diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f68908e4..e968fcb0d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ backup_sdk54_upgrade/
 SDK54_UPGRADE_SUMMARY.md
 SDK54_UPGRADE_SUMMARY.md
 build-and-publish-app-releases.sh
+bottomnav.md
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index 1dee0112d..c24031c1d 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <resources xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
-  <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.AppCompat.DayNight.NoActionBar">
+  <style name="AppTheme" parent="Theme.Material3.DayNight.NoActionBar">
     <item name="android:enforceNavigationBarContrast" tools:targetApi="29">true</item>
     <item name="android:editTextBackground">@drawable/rn_edit_text_material</item>
     <item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index 32a5c2913..8662c1fc7 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@
           "localNetworkPermission": "Allow $(PRODUCT_NAME) to access your local network",
           "supportsBackgroundPlayback": true
         }
-      ]
+      ],
+      "react-native-bottom-tabs"
     ],
     "updates": {
       "enabled": true,
diff --git a/ios/Podfile.lock b/ios/Podfile.lock
index b90feb251..ada4a4a98 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -1707,6 +1707,53 @@ PODS:
     - ReactCommon/turbomodule/core
     - ReactNativeDependencies
     - Yoga
+  - react-native-bottom-tabs (0.12.2):
+    - hermes-engine
+    - RCTRequired
+    - RCTTypeSafety
+    - React-Core
+    - React-Core-prebuilt
+    - React-debug
+    - React-Fabric
+    - React-featureflags
+    - React-graphics
+    - React-ImageManager
+    - React-jsi
+    - react-native-bottom-tabs/common (= 0.12.2)
+    - React-NativeModulesApple
+    - React-RCTFabric
+    - React-renderercss
+    - React-rendererdebug
+    - React-utils
+    - ReactCodegen
+    - ReactCommon/turbomodule/bridging
+    - ReactCommon/turbomodule/core
+    - ReactNativeDependencies
+    - SwiftUIIntrospect (~> 1.0)
+    - Yoga
+  - react-native-bottom-tabs/common (0.12.2):
+    - hermes-engine
+    - RCTRequired
+    - RCTTypeSafety
+    - React-Core
+    - React-Core-prebuilt
+    - React-debug
+    - React-Fabric
+    - React-featureflags
+    - React-graphics
+    - React-ImageManager
+    - React-jsi
+    - React-NativeModulesApple
+    - React-RCTFabric
+    - React-renderercss
+    - React-rendererdebug
+    - React-utils
+    - ReactCodegen
+    - ReactCommon/turbomodule/bridging
+    - ReactCommon/turbomodule/core
+    - ReactNativeDependencies
+    - SwiftUIIntrospect (~> 1.0)
+    - Yoga
   - react-native-device-brightness (1.2.7):
     - React
   - react-native-get-random-values (1.11.0):
@@ -2631,6 +2678,7 @@ PODS:
     - libwebp (~> 1.0)
     - SDWebImage/Core (~> 5.17)
   - Sentry/HybridSDK (8.56.1)
+  - SwiftUIIntrospect (1.3.0)
   - Yoga (0.0.0)
 
 DEPENDENCIES:
@@ -2712,6 +2760,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - React-Mapbuffer (from `../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon`)
   - React-microtasksnativemodule (from `../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/microtasks`)
   - "react-native-blur (from `../node_modules/@react-native-community/blur`)"
+  - react-native-bottom-tabs (from `../node_modules/react-native-bottom-tabs`)
   - "react-native-device-brightness (from `../node_modules/@adrianso/react-native-device-brightness`)"
   - react-native-get-random-values (from `../node_modules/react-native-get-random-values`)
   - "react-native-netinfo (from `../node_modules/@react-native-community/netinfo`)"
@@ -2773,6 +2822,7 @@ SPEC REPOS:
     - SDWebImageAVIFCoder
     - SDWebImageWebPCoder
     - Sentry
+    - SwiftUIIntrospect
 
 EXTERNAL SOURCES:
   DisplayCriteria:
@@ -2934,6 +2984,8 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/react/nativemodule/microtasks"
   react-native-blur:
     :path: "../node_modules/@react-native-community/blur"
+  react-native-bottom-tabs:
+    :path: "../node_modules/react-native-bottom-tabs"
   react-native-device-brightness:
     :path: "../node_modules/@adrianso/react-native-device-brightness"
   react-native-get-random-values:
@@ -3129,6 +3181,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-Mapbuffer: fbe1da882a187e5898bdf125e1cc6e603d27ecae
   React-microtasksnativemodule: 76905804171d8ccbe69329fc84c57eb7934add7f
