diff --git a/app/NativeComponents/Concerns/DrawsSkeletonFirst.php b/app/NativeComponents/Concerns/DrawsSkeletonFirst.php
index b541ff1..0c72f6b 100644
--- a/app/NativeComponents/Concerns/DrawsSkeletonFirst.php
+++ b/app/NativeComponents/Concerns/DrawsSkeletonFirst.php
@@ -3,15 +3,21 @@
 namespace App\NativeComponents\Concerns;
 
 use App\Devnull\FirstFrame;
+use Native\Mobile\Facades\System;
 
 /**
- * A tab that opens on skeleton rows and fills in what it kept straight after.
+ * A tab that opens on skeleton rows and fills in what it kept straight after,
+ * on Android.
  *
  * Drawing a screen of kept rows took 2 to 3 seconds on a slow Android phone,
  * with nothing on screen to say the tap had worked. A first frame of skeleton
  * rows draws at once, and its kept rows and the refresh behind them follow as
  * soon as FirstFrame comes back from the background thread.
  *
+ * iOS opens on what it kept. It puts a tab back as it was last drawn the
+ * moment you tap it, so a skeleton frame there only cut from those rows to a
+ * spinner and back.
+ *
  * config('devnull.skeleton_first') turns it off, as phpunit.xml does, so a
  * test sees a screen as it fills in.
  */
@@ -24,11 +30,11 @@ trait DrawsSkeletonFirst
 
     /**
      * Shows what was kept, then calls $then (the screen's refresh), after a
-     * first frame of skeleton rows.
+     * first frame of skeleton rows on Android.
      */
     protected function fillInAfterFirstFrame(string $then): void
     {
-        if (! config('devnull.skeleton_first')) {
+        if (! config('devnull.skeleton_first') || System::isIos()) {
             $this->fillIn($then);
 
             return;
diff --git a/config/devnull.php b/config/devnull.php
index 954bb29..0d31595 100644
--- a/config/devnull.php
+++ b/config/devnull.php
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@
     | Skeleton first
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |
-    | A tab draws its first frame with skeleton rows only, so it shows as soon
-    | as you tap it, and fills in what it kept straight after. Off, it opens on
-    | what it kept, which tests rely on.
+    | On Android, a tab draws its first frame with skeleton rows only, so it
+    | shows as soon as you tap it, and fills in what it kept straight after.
+    | iOS, and every platform with this off, opens on what it kept, which
+    | tests rely on.
     |
     */
 
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Screens/NotificationsTest.php b/tests/Feature/Screens/NotificationsTest.php
index 5848c3b..2b2b64c 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Screens/NotificationsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Screens/NotificationsTest.php
@@ -504,6 +504,17 @@ function ringColour(TestableComponent $screen, string $id): ?string
     finishRefreshes($screen)->assertSet('skeletonFrame', false)->assertSee('followed you');
 });
 
+it('opens on what it kept on iOS, which puts a tab back as it was last drawn, with no spinner first', function () {
+    config(['devnull.skeleton_first' => true]);
+    holdRefreshes();
+    keep('notifications', inboxJson([notificationJson('followed')]), ['type' => null]);
+
+    $screen = Native::visit('/notifications', platform: 'ios');
+
+    $screen->assertSet('skeletonFrame', false)->assertSee('followed you');
+    expect(showsLoading(showingNotifications($screen)))->toBeFalse();
+});
+
 it('lists a group of followers when it is tapped, each with the same small follow back, and none for the group', function () {
     serveApi(function (Request $request) {
         return str_contains($request->url(), '/group')