diff --git a/lyra/web/static/index.html b/lyra/web/static/index.html
index 918f5a6..a0adb37 100644
--- a/lyra/web/static/index.html
+++ b/lyra/web/static/index.html
@@ -41,9 +41,7 @@
       <h4>Actions</h4>
       <button id="mobileThinkingStreamBtn">📜 Live Log (inline)</button>
       <button id="mobileFullLogBtn">⛶ Full Log</button>
-      <button id="mobileMindBtn">🧠 Read Her Mind</button>
       <button id="mobileJournalBtn">📔 Journal</button>
-      <button id="mobileHandsBtn">🃏 Hands</button>
       <button id="mobileSettingsBtn">⚙ Settings</button>
       <button id="mobileToggleThemeBtn">🌙 Toggle Theme</button>
       <button id="mobileForceReloadBtn">🔄 Force Reload</button>
@@ -116,6 +114,14 @@
       <input id="userInput" type="text" placeholder="Type a message..." autofocus />
       <button id="sendBtn">Send</button>
     </div>
+
+    <!-- Bottom tab bar (mobile only; hides while the keyboard is open) -->
+    <nav id="tabbar" aria-label="Primary navigation">
+      <a class="tab active" href="/" aria-current="page"><span class="ti">💬</span><span class="tl">Chat</span></a>
+      <a class="tab" href="/hands"><span class="ti">🃏</span><span class="tl">Hands</span></a>
+      <a class="tab" href="/self"><span class="ti">🧠</span><span class="tl">Mind</span></a>
+      <button class="tab" id="moreTab" type="button"><span class="ti">⋯</span><span class="tl">More</span></button>
+    </nav>
   </div>
 
   <!-- Settings Modal (outside chat container) -->
@@ -523,6 +529,8 @@
         // iOS pans the visual viewport when the keyboard opens; follow its top
         // edge so the pinned #chat sits exactly in the visible area.
         root.setProperty("--app-offset", off + "px");
+        // Keyboard open ⇒ hide the bottom tab bar so the input pins to the keyboard.
+        document.body.classList.toggle("kb", (window.innerHeight - h) > 150);
       }
       // Re-measure across the keyboard animation: iOS reports a stale (too-short)
       // height mid-animation, so sample a few times until it settles.
@@ -568,6 +576,7 @@
 
       hamburgerMenu.addEventListener("click", toggleMobileMenu);
       mobileMenuOverlay.addEventListener("click", closeMobileMenu);
+      document.getElementById("moreTab").addEventListener("click", toggleMobileMenu);
 
       // Sync mobile menu controls with desktop
       const mobileMode = document.getElementById("mobileMode");
@@ -1011,15 +1020,9 @@
       document.getElementById("mobileFullLogBtn").addEventListener("click", () => {
         closeMobileMenu(); window.location.href = "/logs";
       });
-      document.getElementById("mobileMindBtn").addEventListener("click", () => {
-        closeMobileMenu(); window.location.href = "/self";
-      });
       document.getElementById("mobileJournalBtn").addEventListener("click", () => {
         closeMobileMenu(); window.location.href = "/journal";
       });
-      document.getElementById("mobileHandsBtn").addEventListener("click", () => {
-        closeMobileMenu(); window.location.href = "/hands";
-      });
 
       // Connect to the global live log on page load.
       connectThinkingStream();
diff --git a/lyra/web/static/style.css b/lyra/web/static/style.css
index 535a758..9c85713 100644
--- a/lyra/web/static/style.css
+++ b/lyra/web/static/style.css
@@ -677,6 +677,9 @@ select:hover {
 /* Wordmark + status dot — shown only in the mobile header (media query below) */
 .brand, .brand-dot { display: none; }
 
+/* Bottom tab bar — mobile only (shown in the media query) */
+#tabbar { display: none; }
+
 /* Hamburger Menu */
 .hamburger-menu {
   display: none;
@@ -784,21 +787,26 @@ select:hover {
 @media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
   body {
     padding: 0;
+    background: var(--bg-elev);  /* matches the tab bar so any strip below #chat is seamless */
   }
 
   #chat {
     position: fixed;
-    top: 0;
-    left: 0;
-    right: 0;
+    top: 0; left: 0; right: 0;
     width: 100%;
-    /* Height follows the *visible* viewport (above the keyboard); offsetTop
-       shift is applied via JS transform so it tracks iOS's viewport panning. */
-    height: var(--app-height, 100dvh);
-    transform: translateY(var(--app-offset, 0px));
+    height: 100dvh;     /* the *visible* viewport (excludes the home-indicator zone);
+                           overrides the base 95vh. Body bg matches the bar below it. */
+    background: var(--bg-dark);
     border-radius: 0;
     border: none;
   }
+  /* Only while the keyboard is open do we follow the *visible* viewport: release
+     the bottom anchor and size from the top by the measured visible height. */
+  body.kb #chat {
+    bottom: auto;
+    height: var(--app-height, 100dvh);
+    transform: translateY(var(--app-offset, 0px));
+  }
 
   /* Show hamburger, hide desktop header controls */
   .hamburger-menu {
@@ -857,14 +865,51 @@ select:hover {
     font-size: 0.85rem;
   }
 
-  /* Input area - bigger touch targets */
+  /* Input area - bigger touch targets. The tab bar owns the bottom safe-area
+     inset now (the input is no longer the bottom-most element). */
   #input {
     padding: 12px;
-    padding-bottom: calc(12px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
     padding-left: calc(12px + env(safe-area-inset-left));
     padding-right: calc(12px + env(safe-area-inset-right));
   }
 
+  /* Bottom tab bar */
+  #tabbar {
+    display: flex;
+    flex: none;          /* never let it be compressed/clipped by the flex column */
+    border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
+    background: var(--bg-elev);
+    padding-bottom: 6px;  /* 100dvh already excludes the home-indicator zone */
+    padding-left: env(safe-area-inset-left);
+    padding-right: env(safe-area-inset-right);
+  }
+  #tabbar .tab {
+    flex: 1;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    gap: 3px;
+    padding: 7px 0 5px;
+    background: none;
+    border: none;
+    border-radius: 0;
+    color: var(--text-fade);
+    font-family: var(--font-console);
+    text-decoration: none;
+    -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
+  }
+  #tabbar .tab:hover { background: none; }
+  #tabbar .tab:active { background: var(--accent-soft); }
+  #tabbar .tab .ti { font-size: 1.3rem; line-height: 1; filter: grayscale(.45); }
+  #tabbar .tab .tl { font-size: .64rem; letter-spacing: .3px; }
+  #tabbar .tab.active { color: var(--accent); }
+  #tabbar .tab.active .ti { filter: none; }
+  body.kb #tabbar { display: none; }   /* keyboard open ⇒ hide so input pins to keyboard */
+
+  /* The "More" tab is the menu trigger now — retire the hamburger. */
+  .hamburger-menu { display: none !important; }
+
   #userInput {
     font-size: 16px; /* Prevents zoom on iOS */
     padding: 12px;