diff --git a/ios/Platform/Platform/Features/Reader/Views/EntryListView.swift b/ios/Platform/Platform/Features/Reader/Views/EntryListView.swift
index 58272b9..9ddb412 100644
--- a/ios/Platform/Platform/Features/Reader/Views/EntryListView.swift
+++ b/ios/Platform/Platform/Features/Reader/Views/EntryListView.swift
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ struct EntryListView: View {
     // Scroll-based read tracking — all driven from per-row GeometryReader
     @State private var lastKnownMinY: [Int: CGFloat] = [:]  // entry.id → last minY
     @State private var trackingActive = false
+    @State private var scrollingDown = false
     @State private var cumulativeDown: CGFloat = 0
+    @State private var cumulativeUp: CGFloat = 0
     @State private var markedByScroll: Set<Int> = []
-    @State private var wasVisible: Set<Int> = []
 
     // Viewport height — measured once from screen bounds.
     // Safe because this view only appears on iPhone in portrait/landscape.
@@ -44,7 +45,9 @@ struct EntryListView: View {
             .onAppear {
                 // Reset on every appear (including back from article)
                 trackingActive = false
+                scrollingDown = false
                 cumulativeDown = 0
+                cumulativeUp = 0
                 lastKnownMinY.removeAll()
             }
             .refreshable {
@@ -71,54 +74,33 @@ struct EntryListView: View {
 
                             // --- Scroll direction + activation ---
                             let prevMinY = lastKnownMinY[entryId]
-                            let isScrollingDown: Bool
                             if let prev = prevMinY {
                                 let delta = prev - newMinY // positive = scrolling down
-                                // Per-entry deltas are small (~1-2pt per callback).
-                                // Accept anything > 0.5 as genuine downward scroll.
-                                isScrollingDown = delta > 0.5
                                 if delta > 0 {
                                     cumulativeDown += delta
+                                    cumulativeUp = 0 // reset upward counter
                                     if cumulativeDown > activationThreshold {
                                         trackingActive = true
                                     }
+                                    scrollingDown = true
+                                } else if delta < -0.5 {
+                                    cumulativeUp += -delta
+                                    // Only flip direction after 30pt of upward scroll
+                                    // (prevents jitter from tiny floating point noise)
+                                    if cumulativeUp > 30 {
+                                        scrollingDown = false
+                                    }
                                 }
-                            } else {
-                                isScrollingDown = false
                             }
-                            // Store AFTER reading previous value
                             lastKnownMinY[entryId] = newMinY
 
-                            // --- Visibility tracking ---
-                            let visibleTop = max(frame.minY, 0)
-                            let visibleBottom = min(frame.maxY, viewportHeight)
-                            let visibleHeight = max(visibleBottom - visibleTop, 0)
-                            let visibleRatio = visibleHeight / entryHeight
-                            if visibleRatio >= 0.5 {
-                                wasVisible.insert(entryId)
-                            }
-
                             // --- Mark-as-read ---
-                            if vm.entries.prefix(3).contains(where: { $0.id == entryId }) && frame.maxY < 50 {
-                                var fails: [String] = []
-                                if !trackingActive { fails.append("inactive(\(Int(cumulativeDown))/\(Int(activationThreshold)))") }
-                                if !isScrollingDown { fails.append("notDown") }
-                                if entry.isRead { fails.append("alreadyRead") }
-                                if markedByScroll.contains(entryId) { fails.append("alreadyMarked") }
-                                if !wasVisible.contains(entryId) { fails.append("notVisible") }
-                                if frame.maxY >= 0 { fails.append("aboveVP(\(Int(frame.maxY)))") }
-                                if fails.isEmpty {
-                                    print("[SCROLL] ✅ WILL MARK id=\(entryId)")
-                                } else {
-                                    print("[SCROLL] ❌ id=\(entryId) maxY=\(Int(frame.maxY)) fails=\(fails.joined(separator: ","))")
-                                }
-                            }
+                            // LazyVStack destroys views at ~maxY=0, so use maxY<30.
                             guard trackingActive,
-                                  isScrollingDown,
+                                  scrollingDown,
                                   !entry.isRead,
                                   !markedByScroll.contains(entryId),
-                                  wasVisible.contains(entryId),
-                                  frame.maxY < 0 else { return }
+                                  frame.maxY < 30 else { return }
 
                             markedByScroll.insert(entryId)