the app, the cases, and the repertories and books. The first download can take a few minutes, and the app can be used meanwhile.
6. Check What works offline on the same page before relying on the device without a connection.

What you should see

The Offline mode card shows Ready to work offline, with the number of repertories and books on the device, the space they use and when the device last checked for updates. Repertories and books added to the account later download by themselves. When some premium repertories or books cannot be kept on the device, the card names them and says why; they keep working online.

When the connection drops, an icon appears in the top bar. Cases, analyses and notes keep opening from the device, and keyword search keeps working in the downloaded repertories and books. Changes are saved on the device and sync by themselves when the connection returns, while the app is open. AI features, semantic search and deleting cases, folders or analyses wait for the connection.

Reinstall the app on iPhone, iPad or Mac

When the app on an iPhone, iPad or Mac is out of date or not working properly, Settings › Offline shows Reinstall the app. Follow the steps on the card:

• First, select Turn off on the card. Changes waiting on the device sync, and the device's place for premium repertories and books is freed.
• Then remove Similia: on iPhone and iPad, touch and hold its icon on the Home Screen and remove it; on a Mac, move Similia from the Applications folder in the home folder to the Trash.
• Add Similia again from Safari as when it was first installed, open it from the new icon and sign in.
• Last, go to Settings › Offline and select Turn on.

The card shows these steps only once nothing on the device would be lost. Everything saved to the account stays there.

If something looks wrong

• If Turn on cannot be selected in a browser tab, open the installed app: offline mode works only there. During the free trial, it becomes available once the subscription is active.
• If the card shows Not everything is on this device yet, keep the app open and connected. Similia tries again by itself, restarting once if the device needs it, and the copy of the cases and the downloads carry on from where they stopped. If it still can't finish, select Try again.
• If My Notes are missing without a connection, open the app once while connected so the latest notes are copied to the device.
• If the app shows Reconnect to continue, connect to the internet so it can confirm the subscription or the signed-in account. Nothing on the device is removed.
• If the card says premium repertories and books can't be kept offline right now, they keep working online. Select Check again later.
• If a premium repertory or book says offline access expired, connect to renew it. Premium content works offline on up to 3 devices at a time; Release other devices in Settings › Offline frees a place for this one.
• If Turn off reports that some edits have not synced yet, stay connected until they sync, then select Turn off again.