diff --git a/lib/providers/preferences_provider.dart b/lib/providers/preferences_provider.dart
index afd03d7..2974c76 100644
--- a/lib/providers/preferences_provider.dart
+++ b/lib/providers/preferences_provider.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ library;
 
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 
+import '../models/app_cloud_prefs.dart';
 import '../models/home_built_in_sections.dart';
 import '../models/home_filter_widget.dart';
 import '../models/overview_favourite.dart';
@@ -28,9 +29,18 @@ class PreferencesController extends ChangeNotifier {
   /// Fired after Home widgets are persisted (for cloud push debounce).
   VoidCallback? onHomeWidgetsPersisted;
 
+  /// Fired after Home sections / Look ahead are persisted.
+  VoidCallback? onAppPrefsPersisted;
+
   /// Years ahead Look ahead can navigate (1–30, default 5).
   int get lookAheadMaxYears => _lookAheadMaxYears;
 
+  /// Snapshot used for PocketBase `app_prefs` sync.
+  AppCloudPrefs get cloudPrefs => AppCloudPrefs(
+        homeBuiltInSections: _homeBuiltInSections,
+        lookAheadMaxYears: _lookAheadMaxYears,
+      );
+
   List<OverviewFavourite> get overviewFavourites =>
       List.unmodifiable(_overviewFavourites);
 
@@ -55,7 +65,10 @@ class PreferencesController extends ChangeNotifier {
 
   HomeBuiltInSections get homeBuiltInSections => _homeBuiltInSections;
 
-  Future<void> setHomeBuiltInSections(HomeBuiltInSections sections) async {
+  Future<void> setHomeBuiltInSections(
+    HomeBuiltInSections sections, {
+    bool schedulePush = true,
+  }) async {
     if (sections.showTransactions == _homeBuiltInSections.showTransactions &&
         sections.showCategorized == _homeBuiltInSections.showCategorized &&
         sections.showRecent == _homeBuiltInSections.showRecent) {
@@ -64,6 +77,7 @@ class PreferencesController extends ChangeNotifier {
     _homeBuiltInSections = sections;
     notifyListeners();
     await _storage.saveHomeBuiltInSections(sections);
+    if (schedulePush) onAppPrefsPersisted?.call();
   }
 
   Future<void> setHomeShowTransactions(bool value) => setHomeBuiltInSections(
@@ -78,12 +92,29 @@ class PreferencesController extends ChangeNotifier {
         _homeBuiltInSections.copyWith(showRecent: value),
       );
 
-  Future<void> setLookAheadMaxYears(int years) async {
+  Future<void> setLookAheadMaxYears(
+    int years, {
+    bool schedulePush = true,
+  }) async {
     final next = years.clamp(1, 30);
     if (next == _lookAheadMaxYears) return;
     _lookAheadMaxYears = next;
     notifyListeners();
     await _storage.setLookAheadMaxYears(next);
+    if (schedulePush) onAppPrefsPersisted?.call();
+  }
+
+  Future<void> replaceCloudPrefs(
+    AppCloudPrefs prefs, {
+    bool notify = true,
+    bool schedulePush = false,
+  }) async {
+    _homeBuiltInSections = prefs.homeBuiltInSections;
+    _lookAheadMaxYears = prefs.lookAheadMaxYears.clamp(1, 30);
+    if (notify) notifyListeners();
+    await _storage.saveHomeBuiltInSections(_homeBuiltInSections);
+    await _storage.setLookAheadMaxYears(_lookAheadMaxYears);
+    if (schedulePush) onAppPrefsPersisted?.call();
   }
 
   Future<void> addOverviewFavourite(OverviewFavourite favourite) async {
diff --git a/lib/providers/sync_provider.dart b/lib/providers/sync_provider.dart
index dbcb51c..93b2fb2 100644
--- a/lib/providers/sync_provider.dart
+++ b/lib/providers/sync_provider.dart
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 
+import '../models/app_cloud_prefs.dart';
 import '../models/home_filter_widget.dart';
 import '../models/overview_favourite.dart';
 import '../services/pb_sync_service.dart';
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
     _meta.onPersisted = _scheduleMetaPush;
     _prefs.onFavouritesPersisted = _scheduleFavouritesPush;
     _prefs.onHomeWidgetsPersisted = _scheduleHomeWidgetsPush;
+    _prefs.onAppPrefsPersisted = _scheduleAppPrefsPush;
     _auth.addListener(_onAuthChanged);
     _bank.onAfterSuccessfulLoad = _onBankDataLoaded;
     if (_auth.isLoggedIn) {
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
   bool _pushMetaPending = false;
   bool _pushFavouritesPending = false;
   bool _pushHomeWidgetsPending = false;
+  bool _pushAppPrefsPending = false;
   Timer? _pushDebounce;
   Timer? _progressHold;
   Timer? _uiNotifyThrottle;
@@ -194,6 +197,7 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
       _pushMetaPending = false;
       _pushFavouritesPending = false;
       _pushHomeWidgetsPending = false;
+      _pushAppPrefsPending = false;
       _lastError = null;
       _statusDetail = '';
       _showProgressRing = false;
@@ -256,6 +260,11 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
     _armPushDebounce();
   }
 
