diff --git a/ios/README.md b/ios/README.md
index f3544e6..a664417 100644
--- a/ios/README.md
+++ b/ios/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ The first launch asks, with `https://ipodderx.sdf1.net` filled in; a bare host g
 Shake the phone to change it. Plain `http://` only on your own network
 (`http://192.168.1.130:8099`), which is all `NSAllowsLocalNetworking` allows. Sign in on the page
 that follows, through Cloudflare Access or ipx's own form; the cookies that leaves are what the
-player uses (`CookieBridge`). `-ipx.server <url>` as a launch argument overrides it for a run.
+player uses (`CookieBridge`). `-ipx.server <url>` as a launch argument overrides it for a run. `-ipx.noBadgePrompt YES` skips the badge permission dialog, which covers the page in a simulator run nobody is there to tap.
 
 ## Player token
 
diff --git a/ios/Sources/Badge.swift b/ios/Sources/Badge.swift
index 6dd97db..34f1116 100644
--- a/ios/Sources/Badge.swift
+++ b/ios/Sources/Badge.swift
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ enum Badge {
 
     /// Asks once, for the badge alone: no alerts, no sounds.
     static func requestPermission() {
+        // `-ipx.noBadgePrompt YES` on the launch arguments: a simulator run that drives the page
+        // has nobody to tap Allow, and the dialog covers it.
+        if UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: "ipx.noBadgePrompt") { return }
         UNUserNotificationCenter.current().requestAuthorization(options: [.badge]) { _, _ in }
     }
 
diff --git a/web/CHANGELOG.md b/web/CHANGELOG.md
index b3cd9bc..08a0b97 100644
--- a/web/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/web/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - The Check every feed button in All Subscriptions' header, which did what the top bar's does (#416).
 
 ### Fixed
+
+- The admin page's top bar clears the status bar in the iOS app, so its back button can be tapped; the page asked for no room under the clock as the app page does (#423).
 - Swiping, or j, through more than 50 items no longer stops at the 50th until a reload: the next ones are fetched as you near the end, and Load more on the Unread tab no longer skips as many unread items as you had read (#383).
 - On the Unread tab, a short list read through no longer asks the server for more that is not there, or shows a count of 0 items beside the items still on screen (#385).
 - ipx-web no longer logs a deprecation warning about its metrics setting at every start (#381).
diff --git a/web/admin.html b/web/admin.html
index 31769d7..36ac673 100644
--- a/web/admin.html
+++ b/web/admin.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html lang="en">
 <head>
 <meta charset="utf-8">
-<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover">
 <meta name="color-scheme" content="dark light">
 <meta name="theme-color" content="#0a1726">
 <title>iPX admin</title>