diff --git a/src/app/components/Alerts.svelte b/src/app/components/Alerts.svelte
index fa84626d..279a6eb5 100644
--- a/src/app/components/Alerts.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/Alerts.svelte
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     playAlertSound,
   } from "@app/core/state"
   import {deleteAlert, createDmAlert} from "@app/core/commands"
+  import {clearBadges} from "../util/notifications"
 
   type Props = {
     url?: string
@@ -74,6 +75,10 @@
 
   const onShowBadgeOnUnreadToggle = async () => {
     $showUnreadBadge = !$showUnreadBadge
+
+    if (!$showUnreadBadge) {
+      clearBadges()
+    }
   }
 
   const onDirectMessagesNotificationSoundToggle = async () => {
diff --git a/src/app/util/notifications.ts b/src/app/util/notifications.ts
index f0ab4bd4..7910f012 100644
--- a/src/app/util/notifications.ts
+++ b/src/app/util/notifications.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {derived} from "svelte/store"
+import {derived, get} from "svelte/store"
 import {synced, throttled} from "@welshman/store"
 import {pubkey, relaysByUrl} from "@welshman/app"
 import {prop, spec, identity, now, groupBy} from "@welshman/lib"
@@ -12,8 +12,16 @@ import {
   makeSpaceChatPath,
   makeRoomPath,
 } from "@app/util/routes"
-import {chats, hasNip29, getUrlsForEvent, userRoomsByUrl, repositoryStore} from "@app/core/state"
+import {
+  chats,
+  hasNip29,
+  getUrlsForEvent,
+  userRoomsByUrl,
+  repositoryStore,
+  showUnreadBadge,
+} from "@app/core/state"
 import {preferencesStorageProvider} from "@src/lib/storage"
+import {Badge} from "@capawesome/capacitor-badge"
 
 // Checked state
 
@@ -57,6 +65,7 @@ export const notifications = derived(
       return true
     }
 
+    // can update to tuple of (path, event_type) if later filtering is desired
     const paths = new Set<string>()
 
     for (const {pubkeys, messages} of $chats) {
@@ -150,3 +159,20 @@ export const notifications = derived(
     return paths
   },
 )
+
+export const badgeCount = derived(notifications, notifications => {
+  // do filtering as desired?
+  return notifications.size
+})
+
+export const handleBadgeCountChanges = (count: number) => {
+  if (get(showUnreadBadge)) {
+    Badge.set({count})
+  } else {
+    clearBadges()
+  }
+}
+
+export const clearBadges = () => {
+  Badge.clear()
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
index 230aa990..2c0baa0e 100644
--- a/src/routes/+layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+layout.svelte
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
   import * as requests from "@app/core/requests"
   import * as notifications from "@app/util/notifications"
   import * as appState from "@app/core/state"
+  import {badgeCount, handleBadgeCountChanges} from "@app/util/notifications"
 
   // Migration: old nostrtalk instance used different sessions
   if ($session && !$signer) {
@@ -465,6 +466,9 @@
         },
       )
 
+      // subscribe to badge count for changes
+      badgeCount.subscribe(handleBadgeCountChanges)
+
       // Listen for signer errors, report to user via toast
       signerLog.subscribe(
         throttle(10_000, $log => {