diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/App.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/App.tsx
index 897dae47d57f..7b2c0318f9fb 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/App.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { RootStack } from "./Stack";
 import { appAtomRegistry } from "./state/atom-registry";
 import { OverlayPortalHost } from "./components/OverlayPortal";
 import { appBlurTargetRef } from "./lib/appBlurTarget";
+import { shouldHandleAppLink } from "./lib/appLinking";
 import { useMobileNavigationTheme } from "./lib/useMobileNavigationTheme";
 
 import { SubscriptionUsageCoordinator } from "./widgets/SubscriptionUsageCoordinator";
@@ -40,14 +41,7 @@ const appLinking = {
   prefixes: [Linking.createURL("/"), "t3code://", "t3code-dev://", "t3code-preview://"],
   // Keep the compact thread list available beneath a directly opened thread.
   config: { initialRouteName: "Home" },
-  // The Expo dev client launches the app via
-  // <scheme>://expo-development-client/?url=<packager> — that URL addresses
-  // the launcher, not app navigation. Without this filter it falls through
-  // to the NotFound wildcard route on every dev launch.
-  // expo-sharing uses a private lifecycle URL only to wake the app. The
-  // persisted share inbox below owns navigation once the payload is durable.
-  filter: (url: string) =>
-    !url.includes("expo-development-client") && !url.includes("://expo-sharing"),
+  filter: shouldHandleAppLink,
 };
 
 const Navigation = createStaticNavigation(RootStack);
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/appLinking.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/appLinking.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62781ce5d4b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/appLinking.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
+
+import { shouldHandleAppLink } from "./appLinking";
+
+describe("shouldHandleAppLink", () => {
+  it.each(["t3code://", "t3code:///", "t3code-dev://", "t3code-preview://"])(
+    "ignores scheme-only URL %s",
+    (url) => {
+      expect(shouldHandleAppLink(url)).toBe(false);
+    },
+  );
+
+  it.each([
+    "t3code://threads/env-1/thread-1",
+    "t3code://pair?pairingUrl=x",
+    "t3code-dev://settings/usage?tab=limits",
+  ])("handles path-bearing URL %s", (url) => {
+    expect(shouldHandleAppLink(url)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it.each(["t3code://expo-development-client/?url=x", "t3code://expo-sharing/anything"])(
+    "ignores lifecycle URL %s",
+    (url) => {
+      expect(shouldHandleAppLink(url)).toBe(false);
+    },
+  );
+});
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/appLinking.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/appLinking.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..16c746868802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/appLinking.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * The Expo dev client launches the app via
+ * <scheme>://expo-development-client/?url=<packager> — that URL addresses
+ * the launcher, not app navigation. Without this filter it falls through
+ * to the NotFound wildcard route on every dev launch.
+ * expo-sharing uses a private lifecycle URL only to wake the app. The
+ * persisted share inbox in App.tsx owns navigation once the payload is durable.
+ * A scheme-only URL, as sent by iOS dictation keyboards returning to the app,
+ * only wakes the app and must not reset navigation to Home.
+ */
+export function shouldHandleAppLink(url: string): boolean {
+  return (
+    !url.includes("expo-development-client") &&
+    !url.includes("://expo-sharing") &&
+    !/^t3code(-dev|-preview)?:\/*$/.test(url)
+  );
+}