+  void _scheduleAppPrefsPush() {
+    _pushAppPrefsPending = true;
+    _armPushDebounce();
+  }
+
   void _armPushDebounce() {
     if (!_auth.isLoggedIn) return;
     if (_syncing) {
@@ -332,6 +341,20 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
         _prefs.homeFilterWidgets,
         remoteHomeWidgets,
       );
+      AppCloudPrefs? remoteAppPrefs;
+      try {
+        remoteAppPrefs = await service.pullAppPrefs(onStatus: _setStatus);
+      } catch (error) {
+        debugPrint('SyncController: app_prefs pull skipped ($error)');
+      }
+      // Prefer local when this device has pending prefs edits; otherwise
+      // take remote so a new install picks up cloud Home section toggles.
+      final preferLocalAppPrefs = _pushAppPrefsPending;
+      final mergedAppPrefs = mergeAppCloudPrefs(
+        local: _prefs.cloudPrefs,
+        remote: remoteAppPrefs,
+        preferLocal: preferLocalAppPrefs,
+      );
       // Apply without notifying — one rebuild after both stores are ready.
       await _meta.replaceStore(mergedMeta, notify: false);
       await _bank.applySyncedTransactions(remoteTxs, notify: false);
@@ -343,6 +366,7 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
         mergedHomeWidgets,
         notify: false,
       );
+      await _prefs.replaceCloudPrefs(mergedAppPrefs, notify: false);
       _meta.notifyListeners();
       _bank.notifyListeners();
       _prefs.notifyListeners();
@@ -375,6 +399,15 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
           'SyncController: home_filter_widgets push skipped ($error)',
         );
       }
+      try {
+        await service.pushAppPrefs(
+          mergedAppPrefs,
+          onStatus: _setStatus,
+        );
+        _pushAppPrefsPending = false;
+      } catch (error) {
+        debugPrint('SyncController: app_prefs push skipped ($error)');
+      }
       final bankSummary = await service.pushTransactions(
         _bank.transactions,
         progressStart: 0.82,
@@ -420,20 +453,31 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
     final pushMeta = _pushMetaPending;
     final pushFavourites = _pushFavouritesPending;
     final pushHomeWidgets = _pushHomeWidgetsPending;
+    final pushAppPrefs = _pushAppPrefsPending;
     _pushMetaPending = false;
     _pushFavouritesPending = false;
     _pushHomeWidgetsPending = false;
-    if (!pushMeta && !pushFavourites && !pushHomeWidgets) return;
+    _pushAppPrefsPending = false;
+    if (!pushMeta && !pushFavourites && !pushHomeWidgets && !pushAppPrefs) {
+      return;
+    }
 
     _progressHold?.cancel();
     _syncing = true;
     _progressSuccess = false;
 
-    final label = switch ((pushMeta, pushFavourites, pushHomeWidgets)) {
-      (false, false, true) => 'Home widgets',
-      (false, true, false) => 'Favourites',
-      (false, true, true) => 'Home layout',
-      (true, false, false) => 'Annotations',
+    final label = switch ((
+      pushMeta,
+      pushFavourites,
+      pushHomeWidgets,
+      pushAppPrefs,
+    )) {
+      (false, false, false, true) => 'App prefs',
+      (false, false, true, false) => 'Home widgets',
+      (false, false, true, true) => 'Home layout',
+      (false, true, false, false) => 'Favourites',
+      (false, true, true, _) => 'Home layout',
+      (true, false, false, false) => 'Annotations',
       _ => 'Changes',
     };
     _statusDetail = 'Pushing $label…';
@@ -446,7 +490,8 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
       var done = 0;
       final total = (pushMeta ? 1 : 0) +
           (pushFavourites ? 1 : 0) +
-          (pushHomeWidgets ? 1 : 0);
+          (pushHomeWidgets ? 1 : 0) +
+          (pushAppPrefs ? 1 : 0);
       void bump() {
         done++;
         _setProgress(done / total);
@@ -494,6 +539,22 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
         }
         bump();
       }
+      if (pushAppPrefs) {
+        _setStatus('Pushing app prefs…');
+        try {
+          await service.pushAppPrefs(
+            _prefs.cloudPrefs,
+            onStatus: _setStatus,
+          );
+          parts.add('App prefs updated');
+        } catch (error) {
+          debugPrint('SyncController: app_prefs push skipped ($error)');
+          // Re-queue so a missing collection doesn't drop the edit forever
+          // until the next manual full sync after migrate.
+          _pushAppPrefsPending = true;
+        }
+        bump();
+      }
 
       _setProgress(1.0);
       _lastSyncedAt = DateTime.now();
@@ -530,6 +591,7 @@ class SyncController extends ChangeNotifier {
     _meta.onPersisted = null;
     _prefs.onFavouritesPersisted = null;
     _prefs.onHomeWidgetsPersisted = null;
+    _prefs.onAppPrefsPersisted = null;
     super.dispose();
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/services/pb_sync_service.dart b/lib/services/pb_sync_service.dart
index 5c84edc..48f9bad 100644
--- a/lib/services/pb_sync_service.dart
+++ b/lib/services/pb_sync_service.dart
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:pocketbase/pocketbase.dart';
 
