diff --git a/components/renderers/DashboardViewRenderer.tsx b/components/renderers/DashboardViewRenderer.tsx
index 955dd66..3da59a9 100644
--- a/components/renderers/DashboardViewRenderer.tsx
+++ b/components/renderers/DashboardViewRenderer.tsx
@@ -94,49 +94,57 @@ function MetricWidget({
   const trend = data?.trend;
   const isPositive = trend?.startsWith("+");
 
+  // Compact tile (p-4, not p-5) — these pack two-up on phones, so the title
+  // and headline must stay tight. Title is given a two-line floor so a
+  // single-line tile lines its value up with a wrapping neighbor in the row.
   return (
-    <Card className="mb-3">
-      <CardHeader className="flex-row items-center justify-between pb-2">
-        <CardTitle className="text-sm font-medium text-muted-foreground">
+    <Card className="mb-3 p-4">
+      <View className="flex-row items-start justify-between">
+        <Text
+          className="min-h-[40px] flex-1 pr-2 text-sm font-medium text-muted-foreground"
+          numberOfLines={2}
+        >
           {widget.title ?? widget.name}
-        </CardTitle>
-        <View className="rounded-lg bg-primary/10 p-2">
-          <Hash size={18} color="#1e40af" />
+        </Text>
+        <View className="rounded-lg bg-primary/10 p-1.5">
+          <Hash size={16} color="#1e40af" />
         </View>
-      </CardHeader>
-      <CardContent>
-        {data?.isLoading ? (
-          <ActivityIndicator size="small" />
-        ) : (
-          <>
-            <Text className="text-2xl font-bold text-card-foreground">
-              {formatMetricValue(widget, value === "—" ? undefined : value)}
-            </Text>
-            {trend && (
-              <View className="mt-2 flex-row items-center">
-                <View
-                  className={`flex-row items-center rounded-full px-2.5 py-1 ${
-                    isPositive ? "bg-emerald-50" : "bg-red-50"
+      </View>
+      {data?.isLoading ? (
+        <ActivityIndicator size="small" className="mt-3 self-start" />
+      ) : (
+        <>
+          <Text
+            className="mt-1 text-2xl font-bold text-card-foreground"
+            numberOfLines={1}
+            adjustsFontSizeToFit
+          >
+            {formatMetricValue(widget, value === "—" ? undefined : value)}
+          </Text>
+          {trend && (
+            <View className="mt-2 flex-row">
+              <View
+                className={`flex-row items-center rounded-full px-2 py-0.5 ${
+                  isPositive ? "bg-emerald-500/10" : "bg-red-500/10"
+                }`}
+              >
+                {isPositive ? (
+                  <TrendingUp size={12} color="#059669" />
+                ) : (
+                  <TrendingDown size={12} color="#dc2626" />
+                )}
+                <Text
+                  className={`ml-1 text-xs font-semibold ${
+                    isPositive ? "text-emerald-600" : "text-red-600"
                   }`}
                 >
-                  {isPositive ? (
-                    <TrendingUp size={12} color="#059669" />
-                  ) : (
-                    <TrendingDown size={12} color="#dc2626" />
-                  )}
-                  <Text
-                    className={`ml-1 text-xs font-semibold ${
-                      isPositive ? "text-emerald-700" : "text-red-600"
-                    }`}
-                  >
-                    {trend}
-                  </Text>
-                </View>
+                  {trend}
+                </Text>
               </View>
-            )}
-          </>
-        )}
-      </CardContent>
+            </View>
+          )}
+        </>
+      )}
     </Card>
   );
 }
@@ -304,11 +312,28 @@ function renderWidget(
 /*  Main Component                                                     */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
-/** Breakpoint (dp) at which the dashboard switches to 2-column grid */
-const GRID_BREAKPOINT = 600;
+/** Minimum width (dp) below which the grid collapses to a single column. */
+const SINGLE_COLUMN_MAX = 340;
 /** Gap between grid cells in pixels */
 const GRID_GAP = 12;
 
+/** Widget types compact enough to pack two-per-row; the rest span full width. */
+const COMPACT_TYPES = new Set(["metric", "kpi"]);
+
+/**
+ * How many columns a widget occupies. KPI/metric tiles are compact and pack
+ * two-up; charts, lists and tables need the full row to stay legible on a
+ * phone. An explicit `span` on a compact widget is still honored (capped to the
+ * column count); the layout-derived span only matters for the full-width types,
+ * which always fill the row regardless.
+ */
+function effectiveSpan(widget: DashboardWidgetMeta, numColumns: number): number {
+  if (numColumns === 1) return 1;
+  const type = widget.type ?? "metric";
+  if (COMPACT_TYPES.has(type)) return Math.min(widget.span ?? 1, numColumns);
+  return numColumns;
+}
+
 export function DashboardViewRenderer({
   dashboard,
   widgetData = {},
@@ -316,7 +341,7 @@ export function DashboardViewRenderer({
   onWidgetPress: _onWidgetPress,
 }: DashboardViewRendererProps) {
   const { width: screenWidth } = useWindowDimensions();
-  const numColumns = screenWidth >= GRID_BREAKPOINT ? 2 : 1;
+  const numColumns = screenWidth > SINGLE_COLUMN_MAX ? 2 : 1;
 
   if (isLoading) {
     return <DashboardSkeleton />;
@@ -350,8 +375,7 @@ export function DashboardViewRenderer({
   let currentSpan = 0;
 
   for (const widget of dashboard.widgets) {
-    // A widget can declare span: 2 to take the full width
-    const span = Math.min(widget.span ?? 1, numColumns);
+    const span = effectiveSpan(widget, numColumns);
 
     if (currentSpan + span > numColumns && currentRow.length > 0) {
       rows.push(currentRow);
@@ -396,7 +420,7 @@ export function DashboardViewRenderer({
           }}
         >
           {row.map((widget) => {
-            const span = Math.min(widget.span ?? 1, numColumns);
+            const span = effectiveSpan(widget, numColumns);
             const widgetWidth =
               numColumns === 1
                 ? availableWidth