   react-native-blur: 1b00ef07fe0efdc0c40b37139a5268ccad73c72d
+  react-native-bottom-tabs: e37c9d1565b1ee48c4c0e4b4fa4b804775f82dfa
   react-native-device-brightness: 1a997350d060c3df9f303b1df84a4f7c5cbeb924
   react-native-get-random-values: d16467cf726c618e9c7a8c3c39c31faa2244bbba
   react-native-netinfo: cec9c4e86083cb5b6aba0e0711f563e2fbbff187
@@ -3180,6 +3233,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   SDWebImageAVIFCoder: afe194a084e851f70228e4be35ef651df0fc5c57
   SDWebImageWebPCoder: e38c0a70396191361d60c092933e22c20d5b1380
   Sentry: b3ec44d01708fce73f99b544beb57e890eca4406
+  SwiftUIIntrospect: fee9aa07293ee280373a591e1824e8ddc869ba5d
   Yoga: 051f086b5ccf465ff2ed38a2cf5a558ae01aaaa1
 
 PODFILE CHECKSUM: 1db7b3713ca6ad8568e4bdf6b72b92b72ee8199d
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 449374682..f78d5715f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@adrianso/react-native-device-brightness": "^1.2.7",
         "@backpackapp-io/react-native-toast": "^0.14.0",
+        "@bottom-tabs/react-navigation": "^0.12.2",
         "@d11/react-native-fast-image": "^8.8.0",
         "@expo/env": "^2.0.7",
         "@expo/metro-runtime": "~6.1.2",
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
         "posthog-react-native": "^4.4.0",
         "react": "19.1.0",
         "react-native": "0.81.4",
+        "react-native-bottom-tabs": "^0.12.2",
         "react-native-gesture-handler": "~2.28.0",
         "react-native-get-random-values": "^1.11.0",
         "react-native-image-colors": "^2.5.0",
@@ -1622,6 +1624,67 @@
         "react-native-safe-area-context": ">=4.2.4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/@bottom-tabs/react-navigation": {
+      "version": "0.12.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@bottom-tabs/react-navigation/-/react-navigation-0.12.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-vQ/7pNcWk2TgveVCBfdQnbLC6zaRbIL2EM4Vsifk/NCCZ49oT1G2K7iXAsCPby9/ofd6ndGOMmsVLFVq5M7fjw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "color": "^5.0.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "@react-navigation/native": ">=7",
+        "react": "*",
+        "react-native": "*",
+        "react-native-bottom-tabs": "*"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@bottom-tabs/react-navigation/node_modules/color": {
+      "version": "5.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color/-/color-5.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-e2hz5BzbUPcYlIRHo8ieAhYgoajrJr+hWoceg6E345TPsATMUKqDgzt8fSXZJJbxfpiPzkWyphz8yn8At7q3fA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "color-convert": "^3.0.1",
+        "color-string": "^2.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@bottom-tabs/react-navigation/node_modules/color-convert": {
+      "version": "3.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-convert/-/color-convert-3.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UNqkvCDXstVck3kdowtOTWROIJQwafjOfXSmddoDrXo4cewMKmusCeF22Q24zvjR8nwWib/3S/dfyzPItPEiJg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "color-name": "^2.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=14.6"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@bottom-tabs/react-navigation/node_modules/color-name": {
+      "version": "2.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-name/-/color-name-2.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9vEt7gE16EW7Eu7pvZnR0abW9z6ufzhXxGXZEVU9IqPdlsUiMwJeJfRtq0zePUmnbHGT9zajca7mX8zgoayo4A==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12.20"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@bottom-tabs/react-navigation/node_modules/color-string": {
+      "version": "2.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/color-string/-/color-string-2.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-RxmjYxbWemV9gKu4zPgiZagUxbH3RQpEIO77XoSSX0ivgABDZ+h8Zuash/EMFLTI4N9QgFPOJ6JQpPZKFxa+dA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "color-name": "^2.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=18"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@callstack/react-theme-provider": {
       "version": "3.0.9",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@callstack/react-theme-provider/-/react-theme-provider-3.0.9.tgz",
