diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2db146..6003e81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,22 +19,24 @@ Morocco (Ministry of Habous), matching AlAdhan `method=21`:
 All computation happens **on the watch** — no GPS, no network. Pure solar math
 (same Meeus approach as the sundial) lives in `src/common/prayer.js`.
 
-## Screen (v0.4)
+## Screen (v0.5)
 
-- Pure #000000 AMOLED background
-- Larger 50px clock; no swipe instruction label
+- Pure #000000 AMOLED background, large 50px clock, no swipe hint
 - Prayer names above their times, in fixed 104px native list rows
-- Center magnification: prayer times grow continuously from 30px to 60px as
-  their row approaches the physical screen center; names grow from 20px to 28px
-- Scroll viewport 320×264 at x73/y101, centered at y233; 80px end spacers
-- Fixed next-prayer countdown below the list; lavender next-prayer highlight
-- Glyph sizes change without changing row heights, avoiding scroll-position drift
-- 15s clock refresh preserves scroll focus; calculation logic unchanged
-- Normal system back exits; crown support not assumed
+- After scrolling stops, the nearest-center prayer gets a 60px time and 28px
+  label; other rows use 30px times and 20px labels
+- No font resizing or row-array replacement during gesture/inertial scrolling
+- Duplicate stop notifications do not repaint unchanged focus; periodic refresh
+  defers while scrolling and resumes normally after hiding/showing the app
+- Scroll viewport 320×264 at x73/y101 (center y233); 80px end spacers
+- Fixed countdown below the list; lavender next-prayer highlight
+- Normal system back exits; calculation logic unchanged
 
-Automated math/page/focus/layout tests and release build pass. The live scroll
-magnification still needs an on-watch check. `preview-0.4.png` is a static layout
-mock with illustrative times, not a device screenshot.
+User reported watch lag in v0.4. A 500-event VM replay measured 500 row-array
+replacements in v0.4 versus zero during scrolling in v0.5. This verifies reduced
+update work, NOT device frame rate. All automated tests and release build pass;
+on-watch smoothness still needs confirmation. `preview-0.4.png` remains an
+illustrative static layout mock; the settled appearance is unchanged.
 
