Lagos Life app

There is no official Lagos Life app in the App Store or Google Play, and nothing to download: the game runs in your phone’s browser at lagoslife.app (Technext). It is built as a web app, so you can add it to your home screen, where it opens full screen with its own icon, like an app (official web app manifest).

Unofficial fan guide. This site is not run by or connected to the Lagos Life developer. The official game is at lagoslife.app.

Play Lagos Life on your phone

  1. Open your browser. Use Safari on iPhone, Chrome on Android. A phone with internet access is enough; there is no app to install (BusinessDay).
  2. Go to lagoslife.app. If you tapped a Lagos Life link inside TikTok, X or another app, the game asks you to open it in your real browser for full screen, sound and saving it to your home screen: tap ⋯ at the top right, then Open in browser (official site).
  3. Tap Sign up free and enter your name, a username and your email, then the 6-digit code the game emails you (official site). Players must be 18 or older (official terms).
  4. Put it on your home screen with the steps below, so next time it opens in one tap.

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Add Lagos Life to your iPhone home screen

On an iPhone or iPad, do this in Safari (Apple Support):

  1. Open lagoslife.app in Safari.
  2. Tap the Share button. On newer versions of iOS, tap ⋯ first, then Share.
  3. Scroll down the list and tap Add to Home Screen. If it is missing, tap Edit Actions at the bottom of the list and add it.
  4. If you see Open as Web App, leave it on, then tap Add. Lagos Life gets its own icon.

The icon keeps its own sign-in, separate from Safari (Apple Developer), so it may open on the start screen. Tap Log in there with the username or email you signed up with, instead of creating a second account (official site).

The game gives the same steps and adds: using Chrome on iPhone? Open lagoslife.app in Safari first (official site). On iPhone, the game’s notifications for messages and election news only work once you have added it to the home screen (official site).

Add Lagos Life to your Android home screen

In Chrome on Android (Google Chrome Help):

  1. Open lagoslife.app in Chrome.
  2. Tap More (the three dots on the right of the address bar).
  3. Tap Install and create shortcut, then Install, and follow what the screen says.

After you have played for a few minutes, the game itself may offer “Put Lagos Life on your home screen” with an Install button that does the same in one tap (official site).

Phone too old to play?

The home-screen icon opens the same game, so your phone needs what the website needs: on iPhone and iPad, iOS 16.4 or newer, whatever the browser; on Android, an up-to-date browser such as Chrome (official site, MDN).

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Careful with “Lagos Life” apps

Heads up: the game has no app-store listing (Technext), so an app or APK file called Lagos Life is not from its developer. Don’t install one, and never type your Lagos Life password or email code into anything but lagoslife.app. Trying to get into another player’s account breaks the game’s rules (official terms). Unrelated things already use the game’s name, such as the $LAGOSLIFE crypto token (Techpoint Africa).

Questions

Is there a Lagos Life app on the Play Store or the App Store?

No. Technext reports the game has no download and no app-store listing; it runs in the browser at lagoslife.app.

Can I download a Lagos Life APK?

There is no official APK or other download. On Android, install the game from Chrome instead: open lagoslife.app, tap More, then Install and create shortcut, then Install (Google Chrome Help).

Is the home-screen icon the same game?

Yes. It opens lagoslife.app itself, full screen and with its own icon (official web app manifest).

Do I lose my game if I delete the icon?

No. Your game is saved on the game’s servers, not on the phone, so you can log in again in the browser or add the icon again (official site, official privacy policy).

Can I get Lagos Life notifications on my phone?

The game offers notifications for messages and election news. On iPhone, the game says to add Lagos Life to your Home Screen first (official site).

Will there be an official Lagos Life app?

None of the sources this guide checks mentions plans for one. Until the developer announces it on lagoslife.app, treat any “Lagos Life app” as unofficial.

Sources

  1. Official site: Lagos Life (the game) (read 6 Oct 2026)
  2. Official site: Web app manifest (name, icons, opens full screen) (read 6 Oct 2026)
  3. Official site: Terms of Use, 1 Oct 2026 (read 6 Oct 2026)
  4. Official site: Privacy & Cookie Policy, 1 Oct 2026 (read 6 Oct 2026)
  5. Technext: Lagos Life hit 1 million players in three days, and it may be rewriting the rules for Nigerian games, 5 Oct 2026 (read 5 Oct 2026)
  6. BusinessDay: Lagos Life crosses 1m players as Nigerian-built browser game goes viral, 5 Oct 2026 (read 5 Oct 2026)
  7. Techpoint Africa: Lagos Life: Sim-style web game crosses 1m players in 4 days, 5 Oct 2026 (read 5 Oct 2026)
  8. Apple Support: Bookmark a website in Safari on iPhone (Add a website icon to your Home Screen) (read 6 Oct 2026)
  9. Apple Developer: What’s new in web apps (WWDC23): Home Screen web apps have their own cookies and storage (read 6 Oct 2026)
  10. Google Chrome Help: Use web apps (Android) (read 6 Oct 2026)
  11. MDN Web Docs: Static initialization blocks: browser compatibility (read 5 Oct 2026)