@@ -10686,6 +10749,21 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/react-native-bottom-tabs": {
+      "version": "0.12.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-native-bottom-tabs/-/react-native-bottom-tabs-0.12.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-OXxYtKbJK8hfV7ZrrS/h3vmoB2WOQQRBuV+cqJ1NJSpKxZNBIwHfbUxGlkgcg/I7x2GlmZ9yDDC3KbQ3ouv69Q==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "react-freeze": "^1.0.0",
+        "sf-symbols-typescript": "^2.0.0",
+        "use-latest-callback": "^0.2.1"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "react": "*",
+        "react-native": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/react-native-elevation": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-native-elevation/-/react-native-elevation-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -11943,6 +12021,15 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-E5LDX7Wrp85Kil5bhZv46j8jOeboKq5JMmYM3gVGdGH8xFpPWXUMsNrlODCrkoxMEeNi/XZIwuRvY4XNwYMJpw==",
       "license": "ISC"
     },
+    "node_modules/sf-symbols-typescript": {
+      "version": "2.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sf-symbols-typescript/-/sf-symbols-typescript-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ezT7gu/SHTPIOEEoG6TF+O0m5eewl0ZDAO4AtdBi5HjsrUI6JdCG17+Q8+aKp0heM06wZKApRCn5olNbs0Wb/A==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/shebang-command": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/shebang-command/-/shebang-command-2.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2662e1bd4..48f7fc8f0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@adrianso/react-native-device-brightness": "^1.2.7",
     "@backpackapp-io/react-native-toast": "^0.14.0",
+    "@bottom-tabs/react-navigation": "^0.12.2",
     "@d11/react-native-fast-image": "^8.8.0",
     "@expo/env": "^2.0.7",
     "@expo/metro-runtime": "~6.1.2",
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@
     "posthog-react-native": "^4.4.0",
     "react": "19.1.0",
     "react-native": "0.81.4",
+    "react-native-bottom-tabs": "^0.12.2",
     "react-native-gesture-handler": "~2.28.0",
     "react-native-get-random-values": "^1.11.0",
     "react-native-image-colors": "^2.5.0",
diff --git a/src/navigation/AppNavigator.tsx b/src/navigation/AppNavigator.tsx
index 69fb54efe..322198973 100644
--- a/src/navigation/AppNavigator.tsx
+++ b/src/navigation/AppNavigator.tsx
@@ -814,6 +814,78 @@ const MainTabs = () => {
     );
   };
   
+  // iOS: Use native bottom tabs (@bottom-tabs/react-navigation)
+  if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
+    // Dynamically require to avoid impacting Android bundle
+    const { createNativeBottomTabNavigator } = require('@bottom-tabs/react-navigation');
+    const IOSTab = createNativeBottomTabNavigator();
+
+    return (
+      <View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: currentTheme.colors.darkBackground }}>
+        <StatusBar
+          translucent
+          barStyle="light-content"
+          backgroundColor="transparent"
+        />
+        <IOSTab.Navigator
+          // Native tab bar handles its own visuals; keep options minimal
+          screenOptions={{
+            headerShown: false,
+            tabBarActiveTintColor: currentTheme.colors.primary,
+            tabBarInactiveTintColor: currentTheme.colors.white,
+            translucent: true,
+            // Prefer native lazy/freeze when available; still pass for parity
+            lazy: true,
+            freezeOnBlur: true,
+          }}
+        >
+          <IOSTab.Screen
+            name="Home"
+            component={HomeScreen}
+            options={{
+              title: 'Home',
+              tabBarIcon: () => ({ sfSymbol: 'house' }),
+            }}
+          />
+          <IOSTab.Screen
+            name="Library"
+            component={LibraryScreen}
+            options={{
+              title: 'Library',
+              tabBarIcon: () => ({ sfSymbol: 'heart' }),
+            }}
+          />
+          <IOSTab.Screen
+            name="Search"
+            component={SearchScreen}
+            options={{
+              title: 'Search',
+              tabBarIcon: () => ({ sfSymbol: 'magnifyingglass' }),
+            }}
+          />
+          {appSettings?.enableDownloads !== false && (
+            <IOSTab.Screen
+              name="Downloads"
