diff --git a/components/renderers/DashboardViewRenderer.tsx b/components/renderers/DashboardViewRenderer.tsx
index 30d18b7..d826b26 100644
--- a/components/renderers/DashboardViewRenderer.tsx
+++ b/components/renderers/DashboardViewRenderer.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import { WidgetChart } from "./charts/WidgetChart";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { formatByPattern, formatCurrency, formatNumber } from "~/lib/formatting";
 import { useThemeColors } from "~/lib/theme-colors";
+import { AnimatedNumber } from "~/components/ui/AnimatedNumber";
+import Animated, { FadeInDown } from "react-native-reanimated";
 import type { DashboardMeta, DashboardWidgetMeta } from "./types";
 
 /** Skeleton grid shown while dashboard metadata + widget data load. */
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ function MetricWidget({
   const value = data?.value ?? "—";
   const trend = data?.trend;
   const isPositive = trend?.startsWith("+");
+  const isNumeric = typeof value === "number" && isFinite(value);
 
   // 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
@@ -117,13 +120,25 @@ function MetricWidget({
         <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>
+          {isNumeric ? (
+            <AnimatedNumber
+              value={value}
+              format={(n) =>
+                formatMetricValue(widget, Number.isInteger(value) ? Math.round(n) : n)
+              }
+              className="mt-1 text-2xl font-bold text-card-foreground"
+              numberOfLines={1}
+              adjustsFontSizeToFit
+            />
+          ) : (
+            <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
@@ -417,10 +432,11 @@ export function DashboardViewRenderer({
         </View>
       )}
 
-      {/* Widget grid */}
+      {/* Widget grid — rows ease in with a gentle downward stagger. */}
       {rows.map((row, rowIdx) => (
-        <View
+        <Animated.View
           key={`row-${rowIdx}`}
+          entering={FadeInDown.delay(rowIdx * 70).duration(380)}
           style={{
             flexDirection: "row",
             marginBottom: GRID_GAP,
@@ -440,7 +456,7 @@ export function DashboardViewRenderer({
               </View>
             );
           })}
-        </View>
+        </Animated.View>
       ))}
     </ScrollView>
   );
diff --git a/components/ui/AnimatedNumber.tsx b/components/ui/AnimatedNumber.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..268ef08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/ui/AnimatedNumber.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import React from "react";
+import { Text, type TextProps } from "react-native";
+import { useCountUp } from "~/hooks/useCountUp";
+
+export interface AnimatedNumberProps extends TextProps {
+  /** The target numeric value to count up/down to. */
+  value: number;
+  /** Format the (animating, fractional) value into the display string. */
+  format: (n: number) => string;
+  /** Count-up duration in ms. */
+  durationMs?: number;
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * A `<Text>` whose numeric value animates (counts up) to `value` and formats
+ * each interpolated frame via `format`. Used for dashboard KPI headlines.
+ */
+export function AnimatedNumber({
+  value,
+  format,
+  durationMs,
+  className,
+  ...rest
+}: AnimatedNumberProps) {
+  const animated = useCountUp(value, durationMs);
+  return (
+    <Text className={className} {...rest}>
+      {format(animated)}
+    </Text>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/hooks/useCountUp.ts b/hooks/useCountUp.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e06e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/useCountUp.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+
+/**
+ * Animate a number from its previous value to `target` over `durationMs`,
+ * easing out. Drives KPI/metric headlines so they count up the way top-tier
+ * dashboards do instead of snapping.
+ *
+ * RAF-based (not reanimated) on purpose: a handful of KPI tiles re-rendering a
+ * cheap number for ~half a second is trivial, and it behaves identically on web
+ * and native without worklet/New-Architecture caveats.
+ */
+export function useCountUp(target: number, durationMs = 650): number {
+  const [value, setValue] = useState(target);
+  // Latest rendered value — the start point when `target` changes mid-flight.
+  const valueRef = useRef(target);
+  valueRef.current = value;
+  const rafRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const from = valueRef.current;
+    if (!isFinite(target) || from === target) {
+      setValue(target);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const start = Date.now();
+    const tick = () => {
+      const t = Math.min(1, (Date.now() - start) / durationMs);
+      const eased = 1 - Math.pow(1 - t, 3); // easeOutCubic
+      setValue(from + (target - from) * eased);
+      if (t < 1) {
+        rafRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(tick);
+      } else {
+        setValue(target);
+      }
+    };
+    rafRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(tick);
+
+    return () => {
+      if (rafRef.current != null) cancelAnimationFrame(rafRef.current);
+    };
+  }, [target, durationMs]);
+
+  return value;
+}