diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b368e3f..5132989 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "explore-dig-net",
-  "version": "0.3.0",
+  "version": "0.3.1",
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "description": "explore.dig.net — the curated dApp store for the DIG Network / Chia ecosystem",
diff --git a/src/styles.css b/src/styles.css
index 9d4bb62..2878e0f 100644
--- a/src/styles.css
+++ b/src/styles.css
@@ -1437,18 +1437,50 @@ a {
     margin-top: 20px;
   }
 
+  /* Phone launcher: the icon grid is the hero, so the heading + intro recede to a compact,
+     status-bar-like header (kept for a11y/SEO, §6.6 — never deleted) and the grid dominates the
+     viewport like an iOS/Android home screen. */
   .apps-home {
-    padding-top: 20px;
+    padding-top: 16px;
+  }
+
+  .apps-home-heading {
+    font-size: 21px;
+  }
+
+  .apps-home-intro {
+    font-size: 13px;
+    margin-top: 6px;
   }
 
   .app-home-grid {
-    grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, 72px);
-    gap: 24px 16px;
-    margin-top: 28px;
+    /* Full-width, evenly-distributed launcher columns — 4-up on phones — instead of the desktop's
+       centered fixed-px cluster. 1fr tracks span the whole shell width with even gutters, so a
+       handful of icons read as a home screen, not a small centered web widget. */
+    grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
+    justify-content: normal;
+    column-gap: 8px;
+    row-gap: 26px;
+    margin-top: 20px;
   }
 
   .app-tile {
-    max-width: 80px;
+    /* Fill the 1fr cell so columns are even across the launcher (no fixed-px cap that re-clusters). */
+    max-width: none;
+  }
+
+  /* Bigger home-screen squircles that scale with the 1fr cell (~56–72px). The 22% squircle radius +
+     soft drop shadow come from the base .app-tile-icon-frame rule; !important is required only to
+     beat AppIcon's inline width/height (the img attrs + the fallback span's inline style) — the
+     component's API is untouched (CLAUDE.md §2.0: AppIcon is reused/CRITICAL, re-skin via CSS only). */
+  .app-tile-icon-frame .app-icon,
+  .app-tile-icon-frame .app-icon-fallback {
+    width: clamp(56px, 17vw, 72px) !important;
+    height: clamp(56px, 17vw, 72px) !important;
+  }
+
+  .app-tile-name {
+    font-size: 12px;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/a11y/apps.spec.ts b/tests/a11y/apps.spec.ts
index c10e1ec..eae98d1 100644
--- a/tests/a11y/apps.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/a11y/apps.spec.ts
@@ -60,4 +60,29 @@ test.describe("Apps home-screen tab", () => {
     await expect(page.locator("html")).toHaveAttribute("data-theme", "light");
     await expectAxeClean(page);
   });
+
+  // Regression for #51 follow-up: on phones the grid must read as a home-screen launcher — a
+  // full-width, evenly-distributed 4-up column layout — NOT the old centered fixed-72px cluster
+  // (`repeat(auto-fit, 72px)` + `justify-content: center`, which rendered a handful of icons as a
+  // small centered widget). Asserted against real CSS at the exact target phone widths.
+  for (const width of [360, 390, 414]) {
+    test(`renders a full-width 4-up launcher grid at ${width}px`, async ({ page }) => {
+      await page.setViewportSize({ width, height: 780 });
+      await page.goto("/apps");
+      const grid = page.getByTestId("app-home-grid");
+      await expect(grid).toBeVisible();
+      const tracks = await grid.evaluate(
+        (el) =>
+          getComputedStyle(el)
+            .gridTemplateColumns.split(" ")
+            .map((v) => parseFloat(v)),
+      );
+      // Exactly four equal columns (the cluster layout produced one track per app / collapsed
+      // 72px tracks, never four evenly-sized ones).
+      expect(tracks).toHaveLength(4);
+      // Each 1fr track is far wider than the old fixed 72px cluster track — proof the grid spans
+      // the full shell width instead of centering a small icon cluster.
+      for (const track of tracks) expect(track).toBeGreaterThan(74);
+    });
+  }
 });