Use the Superhuman Docs mobile app

The Superhuman Docs mobile app lets you view and edit docs, create and share new docs, use Docs AI, receive notifications, and respond to comments from your phone or iPad. This article covers the basics of using the app and fixing common issues.

Create and share a doc

To create a new doc on mobile, click the circular + icon in the lower right-hand corner of the app’s homepage.

To share a doc:

1. Tap the 3 dots in the upper-right of the doc.

2. Select Share.

This gives you the same options as on desktop. See Share your doc for more info.

Open a doc

When you log into the mobile app, you’ll see a list of all your docs as well as a search bar for easy access. Tap the doc you’d like to open.

Use Docs AI

Docs AI, Superhuman’s AI assistant, is now available on the mobile app. Open a doc and look for the purple sparkle icon in the lower-right corner. Docs AI can read your doc content and take action in the doc on your behalf. Learn more in Using Docs AI.

View and add pages

When you open a doc or create a new one, you’ll automatically be taken to the top page in the doc. To see all pages and add a new one:

1. Select the hamburger icon (three horizontal lines) in the upper left corner. This shows all pages in the doc.

2. To add a new page, click the blue + New page button.

View table data

For most tables, Superhuman Docs automatically chooses a mobile-optimized card layout based on the data in the table. In some cases, cards don’t fit well and the data will be shown in table form instead.

Tap on any card to see all of the columns from that row in a full-screen view. To see the original table, click the table icon near the table title.

There are a few cases where you may still see a regular table instead of cards:

• If the display column is hidden, you won’t see cards since there isn’t a clear column to choose as the title for the card. See Set the display column for a table.

• If your table has many numeric columns, you’ll see it as a table with column headers so it’s clear what each number represents.

Use buttons

If your table has buttons, these are available by swiping a card to the right.

Edit your doc

There are a few ways to edit your doc on mobile. Any text in a page can be edited with the same rich text toolbar you see on desktop.

For tables, you can add and remove rows with a simple swipe. Choose to insert a row and a blank one appears for entering values. Within any existing row, values can be changed for each cell that isn’t populated by a formula.

Receive notifications

Superhuman Docs supports notifications on mobile. A notification appears when:

• A doc is shared with you

• You are @mentioned in a doc

• There is new activity in a comment thread you have contributed to

• A custom button or automation sends a notification

Tap a notification to go directly into the doc. To see all your notifications, tap the Notifications tab on the bottom right of the app home screen.

Make sure to accept notifications for the Superhuman Docs app on your mobile device to receive these.

Leave and view comments

Superhuman Docs is a collaborative experience when a doc is shared with other users. From the app homepage, you can quickly access and respond to comments across all of your docs by tapping the Notifications tab on the bottom right. Within a doc, you can show or hide comments by tapping the 3 dots (…) in the upper-right corner of the doc.

When you see text that’s highlighted yellow in your doc, tap it to show the comment thread. You can respond directly from there, and also edit or delete comments you have made. You can use the horizontal arrows to cycle through comments on the page.

To copy a link to a comment:

1. Click the three dots next to the comment.

2. Select Copy link.

Paste the link in an email, text message, or note to share with others who have access to the doc. You can also @ reference team members in your response to draw their attention. See Comment on docs for more info.
 

Troubleshoot issues on the mobile app

If the Superhuman Docs mobile app is stuck, a doc won’t open normally, or formulas have stopped updating, try the fixes below.

iOS app is stuck

If the iOS app is stuck, first make sure your app is updated to the latest version, then close and reopen it. In rare cases, the app can stay stuck even after you close and reopen it. If this happens, open the iOS Settings app, scroll down to Superhuman Docs, and choose Reset on next launch.

Doc opens in low memory mode

iOS limits how much memory the app can use, so very large docs may fail to load. When that happens, you will see a We found a problem screen and a prompt to open the doc in Low memory mode. After you open a doc in low memory mode, it opens in low memory mode in the app each time.

When you enter low memory mode, formula calculations will be turned off in an effort to keep your doc usable on the app. You will see a Formulas disabled notice, with an option to Reload as normal. You may be able to temporarily reload the doc and return to usual operations, but you will likely continue to encounter the issue until you scale down your doc. See Reduce the size of your doc for guidance on how to approach this.

Formulas stopped updating

To keep a large doc running smoothly on iOS, the app may freeze certain expensive formulas, such as Now() and Today(), so their values stop updating. When this happens, you will see a Formulas paused popup. You can resume the formulas from the popup by tapping Resume. Resuming uses more memory and may cause the doc to crash. To reduce the load of these formulas, see Optimize calculation performance.
 

Download the app

Access Superhuman Docs from your phone or iPad by navigating to docs.superhuman.com, downloading the Superhuman Docs iOS app, or visiting the Play Store on Android.

• Download for iOS

• Download for Android
   

FAQs

Related resources

• Using Docs AI

• Share your doc

• Comment on docs