diff --git a/docs/UI_DESIGN.md b/docs/UI_DESIGN.md
index 387f68d..2aabb33 100644
--- a/docs/UI_DESIGN.md
+++ b/docs/UI_DESIGN.md
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ e2e and the screenshots.
   square with an accent underline). A red count **badge** rides the icon's corner — on the
   lobby ⚙️ tab and the hub's 🤝 Friends tab for pending incoming friend requests (invitations
   keep their own lobby section), and on the Hint tab for the remaining count. No text
-  selection on nav / tab-bar / buttons (`user-select: none`).
+  selection on nav / tab-bar / buttons (`user-select: none`), and no tap-highlight flash on any
+  tappable element (`-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent` on `#app`) — Android in-app WebViews
+  otherwise draw a momentary selection-like box on a clickable node on tap (seen on the header title
+  and the back chevron).
 - **Screen transitions** (`App.svelte`): navigation slides directionally — a
   screen entered from the lobby flies in from the right; returning to the lobby reveals it
   from the left (back). Transitions are local (so they do not play on first load) and
@@ -146,6 +149,11 @@ e2e and the screenshots.
   insets (`VKWebAppUpdateInsets`, needed on Android, where the VK webview exposes no `env()` inset),
   so the layout clears the VK home bar. Share and copy route through the bridge (`VKWebAppShare` /
   `VKWebAppCopyText`) because `navigator.share` / `clipboard` are absent in the desktop VK iframe.
+  Haptics fire the same set as Telegram via VK Bridge taptic (`VKWebAppTapticImpactOccurred` /
+  `…NotificationOccurred` / `…SelectionChanged`), through the shared `lib/haptics.ts` dispatcher; and
+  VK's **horizontal swipe-back** is disabled at launch (`VKWebAppSetSwipeSettings`) so it does not
+  fight the app's own edge-swipe-back and tile drag — parity with Telegram's disabled vertical
+  swipes, the app owning navigation through its back chevron.
 
 ## Tiles & board
 
diff --git a/ui/src/app.css b/ui/src/app.css
index b6070bc..193cabe 100644
--- a/ui/src/app.css
+++ b/ui/src/app.css
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ html.app-shell body {
   /* No text selection anywhere by default; inputs opt back in below. */
   user-select: none;
   -webkit-user-select: none;
+  /* No tap-highlight flash on tappable elements. Android in-app WebViews (Telegram, VK) draw a
+     momentary selection-like box on a clickable node on tap — seen on the header title and the
+     back chevron; user-select does not govern it. Inherited, so this clears it app-wide. */
+  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
 }
 
 input,
diff --git a/ui/src/components/Header.svelte b/ui/src/components/Header.svelte
index 67b8e6c..222051d 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/Header.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/components/Header.svelte
@@ -124,6 +124,17 @@
   .back:hover {
     background: var(--surface-2);
   }
+  /* Android in-app WebViews (Telegram, VK) flash a selection-like box on the two tappable header
+     controls — the title (a 10-tap debug target) and the back chevron — on a plain tap. The global
+     -webkit-user-select / -webkit-tap-highlight-color on #app is inherited, but those WebViews only
+     suppress the artifact when the properties sit DIRECTLY on the tapped element. */
+  h1,
+  .back {
+    -webkit-user-select: none;
+    user-select: none;
+    -webkit-touch-callout: none;
+    -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
+  }
   /* A thin, compact "<" drawn from two borders — lighter than a glyph. */
   .chev {
     width: 11px;
diff --git a/ui/src/game/Game.svelte b/ui/src/game/Game.svelte
index c800c80..f413664 100644
--- a/ui/src/game/Game.svelte
+++ b/ui/src/game/Game.svelte
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
   import { getCachedGame, setCachedGame, setCachedDraft, type CachedGame } from '../lib/gamecache';
   import { patchLobbyGame } from '../lib/lobbycache';
   import { applyGameOver, applyMoveDelta, applyOpponentJoined, type DeltaResult } from '../lib/gamedelta';
-  import { insideTelegram, telegramDialogsAvailable, telegramHaptic, telegramShowConfirm } from '../lib/telegram';
+  import { insideTelegram, telegramDialogsAvailable, telegramShowConfirm } from '../lib/telegram';
+  import { haptic } from '../lib/haptics';
   import {
     BLANK,
     newPlacement,
@@ -511,7 +512,7 @@
               if (drag && isCoarse() && !zoomed) {
                 focus = c;
                 zoomed = true;
-                telegramHaptic('light');
+                haptic('light');
               }
             }, 700)
           : null;
@@ -623,7 +624,7 @@
       return;
     }
     placement = place(placement, index, row, col);
-    telegramHaptic('select');
+    haptic('select');
     recompute();
     scheduleDraftSave();
   }
@@ -631,7 +632,7 @@
     if (!blankPrompt) return;
     placement = place(placement, blankPrompt.rackIndex, blankPrompt.row, blankPrompt.col, letter);
     blankPrompt = null;
-    telegramHaptic('select');
+    haptic('select');
     recompute();
     scheduleDraftSave();
   }
@@ -687,7 +688,7 @@
     busy = true;
     try {
       applyMoveResult(await gateway.submitPlay(id, sub.tiles, variant));
-      telegramHaptic('success');
+      haptic('success');
       zoomed = false;
     } catch (e) {
       handleError(e);
@@ -793,7 +794,7 @@
     shuffling = true;
     setTimeout(() => (shuffling = false), 600);
     // A short "shake": a few quick light taps rather than one.
-    for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) setTimeout(() => telegramHaptic('light'), i * 55);
+    for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) setTimeout(() => haptic('light'), i * 55);
     scheduleDraftSave();
   }
   function openExchange() {
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/app.svelte.ts b/ui/src/lib/app.svelte.ts
index 980a6d3..858478f 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/app.svelte.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/app.svelte.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import {
   telegramSafeAreaInset,
   telegramDisableVerticalSwipes,
   telegramShowSettingsButton,
-  telegramHaptic,
   telegramLaunch,
   type TelegramLaunch,
   telegramOnEvent,
@@ -32,7 +31,8 @@ import {
   telegramCloudGet,
   telegramCloudSet,
 } from './telegram';
-import { onVKPath, insideVK, vkInit, vkLaunchParams, vkUserName, vkStartParam, vkOnScheme, vkOnInsets } from './vk';
+import { onVKPath, insideVK, vkInit, vkDisableSwipeBack, vkLaunchParams, vkUserName, vkStartParam, vkOnScheme, vkOnInsets } from './vk';
+import { haptic } from './haptics';
 import { CLOUD_PREFS_KEY, decodeClientPrefs, encodeClientPrefs } from './cloudprefs';
 import { parseStartParam } from './deeplink';
 import {
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ export function handleError(err: unknown): void {
     return;
   }
   if (isConnectionCode(code) || !connection.online) return;
-  telegramHaptic('error');
+  haptic('error');
   showToast(t(code ? errorKey(code) : 'error.generic'), 'error');
 }
 
