diff --git a/scripts/branding-drift-baseline.json b/scripts/branding-drift-baseline.json
index 8af380f9b0..ea0f5f2284 100644
--- a/scripts/branding-drift-baseline.json
+++ b/scripts/branding-drift-baseline.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
+  "apps/loopover-ui/src/components/site/api/try-it.tsx": 1,
+  "apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.index.tsx": 1,
+  "apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.runs.tsx": 1,
+  "apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.workbench.tsx": 1,
   "packages/loopover-engine/src/signals/engine.ts": 2,
   "packages/loopover-mcp/bin/loopover-mcp.js": 2,
   "src/api/routes.ts": 2,
diff --git a/scripts/check-branding-drift.mjs b/scripts/check-branding-drift.mjs
index d31ff96dd9..4ba7177466 100644
--- a/scripts/check-branding-drift.mjs
+++ b/scripts/check-branding-drift.mjs
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ export const BRANDING_DRIFT_PATHSPECS = [
   "packages/*/lib/**/*.ts",
   "packages/*/src/**/*.ts",
   "packages/*/scripts/**/*.mjs",
+  "apps/*/src/**/*.ts",
+  "apps/*/src/**/*.tsx",
+  "apps/*/scripts/**/*.mjs",
   ":(exclude)**/*.test.ts",
   ":(exclude)**/*.test.tsx",
   ":(exclude)packages/*/test/**",
diff --git a/test/unit/check-branding-drift-script.test.ts b/test/unit/check-branding-drift-script.test.ts
index b0173c1d8b..fdace9fe1f 100644
--- a/test/unit/check-branding-drift-script.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/check-branding-drift-script.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,19 @@ describe("scanBrandingHits", () => {
     expect(capturedArgs).toContain(":(exclude)**/*.test.ts");
   });
 
+  it("scans apps/* workspaces the same way it scans packages/* (src .ts/.tsx and scripts .mjs)", () => {
+    let capturedArgs: string[] = [];
+    const exec = (_root: string, args: string[]) => {
+      capturedArgs = args;
+      return "";
+    };
+    scanBrandingHits({ root: "/fake", exec });
+
+    expect(capturedArgs).toContain("apps/*/src/**/*.ts");
+    expect(capturedArgs).toContain("apps/*/src/**/*.tsx");
+    expect(capturedArgs).toContain("apps/*/scripts/**/*.mjs");
+  });
+
   // Real regression guard, mirroring check-manifest-drift-script.test.ts's own real-repo-state test: proves
   // the actual defaultExec (real `git grep` subprocess, real exit-1-means-empty handling) works against this
   // repo's real tracked files, not just the injected fake above.
@@ -73,6 +86,14 @@ describe("diffBrandingBaseline", () => {
     expect(failures[0]).toContain("increased from 0 to 1");
   });
 
+  it("detects a new gittensory hit under an apps/*/src path as drift, now that apps/* is in scope", () => {
+    const failures = diffBrandingBaseline({}, { "apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.new.tsx": 1 });
+
+    expect(failures).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(failures[0]).toContain("apps/loopover-ui/src/routes/app.new.tsx");
+    expect(failures[0]).toContain("increased from 0 to 1");
+  });
+
   it("flags a file whose count decreased (stale baseline after a cleanup)", () => {
     const failures = diffBrandingBaseline({ "src/a.ts": 3 }, { "src/a.ts": 1 });