+              component={DownloadsScreen}
+              options={{
+                title: 'Downloads',
+                tabBarIcon: () => ({ sfSymbol: 'arrow.down.circle' }),
+              }}
+            />
+          )}
+          <IOSTab.Screen
+            name="Settings"
+            component={SettingsScreen}
+            options={{
+              title: 'Settings',
+              tabBarIcon: () => ({ sfSymbol: 'gear' }),
+            }}
+          />
+        </IOSTab.Navigator>
+      </View>
+    );
+  }
+
   return (
     <View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: currentTheme.colors.darkBackground }}>
       {/* Common StatusBar for all tabs */}
diff --git a/src/screens/CatalogSettingsScreen.tsx b/src/screens/CatalogSettingsScreen.tsx
index cf6a20d3e..e1b4fbe3d 100644
--- a/src/screens/CatalogSettingsScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/CatalogSettingsScreen.tsx
@@ -668,35 +668,40 @@ const CatalogSettingsScreen = () => {
         {Platform.OS === 'ios' ? (
           <Pressable style={styles.modalOverlay} onPress={() => setIsRenameModalVisible(false)}>
             {GlassViewComp && liquidGlassAvailable ? (
-              <GlassViewComp
-                style={styles.modalContent}
-                glassEffectStyle="regular"
-              >
-            ) : (
-              <BlurView
-                style={styles.modalContent}
-                intensity={90}
-                tint="default"
-              >
-            )}
-              <Pressable onPress={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}> 
-                <Text style={styles.modalTitle}>Rename Catalog</Text>
-                <TextInput
-                  style={styles.modalInput}
-                  value={currentRenameValue}
-                  onChangeText={setCurrentRenameValue}
-                  placeholder="Enter new catalog name"
-                  placeholderTextColor={colors.mediumGray}
-                  autoFocus={true}
-                />
-                <View style={styles.modalButtons}>
-                  <Button title="Cancel" onPress={() => setIsRenameModalVisible(false)} color={colors.mediumGray} />
-                  <Button title="Save" onPress={handleSaveRename} color={colors.primary} />
-                </View>
-              </Pressable>
-            {GlassViewComp && liquidGlassAvailable ? (
+              <GlassViewComp style={styles.modalContent} glassEffectStyle="regular">
+                <Pressable onPress={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}>
+                  <Text style={styles.modalTitle}>Rename Catalog</Text>
+                  <TextInput
+                    style={styles.modalInput}
+                    value={currentRenameValue}
+                    onChangeText={setCurrentRenameValue}
+                    placeholder="Enter new catalog name"
+                    placeholderTextColor={colors.mediumGray}
+                    autoFocus={true}
+                  />
+                  <View style={styles.modalButtons}>
+                    <Button title="Cancel" onPress={() => setIsRenameModalVisible(false)} color={colors.mediumGray} />
+                    <Button title="Save" onPress={handleSaveRename} color={colors.primary} />
+                  </View>
+                </Pressable>
               </GlassViewComp>
             ) : (
+              <BlurView style={styles.modalContent} intensity={90} tint="default">
+                <Pressable onPress={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}>
+                  <Text style={styles.modalTitle}>Rename Catalog</Text>
+                  <TextInput
+                    style={styles.modalInput}
+                    value={currentRenameValue}
+                    onChangeText={setCurrentRenameValue}
+                    placeholder="Enter new catalog name"
+                    placeholderTextColor={colors.mediumGray}
+                    autoFocus={true}
+                  />
+                  <View style={styles.modalButtons}>
+                    <Button title="Cancel" onPress={() => setIsRenameModalVisible(false)} color={colors.mediumGray} />
+                    <Button title="Save" onPress={handleSaveRename} color={colors.primary} />
+                  </View>
+                </Pressable>
               </BlurView>
             )}
           </Pressable>