diff --git a/ui/app/layouts/default.vue b/ui/app/layouts/default.vue
index 464832fc..0a09ce93 100644
--- a/ui/app/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/ui/app/layouts/default.vue
@@ -534,6 +534,7 @@ import { useMediaQuery } from '~/composables/useMediaQuery';
 import type { toastPosition } from '~/composables/useNotification';
 import LimitsPage from '~/components/LimitsPage.vue';
 import { formatPageTitle, parse_api_response, request, syncOpacity, uri } from '~/utils';
+import { getSidebarSwipeMode } from '~/utils/sidebarSwipe';
 import type { YTDLPOption } from '~/types/ytdlp';
 import { useDialog } from '~/composables/useDialog';
 import Dialog from '~/components/Dialog.vue';
@@ -557,7 +558,6 @@ type SidebarSection = {
 type ColorModePreference = 'system' | 'light' | 'dark';
 type SwipeMode = 'open' | 'close';
 
-const MOBILE_SIDEBAR_EDGE_WIDTH = 32;
 const MOBILE_SIDEBAR_MIN_SWIPE_DISTANCE = 64;
 
 const socket = useAppSocket();
@@ -655,11 +655,11 @@ const handleSwipeStart = (event: TouchEvent): void => {
     return;
   }
 
-  const swipeMode: SwipeMode | null = showSidebar.value
-    ? 'close'
-    : touch.clientX <= MOBILE_SIDEBAR_EDGE_WIDTH
-      ? 'open'
-      : null;
+  const swipeMode: SwipeMode | null = getSidebarSwipeMode(
+    showSidebar.value,
+    touch.clientX,
+    navigator,
+  );
 
   if (!swipeMode) {
     resetSwipe();
diff --git a/ui/app/utils/sidebarSwipe.ts b/ui/app/utils/sidebarSwipe.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a7dc4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/app/utils/sidebarSwipe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+type SidebarSwipeMode = 'open' | 'close';
+
+type NavigatorLike = {
+  userAgent?: string;
+  platform?: string;
+  maxTouchPoints?: number;
+};
+
+const MOBILE_SIDEBAR_EDGE_WIDTH = 32;
+const IOS_NAVIGATION_EDGE_WIDTH = 24;
+
+const isAppleMobileTouchNavigator = (nav?: NavigatorLike): boolean => {
+  if (!nav) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const userAgent = nav.userAgent ?? '';
+  const platform = nav.platform ?? '';
+  const maxTouchPoints = Number(nav.maxTouchPoints ?? 0);
+  const isiPhoneLike = /(iPhone|iPod|iPad)/i.test(userAgent);
+  const isiPadDesktopMode = platform === 'MacIntel' && maxTouchPoints > 1;
+
+  return /AppleWebKit/i.test(userAgent) && (isiPhoneLike || isiPadDesktopMode);
+};
+
+const canStartSidebarOpenSwipe = (
+  touchX: number,
+  nav?: NavigatorLike,
+  edgeWidth: number = MOBILE_SIDEBAR_EDGE_WIDTH,
+): boolean => {
+  const reservedEdge = isAppleMobileTouchNavigator(nav) ? IOS_NAVIGATION_EDGE_WIDTH : 0;
+  return touchX > reservedEdge && touchX <= reservedEdge + edgeWidth;
+};
+
+const getSidebarSwipeMode = (
+  sidebarOpen: boolean,
+  touchX: number,
+  nav?: NavigatorLike,
+): SidebarSwipeMode | null => {
+  if (sidebarOpen) {
+    return 'close';
+  }
+
+  return canStartSidebarOpenSwipe(touchX, nav) ? 'open' : null;
+};
+
+export {
+  MOBILE_SIDEBAR_EDGE_WIDTH,
+  IOS_NAVIGATION_EDGE_WIDTH,
+  canStartSidebarOpenSwipe,
+  getSidebarSwipeMode,
+  isAppleMobileTouchNavigator,
+};
+export type { NavigatorLike, SidebarSwipeMode };
diff --git a/ui/tests/utils/sidebarSwipe.test.ts b/ui/tests/utils/sidebarSwipe.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e1c299f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/tests/utils/sidebarSwipe.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'bun:test';
+
+import {
+  IOS_NAVIGATION_EDGE_WIDTH,
+  MOBILE_SIDEBAR_EDGE_WIDTH,
+  canStartSidebarOpenSwipe,
+  getSidebarSwipeMode,
+  isAppleMobileTouchNavigator,
+} from '~/utils/sidebarSwipe';
+
+describe('sidebarSwipe', () => {
+  it('detects apple mobile webkit navigators', () => {
+    expect(
+      isAppleMobileTouchNavigator({
+        userAgent:
+          'Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 18_4 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 Version/18.4 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1',
+        platform: 'iPhone',
+        maxTouchPoints: 5,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+
+    expect(
+      isAppleMobileTouchNavigator({
+        userAgent:
+          'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 Version/18.4 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1',
+        platform: 'MacIntel',
+        maxTouchPoints: 5,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+
+    expect(
+      isAppleMobileTouchNavigator({
+        userAgent:
+          'Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 15) AppleWebKit/537.36 Chrome/147.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36',
+        platform: 'Linux armv8l',
+        maxTouchPoints: 5,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('reserves the ios navigation edge and starts the sidebar swipe just inside it', () => {
+    const nav = {
+      userAgent:
+        'Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 18_4 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 Version/18.4 Mobile/15E148 Safari/604.1',
+      platform: 'iPhone',
+      maxTouchPoints: 5,
+    };
+
+    expect(canStartSidebarOpenSwipe(IOS_NAVIGATION_EDGE_WIDTH, nav)).toBe(false);
+    expect(canStartSidebarOpenSwipe(IOS_NAVIGATION_EDGE_WIDTH + 1, nav)).toBe(true);
+    expect(canStartSidebarOpenSwipe(IOS_NAVIGATION_EDGE_WIDTH + MOBILE_SIDEBAR_EDGE_WIDTH, nav)).toBe(true);
+    expect(canStartSidebarOpenSwipe(IOS_NAVIGATION_EDGE_WIDTH + MOBILE_SIDEBAR_EDGE_WIDTH + 1, nav)).toBe(
+      false,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the original left-edge open band on non-apple mobile browsers', () => {
+    const nav = {
+      userAgent:
+        'Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 15) AppleWebKit/537.36 Chrome/147.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36',
+      platform: 'Linux armv8l',
+      maxTouchPoints: 5,
+    };
+
+    expect(canStartSidebarOpenSwipe(1, nav)).toBe(true);
+    expect(canStartSidebarOpenSwipe(MOBILE_SIDEBAR_EDGE_WIDTH, nav)).toBe(true);
+    expect(canStartSidebarOpenSwipe(MOBILE_SIDEBAR_EDGE_WIDTH + 1, nav)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('returns close while the sidebar is already open', () => {
+    expect(getSidebarSwipeMode(true, 4)).toBe('close');
+  });
+});