+import '../models/app_cloud_prefs.dart';
 import '../models/bank.dart';
+import '../models/home_built_in_sections.dart';
 import '../models/home_filter_widget.dart';
 import '../models/overview_favourite.dart';
 import '../models/transaction_meta.dart';
@@ -558,6 +560,43 @@ class PbSyncService {
     await _syncHomeFilterWidgets(userId, filter, widgets);
   }
 
+  /// Pull per-user app prefs (Home sections + Look ahead). Soft-fail if missing.
+  Future<AppCloudPrefs?> pullAppPrefs({
+    void Function(String message)? onStatus,
+  }) async {
+    final userId = _userId;
+    final filter = 'user="$userId"';
+    onStatus?.call('Pulling app prefs…');
+    final records = await _fullList('app_prefs', filter);
+    if (records.isEmpty) {
+      debugPrint('PbSyncService pull: app_prefs=0');
+      return null;
+    }
+    final r = records.first;
+    final prefs = AppCloudPrefs(
+      homeBuiltInSections: HomeBuiltInSections(
+        showTransactions: r.getBoolValue('home_show_transactions', true),
+        showCategorized: r.getBoolValue('home_show_categorized', true),
+        showRecent: r.getBoolValue('home_show_recent', true),
+      ),
+      lookAheadMaxYears:
+          r.getIntValue('look_ahead_max_years', 5).clamp(1, 30),
+    );
+    debugPrint('PbSyncService pull: app_prefs=1');
+    return prefs;
+  }
+
+  /// Upsert the single app_prefs row for this user.
+  Future<void> pushAppPrefs(
+    AppCloudPrefs prefs, {
+    void Function(String message)? onStatus,
+  }) async {
+    final userId = _userId;
+    final filter = 'user="$userId"';
+    onStatus?.call('Syncing app prefs…');
+    await _syncAppPrefs(userId, filter, prefs);
+  }
+
   /// Upserts local bank txs to PocketBase. Does **not** delete remote rows
   /// (partial local caches must not wipe another device).
   Future<String> pushTransactions(
@@ -832,6 +871,10 @@ class PbSyncService {
           filter =
               'user="$userId" && client_id="${key.replaceAll('"', '\\"')}"';
         }
+      case 'app_prefs':
+        if (userId != null) {
+          filter = 'user="$userId"';
+        }
       case 'transactions':
         final key = body['tx_id'];
         if (userId != null && key is String) {
@@ -1249,6 +1292,36 @@ class PbSyncService {
     await _runWriteOps('home_filter_widgets', ops);
   }
 
+  Future<void> _syncAppPrefs(
+    String userId,
+    String filter,
+    AppCloudPrefs prefs,
+  ) async {
+    final existing = await _fullList('app_prefs', filter);
+    final body = <String, dynamic>{
+      'user': userId,
+      'home_show_transactions': prefs.homeBuiltInSections.showTransactions,
+      'home_show_categorized': prefs.homeBuiltInSections.showCategorized,
+      'home_show_recent': prefs.homeBuiltInSections.showRecent,
+      'look_ahead_max_years': prefs.lookAheadMaxYears.clamp(1, 30),
+    };
+    final ops = <_BatchOp>[];
+    if (existing.isEmpty) {
+      ops.add(_BatchOp.create(body));
+    } else {
+      final remote = existing.first;
+      if (!_appPrefsUnchanged(remote, prefs)) {
+        ops.add(_BatchOp.update(remote.id, body));
+      }
+      // Enforce singleton: drop extras if any.
+      for (var i = 1; i < existing.length; i++) {
+        ops.add(_BatchOp.delete(existing[i].id));
+      }
+    }
+    debugPrint('PbSyncService app_prefs: remote=${existing.length} ops=${ops.length}');
+    await _runWriteOps('app_prefs', ops);
+  }
+
   bool _labelUnchanged(RecordModel remote, Map<String, dynamic> body) {
     return remote.getStringValue('name') == body['name'] &&
         remote.getIntValue('color') == body['color'] &&
@@ -1339,6 +1412,17 @@ class PbSyncService {
         remote.getBoolValue('show_amount_out', true) == w.showAmountOut &&
         remote.getBoolValue('show_count', true) == w.showCount;
   }
+
+  bool _appPrefsUnchanged(RecordModel remote, AppCloudPrefs prefs) {
+    final s = prefs.homeBuiltInSections;
+    return remote.getBoolValue('home_show_transactions', true) ==
+            s.showTransactions &&
+        remote.getBoolValue('home_show_categorized', true) ==
+            s.showCategorized &&
+        remote.getBoolValue('home_show_recent', true) == s.showRecent &&
+        remote.getIntValue('look_ahead_max_years', 5) ==
+            prefs.lookAheadMaxYears.clamp(1, 30);
+  }
 }
 
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