@@ -705,6 +705,9 @@ export async function bootstrap(): Promise<void> {
       root.style.setProperty('--tg-safe-right', `max(env(safe-area-inset-right, 0px), ${i.right}px)`);
     });
     await vkInit();
+    // The app owns navigation (its own back chevron), so silence VK's horizontal swipe-back to keep
+    // it off our edge-swipe-back and on-board tile drag — parity with telegramDisableVerticalSwipes.
+    void vkDisableSwipeBack();
     await bootVK();
     app.ready = true;
     return;
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/haptics.ts b/ui/src/lib/haptics.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f4dd6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/lib/haptics.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Cross-platform haptic feedback. The app fires one Haptic vocabulary from its interaction code
+// (tile placement, submit, errors); this routes it to whichever host Mini App is in play —
+// Telegram's HapticFeedback or VK Bridge's taptic events — and stays silent in a plain browser.
+
+import { type Haptic, telegramHaptic } from './telegram';
+import { insideVK, vkHaptic } from './vk';
+
+/**
+ * haptic fires the host Mini App's haptic feedback for kind: Telegram's HapticFeedback inside
+ * Telegram and VK Bridge's taptic inside VK; a no-op in an ordinary browser. Both backends
+ * self-guard off their platform, so this is always safe to call. The VK send is fire-and-forget.
+ */
+export function haptic(kind: Haptic): void {
+  telegramHaptic(kind);
+  if (insideVK()) void vkHaptic(kind);
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/lib/vk.ts b/ui/src/lib/vk.ts
index 6f49f21..8240a6d 100644
--- a/ui/src/lib/vk.ts
+++ b/ui/src/lib/vk.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 // (VKWebAppGetUserInfo, since VK omits it from the signed launch params). Every helper is safe to
 // call outside VK.
 
+import type { Haptic } from './telegram';
+
 async function bridge() {
   return (await import('@vkontakte/vk-bridge')).default;
 }
@@ -160,3 +162,39 @@ export async function vkOnInsets(handler: (insets: VKInsets) => void): Promise<v
     // Outside VK / bridge unavailable: the CSS env() safe-area fallback applies.
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * vkHaptic fires a VK Bridge haptic mirroring the Telegram set: a selection tick
+ * (VKWebAppTapticSelectionChanged), a success/warning/error notification
+ * (VKWebAppTapticNotificationOccurred) or a light/medium/heavy impact (VKWebAppTapticImpactOccurred).
+ * Best-effort and a no-op outside VK or on a client without taptic support (the send rejects and is
+ * swallowed), so callers fire it unconditionally.
+ */
+export async function vkHaptic(kind: Haptic): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    const b = await bridge();
+    if (kind === 'select') {
+      await b.send('VKWebAppTapticSelectionChanged', {});
+    } else if (kind === 'success' || kind === 'warning' || kind === 'error') {
+      await b.send('VKWebAppTapticNotificationOccurred', { type: kind });
+    } else {
+      await b.send('VKWebAppTapticImpactOccurred', { style: kind });
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Outside VK / no taptic support: silent, like the Telegram haptic off-platform.
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * vkDisableSwipeBack turns off VK's horizontal swipe-back gesture (VKWebAppSetSwipeSettings with
+ * history:false) so it does not fight the app's own edge-swipe-back and on-board tile drag — the
+ * app owns navigation through its back chevron, as on Telegram (telegramDisableVerticalSwipes).
+ * Best-effort; a no-op outside VK or on a client without the method.
+ */
+export async function vkDisableSwipeBack(): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    await (await bridge()).send('VKWebAppSetSwipeSettings', { history: false });
+  } catch {
+    // Outside VK / unsupported: VK's default gesture handling stays as-is.
+  }
+}