 ## Project layout
 
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ node tests/prayer.cjs
 node tests/page.cjs
 node tests/amoled.cjs
 node tests/focus.cjs
+node tests/scroll-performance.cjs
 ```
 
 ## Install
diff --git a/src/manifest.json b/src/manifest.json
index 1f5409a..b7d592f 100644
--- a/src/manifest.json
+++ b/src/manifest.json
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
   "package": "com.ilias.salah",
   "name": "SALAH",
   "icon": "/common/icon.png",
-  "versionName": "0.4",
-  "versionCode": 4,
+  "versionName": "0.5",
+  "versionCode": 5,
   "minAPILevel": 1,
   "deviceTypeList": [
     "watch"
diff --git a/src/pages/index/index.ux b/src/pages/index/index.ux
index e3e419f..4f08e3e 100644
--- a/src/pages/index/index.ux
+++ b/src/pages/index/index.ux
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       <text class="bannerLabel">{{ nextName }} in</text>
       <text class="bannerTime">{{ countdown }}</text>
     </div>
-    <list class="prayers" id="prayers" onscroll="onScroll">
+    <list class="prayers" id="prayers" onscroll="onScroll" onscrollend="onScrollEnd">
       <list-item type="spacer" class="spacer"><div></div></list-item>
       <list-item type="prayer" for="{{ row in rows }}" tid="key" class="row {{ row.key === nextKey ? 'rowNext' : '' }}">
         <text style="{{ row.nameStyle }}" class="rowName {{ row.key === nextKey ? 'nameNext' : '' }}">{{ row.label }}</text>
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ export default {
     countdown: '',
     nextKey: 'fajr',
     nextName: 'FAJR',
-    scrollY: 0,
     rows: []
   },
   onInit() {},
   onShow() {
+    this._scrolling = false
     this.update()
     this.timer = setInterval(() => this.update(), 15000) // 15s cadence
   },
@@ -58,21 +58,33 @@ export default {
   },
   onScroll(event) {
     if (!event || typeof event.scrollY !== 'number' || !isFinite(event.scrollY)) return
-    this.scrollY = Math.max(0, Math.min(520, event.scrollY))
+    // Non-template bookkeeping only while the native list is moving.
+    this._scrollY = Math.max(0, Math.min(520, event.scrollY))
+    this._scrolling = event.scrollState !== 0
+    if (event.scrollState === 0) this.onScrollEnd()
+  },
+  onScrollEnd() {
+    this._scrolling = false
     this.applyFocus()
   },
   applyFocus() {
-    // Row heights never change: only glyph sizes change, avoiding scroll jumps.
-    const offset = this.scrollY || 0
-    this.rows = this.rows.map((row, index) => {
-      const focus = Math.max(0, 1 - Math.abs(index * 104 - offset) / 104)
+    const focused = Math.round((this._scrollY || 0) / 104)
+    let changed = false
+    const rows = this.rows.map((row, index) => {
+      const timeSize = index === focused ? '60px' : '30px'
+      const nameSize = index === focused ? '28px' : '20px'
+      if (row.timeStyle && row.timeStyle.fontSize === timeSize &&
+          row.nameStyle && row.nameStyle.fontSize === nameSize) return row
+      changed = true
       return Object.assign({}, row, {
-        timeStyle: { fontSize: Math.round(30 + 30 * focus) + 'px' },
-        nameStyle: { fontSize: Math.round(20 + 8 * focus) + 'px' }
+        timeStyle: { fontSize: timeSize },
+        nameStyle: { fontSize: nameSize }
       })
     })
+    if (changed) this.rows = rows
   },
   update() {
+    if (this._scrolling) return
     const now = new Date()
     const hh = String(now.getHours()).padStart(2, '0')
     const mm = String(now.getMinutes()).padStart(2, '0')
diff --git a/tests/focus.cjs b/tests/focus.cjs
index f59a911..1dedfa2 100644
--- a/tests/focus.cjs
+++ b/tests/focus.cjs
@@ -9,21 +9,21 @@ const p = Object.assign({}, ctx.spec, JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(ctx.spec.private
 p.update()
 assert.equal(typeof p.onScroll, 'function', 'scroll handler drives center magnification')
 const size = i => parseFloat(p.rows[i].timeStyle.fontSize)
-p.onScroll({scrollY: 0})
+p.onScroll({scrollY: 0, scrollState: 0})
 assert.equal(size(0), 60, 'first centered prayer gets 60px time')
 assert.ok(size(1) < size(0))
-p.onScroll({scrollY: 104})
+p.onScroll({scrollY: 104, scrollState: 0})
 assert.equal(size(1), 60)
 assert.equal(size(0), size(2), 'symmetric shrink around center')
-p.onScroll({scrollY: 52})
-assert.equal(size(0), size(1), 'continuous interpolation between rows')
-assert.ok(size(0) > 30 && size(0) < 60)
-p.onScroll({scrollY: 520})
+p.onScroll({scrollY: 52, scrollState: 0})
+assert.equal(size(1), 60, 'nearest row wins after stopping halfway')
+assert.equal(size(0), 30)
+p.onScroll({scrollY: 520, scrollState: 0})
 assert.equal(size(5), 60, 'last prayer can be magnified')
 p.update()
 assert.equal(size(5), 60, 'clock refresh preserves scroll focus')
 for (const offset of [-100, 9999]) {
- p.onScroll({scrollY: offset})
+ p.onScroll({scrollY: offset, scrollState: 0})
  p.rows.forEach(row => assert.ok(parseFloat(row.timeStyle.fontSize) >= 30 && parseFloat(row.timeStyle.fontSize) <= 60))
 }
 const before = JSON.stringify(p.rows)
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ function css(c,k) { return parseFloat(src.match(new RegExp('\\.'+c+'\\s*\\{([^}]
 assert.equal(css('prayers','top') + css('prayers','height') / 2, 233, 'magnification center is physical screen center')
 assert.equal(css('row','height'), 104, 'fixed row geometry prevents scroll feedback')
 assert.ok(css('clock','font-size') > 42, 'header clock enlarged too')
-console.log('Center magnification, interpolation, end rows, refresh preservation, invalid events and wiring passed')
+console.log('Center magnification, settled focus, end rows, refresh preservation, invalid events and wiring passed')
diff --git a/tests/scroll-performance.cjs b/tests/scroll-performance.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9907102
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/scroll-performance.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
+const fs = require('node:fs')
+const vm = require('node:vm')
+const src = fs.readFileSync('src/pages/index/index.ux', 'utf8')
+const body = src.match(/<script>([\s\S]*?)<\/script>/)[1].replace(/import\s+\w+\s+from\s+'[^']*';?/, '').replace('export default', 'globalThis.spec =')
+const ctx = {prayer: require('../src/common/prayer.js'), setInterval: () => 1, clearInterval: () => {}}
+vm.createContext(ctx); vm.runInContext(body, ctx)
+const p = Object.assign({}, ctx.spec, JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(ctx.spec.private)))
+p.update()
+let rows = p.rows, writes = 0
+Object.defineProperty(p, 'rows', {get: () => rows, set: value => {writes++; rows = value}})
+const original = JSON.stringify(rows)
+for (let i=0; i<500; i++) p.onScroll({scrollY: i, scrollState: i < 250 ? 1 : 2})
+console.log('Row-array replacements during 500 gesture/inertia events:', writes)
+assert.equal(writes, 0, 'native scrolling must not rebuild reactive rows')
+assert.equal(JSON.stringify(rows), original, 'no font changes while scrolling')
+p.update()
+assert.equal(writes, 0, 'periodic refresh must defer during scrolling')
+p.onScroll({scrollY: 520, scrollState: 0})
+assert.equal(parseFloat(p.rows[5].timeStyle.fontSize), 60, 'last row grows after stop')
+assert.ok(writes <= 1, 'one focus update at stop')
+const settled = writes
+p.onScrollEnd()
+assert.equal(writes, settled, 'duplicate stop event is a no-op')
+p.onScroll({scrollY: 208, scrollState: 1})
+p.onScrollEnd()
+assert.equal(parseFloat(p.rows[2].timeStyle.fontSize), 60, 'scrollend fallback applies nearest row')
+assert.equal(parseFloat(p.rows[1].timeStyle.fontSize), 30)
+const saved = JSON.stringify(p.rows)
+for (const e of [undefined, {}, {scrollY: NaN}, {scrollY: Infinity}]) p.onScroll(e)
+assert.equal(JSON.stringify(p.rows), saved)
+p.onScroll({scrollY: 312, scrollState: 1})
+p.onHide()
+p.onShow()
+assert.equal(p._scrolling, false, 'hiding during a swipe must not freeze refresh after resume')
+assert.equal(parseFloat(p.rows[3].timeStyle.fontSize), 60)
+assert.match(src, /onscrollend="onScrollEnd"/)
+console.log('Scroll workload, deferred refresh, settled focus and duplicate-event checks passed')