Mobile app

What the phone does#

Five tabs: Home, Files, Share links, Portals and More. Sign in with your Boita account (two-factor and passkeys work), pick a workspace, and you have the same storage and links as on the web.

Files#

Browse with breadcrumbs, search within a folder, and see numbered file sets as one row with the frame count. Long-press or open an item for Details, Share link, Download to this phone, Rename (no slashes) and Move to trash. Select mode handles several items at once.

The Add button offers:

• Send from my computer — pick files on any Mac or PC where the desktop app is signed in as you. They go over the fast path from that computer; nothing passes through the phone. A computer shows up within a minute of the app running and stays available while it does.
• Upload files from this phone and Upload photos and videos — originals, EXIF kept, up to 50 per pick.
• New folder.

Phone uploads and downloads use the standard-speed HTTPS path where your deployment has a gateway; the accelerated mobile engine arrives with a later store build, and the app says so on the details sheet. For multi-GB deliveries the desktop app is the fast path.

Share links and portals#

Create a link with expiry presets or a date, a download limit, a password (8+ characters, passed on separately — never in the link or emails), a title, a message and download notices; copy it or hand it to the system share sheet. Open any link for its receipt. Portals show their settings and uploads; you can Approve or Reject an upload (rejecting moves it to Trash) and add a note.

More#

Members (with seats), Upload portals, Projects (read-only), Trash, Storage, Insights, Transfers (All / Running / Failed, refreshing every 15 seconds while anything runs, with the speed badge), Watch folders (read-only — add, pause or remove them in the desktop app), Your connection (which path this phone uses and a 32 MB speed test), the Staff console for platform staff (read-only, with the WhatsApp inbox), Two-factor authentication, Face ID / Touch ID / passcode lock (locks after 60 seconds in the background or on a cold start), Notifications, Appearance (System / Light / Dark), Help centre, Terms, Third-party notices and Sign out.

Links, QR codes and notifications#

Share links, upload portals and invitations open in the app when tapped, and the Scan button reads their QR codes (anything else is refused with Not a Boita link). Push notifications tell you about downloads, comments, reactions, approvals and portal uploads; they need a real device.

Recipients on a phone#

Recipients do not need the app. A delivery page opens in any mobile browser, with a low-bandwidth switch that skips previews and covers; the app's public share and portal screens show the essentials — title, days left, items, size, password step — with Open in browser to download.