Hawaii Happy Hours,
right on your home screen
Add Hawaii Happy Hours to your iPhone or Android in about 10 seconds and never miss a deal. You'll get instant push alerts when your favorite spots post happy hours, plus your claimed coupons work offline — perfect when you're at a beach bar with bad signal.
One tap. Real benefits.
Installing Hawaii Happy Hours doesn't go through the App Store or Google Play — it's a Progressive Web App, which means your phone treats it like any other app on your home screen, but it installs in seconds and never bugs you to update.
Push notifications
Follow your favorite restaurants and bars, then get a push the moment they post a new happy hour or limited-time deal — before anyone else sees it.
Coupons that work offline
Open My Coupons once with internet and your claim codes are cached on your device for 30 days — so you can redeem at the restaurant even with zero signal. Quick read on how this works below.
Your home-screen icon
Skip typing the URL. Tap the gold HHH icon and you're straight in, full-screen, no browser tabs or address bar in the way.
Faster every time
The app pre-caches the homepage, search, and your saved listings — so opening it feels instant even on slow Wi-Fi.
Always up to date
Unlike App Store apps, there's no "Update Available" prompts. The app silently updates itself in the background every time you open it.
Tiny footprint, zero spam
Under 1 MB of storage — no bloat, no permissions you don't need, and no marketing emails unless you opt in.
How “works offline” actually works
We want to be upfront about this so there's no surprise at the restaurant. The web app caches the pages you've visited — not every page on the site automatically. Here's the full story.
Open it once with internet
A page only saves to your phone after you've actually loaded it while online. The first visit is what tells the app, “this is a page worth keeping for later.”
Then it works offline
After that first online visit, that page (and anything you can do on it without a server call — like showing a claim code) keeps working with zero signal for up to 30 days.
New pages need internet
A page you've never opened can't magically appear offline. If you go to a brand-new listing for the first time with no signal, you'll see our offline screen instead of the listing.
Two-second habit that makes coupons bulletproof at the bar
After you claim a coupon, tap View My Coupons once. That single visit saves the page to your phone for 30 days, so when you arrive at a beach bar in Hāʻena with one bar of signal, the redemption screen still loads. We also pre-load it for you in the background after every claim, but doing it once yourself is the surest way.
Open My Coupons nowInstall in under a minute
Pick your phone below for step-by-step screenshots. The installation is identical whether you're a kamaʻāina or just visiting — and you can always uninstall by long-pressing the icon like any other app.
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Tap the Share button
It looks like a square with an arrow pointing up. On iPhone it's usually at the bottom of the screen; on iPad it's at the top right.
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Scroll down and tap "Add to Home Screen"
You may need to swipe down through the menu — it sits below the row of share options like AirDrop and Messages.
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Tap "Add" in the top right
You can change the name first if you want, but the default ("Hawaii Happy Hours") is fine. The gold HHH icon appears on your home screen as soon as you tap Add.
After installing: open Hawaii Happy Hours from your home screen icon (not Safari) and you'll be prompted to enable push notifications. That's the magic — it's the only way iPhone allows web apps to send you alerts.
Common questions
Is this a real app from the App Store?
No — and that's the point. It's a Progressive Web App (PWA). Your phone wraps the website in a home-screen icon and runs it full-screen, but there's no App Store download, no review approval, and no manual updates. Apple, Google, and Microsoft all support PWAs natively. Companies like Twitter, Starbucks, and Pinterest ship the same way.
Will it slow down my phone or use a lot of storage?
No. The whole app is well under 1 MB. For comparison, that's smaller than a single high-res photo from your camera roll. It uses about as much battery as keeping a browser tab open.
Why do I need to install it to get notifications?
Push notifications on iPhone only work if Hawaii Happy Hours is added to your home screen — that's an Apple requirement, not ours. On Android they work either way, but they're more reliable when installed. Either way, you'll only ever get notifications you've opted into (followed restaurants posting new deals, daily summary, etc.) and you can turn them off any time from your phone's Settings.
Can I uninstall it later?
Yes, exactly the same way as any other app. Long-press the Hawaii Happy Hours icon on your home screen, tap 'Remove App' (iPhone) or 'Uninstall' (Android), and it's gone — along with the cached data.
Does it work on iPad / Android tablets?
Yes. The install steps are identical to iPhone (iPad) and Android phones (tablet). The app adapts its layout for the larger screen.
Why doesn't the install option appear in Chrome on my iPhone?
Apple restricts PWA installation to Safari only on iPhone and iPad. If you're using Chrome, Firefox, or another browser on iOS, you'll need to open hawaiihappyhours.com in Safari to install. On Android, any modern browser works (Chrome, Edge, Samsung Internet, Brave).
Is the data the same as the website?
Identical. The app and website share the same database, so your account, saved listings, and claimed coupons follow you across both. You can claim a coupon on your laptop and redeem it from the app — they're the same thing.
Does the whole site work offline?
Not the whole site, no — and we'd rather be straight with you than over-promise. The app saves the pages you actually visit, plus all the styling, fonts, and icons that make it feel like an app. So pages you've opened with internet keep working without signal for up to 30 days. Pages you've never opened need internet the first time. The most important offline path — viewing your claimed coupons at the restaurant — only requires that you've opened My Coupons once with a connection. We also auto-prefetch My Coupons for you after every claim so it's saved without you having to think about it.
Why can't I claim a coupon when I'm offline?
Claiming requires our server to issue you a unique claim code and lock it to your account, which is a database write — that needs a live internet connection. Once the claim succeeds, the code itself is locked in. Showing the code at the restaurant (the actual redemption) doesn't talk to our server at all — it just displays the code on your phone — so that part works offline.
Don't miss the next deal
Add Hawaii Happy Hours to your home screen now and we'll keep you stocked with deals, kamaʻāina perks, and the best happy hours on your island — straight to your phone.