diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/EmojiItemView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/EmojiItemView.swift
index 34cc4454c2..7a4ff3b5f2 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/EmojiItemView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatItem/EmojiItemView.swift
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ struct EmojiItemView: View {
 
     var body: some View {
         let sent = chatItem.chatDir.sent
+        let s = chatItem.content.text.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
 
         VStack(spacing: 1) {
-            Text(chatItem.content.text.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces))
-                .font(emojiFont)
+            Text(s)
+                .font(s.count < 4 ? largeEmojiFont : mediumEmojiFont)
                 .padding(.top, 8)
                 .padding(.horizontal, 6)
                 .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: sent ? .trailing : .leading)
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift
index 0d7941d40c..cdaa1905da 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/ChatView.swift
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ struct ChatView: View {
     }
 
     func markAllRead() {
-        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 2) {
+        DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 1) {
             if chatModel.chatId == chat.id {
                 markChatRead(chat)
             }
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/Emoji.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/Emoji.swift
index 479336395e..bac1478b24 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/Emoji.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/Emoji.swift
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ func isEmoji(_ c: Character) -> Bool {
 
 func isShortEmoji(_ str: String) -> Bool {
     let s = str.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces)
-    return s.count > 0 && s.count <= 4 && s.allSatisfy(isEmoji)
+    return s.count > 0 && s.count <= 5 && s.allSatisfy(isEmoji)
 }
 
-let emojiFont = Font.custom("Emoji", size: 48, relativeTo: .largeTitle)
+let largeEmojiFont = Font.custom("Emoji", size: 48, relativeTo: .largeTitle)
+let mediumEmojiFont = Font.custom("Emoji", size: 36, relativeTo: .largeTitle)
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/SendMessageView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/SendMessageView.swift
index 60e9144568..af639999fc 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/SendMessageView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/SendMessageView.swift
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ struct SendMessageView: View {
     func updateHeight(_ g: GeometryProxy) -> Color {
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
             teHeight = min(max(g.frame(in: .local).size.height, minHeight), maxHeight)
-            teFont = isShortEmoji(message) ? emojiFont : .body
+            teFont = isShortEmoji(message)
+                ? message.count < 4
+                    ? largeEmojiFont
+                    : mediumEmojiFont
+                : .body
         }
         return Color.clear
     }
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatListView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatListView.swift
index e6777bd0c0..e657369126 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatListView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/ChatList/ChatListView.swift
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ struct ChatListView: View {
     @EnvironmentObject var chatModel: ChatModel
     // not really used in this view
     @State private var showSettings = false
+    @State private var searchText = ""
 
     var user: User
 
     var body: some View {
-        NavigationView {
+        let v = NavigationView {
             List {
                 if chatModel.chats.isEmpty {
                     VStack(alignment: .leading) {
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ struct ChatListView: View {
                         .padding(.leading)
                     }
                 }
-                ForEach(chatModel.chats) { chat in
+                ForEach(filteredChats()) { chat in
                     ChatListNavLink(chat: chat)
                         .padding(.trailing, -16)
                 }
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ struct ChatListView: View {
             .offset(x: -8)
             .listStyle(.plain)
             .navigationTitle(chatModel.chats.isEmpty ? "Welcome \(user.displayName)!" : "Your chats")
+            .navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(chatModel.chats.count > 8 ? .inline : .large)
             .toolbar {
                 ToolbarItem(placement: .navigationBarLeading) {
                     SettingsButton()
@@ -58,6 +60,20 @@ struct ChatListView: View {
             }
         }
         .navigationViewStyle(.stack)
+
+        if chatModel.chats.count > 8 {
+            v.searchable(text: $searchText)
+        } else {
+            v
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func filteredChats() -> [Chat] {
+        let s = searchText.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespaces).localizedLowercase
+        return s == ""
+            ? chatModel.chats
+            : chatModel.chats.filter { $0.chatInfo.chatViewName.localizedLowercase.contains(s) }
+        }
     }
 
     private func connectViaUrlAlert(_ url: URL) -> Alert {