diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/components/ComposerEditor.ios.test.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/components/ComposerEditor.ios.test.tsx
index f7ce1f9918d85..029f454b902f7 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/components/ComposerEditor.ios.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/components/ComposerEditor.ios.test.tsx
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ vi.mock("../lib/useUniwindTheme", () => ({ useUniwindTheme: () => ({}) }));
 vi.mock("../lib/nativeComposerTheme", () => ({ createNativeComposerTheme: () => ({}) }));
 vi.mock("../lib/contextChipIconSource", () => ({ contextChipIconUri: () => "" }));
 vi.mock("../features/settings/appearance/useScaledTextRole", () => ({
-  useScaledTextRole: () => ({ fontSize: 16, lineHeight: 22 }),
+  useComposerTextRole: () => ({ fontSize: 16, lineHeight: 22 }),
 }));
 vi.mock("../lib/uuid", () => ({ uuidv4: () => "uuid", randomHex: () => "0000" }));
 vi.mock("../state/assets", () => ({ assetEnvironment: {} }));
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/settings/appearance/useScaledTextRole.ts b/apps/mobile/src/features/settings/appearance/useScaledTextRole.ts
index ffeb6114c17a5..c71298a89822a 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/settings/appearance/useScaledTextRole.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/settings/appearance/useScaledTextRole.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { resolveScaledTextRole } from "../../../lib/appearancePreferences";
+import { Platform, useWindowDimensions } from "react-native";
+
+import { resolveComposerTextRole, resolveScaledTextRole } from "../../../lib/appearancePreferences";
 import { MOBILE_TYPOGRAPHY } from "../../../lib/typography";
 import { useAppearancePreferences } from "./AppearancePreferencesProvider";
 
@@ -12,3 +14,9 @@ export function useScaledTextRole(role: keyof typeof MOBILE_TYPOGRAPHY): ScaledT
   const { appearance } = useAppearancePreferences();
   return resolveScaledTextRole(role, appearance.baseFontSize);
 }
+
+export function useComposerTextRole(): ScaledTextRole {
+  const body = useScaledTextRole("body");
+  const { fontScale } = useWindowDimensions();
+  return resolveComposerTextRole(body, fontScale, Platform.OS);
+}
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadComposer.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadComposer.tsx
index fc845138bc22a..33d7ca70e5b2b 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadComposer.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/features/threads/ThreadComposer.tsx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ import {
   isModelSelectionUnavailable,
   serverConfigForCwd,
 } from "../../lib/modelOptions";
-import { useScaledTextRole, type ScaledTextRole } from "../settings/appearance/useScaledTextRole";
+import { useComposerTextRole, type ScaledTextRole } from "../settings/appearance/useScaledTextRole";
 import type { RemoteClientConnectionState } from "../../lib/connection";
 import { MOBILE_TYPOGRAPHY } from "../../lib/typography";
 import { Menu } from "../../components/ui/Menu";
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ export const ThreadComposer = function ThreadComposer(props: ThreadComposerProps
   const composerPanel = materialTheme["--color-composer-panel"];
   const navigation = useNavigation();
   const foregroundColor = useUniwindTheme()["--color-foreground"];
-  const bodyText = useScaledTextRole("body");
+  const bodyText = useComposerTextRole();
   const fallbackInputRef = useRef<ComposerEditorHandle>(null);
   const inputRef = props.editorRef ?? fallbackInputRef;
   const [isFocused, setIsFocused] = useState(false);
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/appearancePreferences.test.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/appearancePreferences.test.ts
index 1bfedc7529c7c..5b1e9c33a90e1 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/lib/appearancePreferences.test.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/appearancePreferences.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
 
-import { resolveAppearancePreferences } from "./appearancePreferences";
+import { resolveAppearancePreferences, resolveComposerTextRole } from "./appearancePreferences";
 
 describe("appearancePreferences", () => {
   it("migrates the legacy markdownFontSize key to baseFontSize", () => {
@@ -9,4 +9,14 @@ describe("appearancePreferences", () => {
       resolveAppearancePreferences({ baseFontSize: 16, markdownFontSize: 18 }).baseFontSize,
     ).toBe(16);
   });
+
+  it("scales the iOS composer text with the system text size", () => {
+    const body = { fontSize: 16, lineHeight: 23 };
+    expect(resolveComposerTextRole(body, 1, "ios")).toEqual(body);
+    expect(resolveComposerTextRole(body, 2.643, "ios")).toEqual({
+      fontSize: 16 * 2.643,
+      lineHeight: 23 * 2.643,
+    });
+    expect(resolveComposerTextRole(body, 2.643, "android")).toEqual(body);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/lib/appearancePreferences.ts b/apps/mobile/src/lib/appearancePreferences.ts
index 9b0be82b2c03f..6a7485e07c722 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/lib/appearancePreferences.ts
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/lib/appearancePreferences.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,17 @@ export function resolveScaledTextRole(role: keyof typeof MOBILE_TYPOGRAPHY, base
   };
 }
 
+// React Native text applies the system text size itself, but the iOS composer sets a fixed
+// UIFont, so it needs pre-scaled metrics. Android's editor already sizes text in sp.
+export function resolveComposerTextRole(
+  role: { readonly fontSize: number; readonly lineHeight: number },
+  fontScale: number,
+  os: string,
+) {
+  if (os !== "ios") return role;
+  return { fontSize: role.fontSize * fontScale, lineHeight: role.lineHeight * fontScale };
+}
+
 export function resolveNativeMarkdownTypography(baseFontSize: number): NativeMarkdownTypography {
   const fontSizes = resolveMarkdownFontSizes(baseFontSize);
   return {
diff --git a/apps/mobile/src/native/T3ComposerEditor.ios.tsx b/apps/mobile/src/native/T3ComposerEditor.ios.tsx
index 437bcda4d012d..56f80be2e7be8 100644
--- a/apps/mobile/src/native/T3ComposerEditor.ios.tsx
+++ b/apps/mobile/src/native/T3ComposerEditor.ios.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import { contextChipIconUri, modelChipIcon, modelChipIconUri } from "../lib/cont
 import { useUniwindTheme } from "../lib/useUniwindTheme";
 import { createNativeComposerTheme } from "../lib/nativeComposerTheme";
 import { FONT_FAMILIES } from "../lib/fontFamilies";
-import { useScaledTextRole } from "../features/settings/appearance/useScaledTextRole";
+import { useComposerTextRole } from "../features/settings/appearance/useScaledTextRole";
 import {
   acknowledgeComposerNativeEvent,
   assumeComposerControlledState,
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export function ComposerEditor({
     });
     setConfirmedTokens({ value: props.value, tokens });
   }
-  const bodyText = useScaledTextRole("body");
+  const bodyText = useComposerTextRole();
   const theme = useUniwindTheme();
   const fontFamily = FONT_FAMILIES.regular;