diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Badges/BadgesPurchaseStateView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Badges/BadgesPurchaseStateView.swift
index 84049e0079..710a4ed4fa 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Badges/BadgesPurchaseStateView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Badges/BadgesPurchaseStateView.swift
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ struct BadgesPurchaseStateView: View {
     @EnvironmentObject var theme: AppTheme
     @Environment(\.dismiss) private var dismiss
     let title: LocalizedStringKey
-    let message: LocalizedStringKey
+    var message: LocalizedStringKey? = nil
     var showsAsSheet: Bool = false
 
     var body: some View {
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@ struct BadgesPurchaseStateView: View {
                 .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
                 .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
 
-            Text(message)
-                .font(.body)
-                .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
-                .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
+            if let message {
+                Text(message)
+                    .font(.body)
+                    .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
+                    .fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
+            }
 
             Spacer()
 
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Badges/BadgesView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Badges/BadgesView.swift
index 07760a5284..4de8383094 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Badges/BadgesView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Badges/BadgesView.swift
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct BadgesView: View {
                 BadgesPurchaseStateView(title: purchaseState.title, message: purchaseState.message, showsAsSheet: showsAsSheet)
                     .transition(.opacity)
             } else if store.checkingPurchases {
-                BadgesPurchaseStateView(title: "Checking your purchases", message: "Purchases not yet delivered are checked first.", showsAsSheet: showsAsSheet)
+                BadgesPurchaseStateView(title: "Checking your purchases", showsAsSheet: showsAsSheet)
                     .transition(.opacity)
             } else {
                 BadgesSupportSimplexView(showsAsSheet: showsAsSheet)
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/badges/BadgesPurchaseStateView.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/badges/BadgesPurchaseStateView.kt
index 0c6425a4a0..bb9260f9d9 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/badges/BadgesPurchaseStateView.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/badges/BadgesPurchaseStateView.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import chat.simplex.common.views.onboarding.TextButtonBelowOnboardingButton
 import chat.simplex.res.MR
 
 @Composable
-fun BadgesPurchaseStateView(title: StringResource, message: StringResource, onDismiss: () -> Unit) {
+fun BadgesPurchaseStateView(title: StringResource, message: StringResource?, onDismiss: () -> Unit) {
   ColumnWithScrollBar(
     Modifier.background(MaterialTheme.colors.background).padding(horizontal = 25.dp).padding(top = 8.dp, bottom = 20.dp),
     verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(16.dp),
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@ fun BadgesPurchaseStateView(title: StringResource, message: StringResource, onDi
       modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth()
     )
 
-    Text(
-      stringResource(message),
-      style = MaterialTheme.typography.body1,
-      textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
-      modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth()
-    )
+    if (message != null) {
+      Text(
+        stringResource(message),
+        style = MaterialTheme.typography.body1,
+        textAlign = TextAlign.Center,
+        modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth()
+      )
+    }
 
     Spacer(Modifier.weight(1f))
 
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/badges/BadgesView.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/badges/BadgesView.kt
index b48e120eca..e4f21df803 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/badges/BadgesView.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/views/badges/BadgesView.kt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fun BadgesView(modalManager: ModalManager, close: () -> Unit) {
         // holds the purchase screens' slot, so a consumable cannot be bought twice
         BadgesPurchaseStateView(purchaseState.title, purchaseState.message, onDismiss = close)
       } else if (checkingPurchases) {
-        BadgesPurchaseStateView(MR.strings.badges_checking_purchases_title, MR.strings.badges_checking_purchases_body, onDismiss = close)
+        BadgesPurchaseStateView(MR.strings.badges_checking_purchases_title, null, onDismiss = close)
       } else {
         BadgesSupportSimplexView(modalManager, unwindToDepth)
       }
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/resources/MR/base/strings.xml b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/resources/MR/base/strings.xml
index 5eb521d1c0..65ae37cc86 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/resources/MR/base/strings.xml
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/resources/MR/base/strings.xml
@@ -3190,7 +3190,6 @@
   <string name="badges_waiting_for_approval_title">Waiting for approval</string>
   <string name="badges_waiting_for_approval_body">Nothing has been charged.</string>
   <string name="badges_checking_purchases_title">Checking your purchases</string>
-  <string name="badges_checking_purchases_body">Purchases not yet delivered are checked first.</string>
   <string name="badges_store_purchase_title">Store purchase</string>
   <string name="badges_store_purchase_processing">A store purchase is being processed.</string>
   <string name="badges_buy_in_browser">Buy in browser</string>
diff --git a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Badges.hs b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Badges.hs
index 21d990a520..769cb47d4b 100644
--- a/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Badges.hs
+++ b/src/Simplex/Chat/Store/Badges.hs
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ getOpenStorePurchases db User {userId} now =
       |]
       (userId, receiptDueSince)
   where
-    -- a week outlasts an Ask to Buy request (24 hours) and a Play slow payment (days), whose waiting screen
-    -- needs the record; one a receipt reached is paid for, so it is listed until its badge arrives
+    -- a record with no receipt is dropped after a week: longer than an Ask to Buy approval or a Play slow
+    -- payment can take, and those are the only waits that still need it. One a receipt reached is paid for.
     receiptDueSince = addUTCTime (negate $ 7 * nominalDay) now
 
 getBadgeStoreReceipt :: DB.Connection -> User -> StoreTransactionRef -> IO (Maybe BadgeStash)