diff --git a/iosApp/iosApp/ContentView.swift b/iosApp/iosApp/ContentView.swift
index 8edc792..d598274 100644
--- a/iosApp/iosApp/ContentView.swift
+++ b/iosApp/iosApp/ContentView.swift
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ struct ContentView: View {
                     resource: MR.strings.shared.btc_to_currency,
                     args: [state.defaultCurrencyCode]
                 )),
-                footer: Text(state.statusLine)
+                footer: Group {
+                    if !state.statusLine.isEmpty {
+                        Text(state.statusLine)
+                    }
+                }
             ) {
                 Picker(
                     IosLocalizationKt.localizedString(resource: MR.strings.shared.price_source),
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/ui/ConverterUiStateDisplay.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/ui/ConverterUiStateDisplay.kt
index 7c79f55..fcc0194 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/ui/ConverterUiStateDisplay.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/ui/ConverterUiStateDisplay.kt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import kotlin.time.Instant
 /** Derived display strings/flags shared between the Compose UI and the iOS SwiftUI bridge. */
 
 fun ConverterUiState.statusLine(): String {
-    if (isManualSource) return if (sourceName.isEmpty()) "" else "via $sourceName"
+    if (isManualSource) return ""
     val updated = lastUpdated?.let { "updated ${it.toDateTimeString()}" } ?: "loading rates…"
     return if (sourceName.isEmpty()) updated else "via $sourceName, $updated"
 }
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/ui/PriceScreen.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/ui/PriceScreen.kt
index 0432e46..2921710 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/ui/PriceScreen.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/ui/PriceScreen.kt
@@ -138,10 +138,13 @@ fun PriceScreen(
         ) {
             Column(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth().padding(horizontal = 8.dp)) {
                 Text("SatsPrice", style = MaterialTheme.typography.headlineMedium)
-                Text(
-                    text = state.statusLine(),
-                    style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
-                )
+                val statusLine = state.statusLine()
+                if (statusLine.isNotEmpty()) {
+                    Text(
+                        text = statusLine,
+                        style = MaterialTheme.typography.bodySmall,
+                    )
+                }
             }
 
             Card(modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth(), colors = SectionColors) {
diff --git a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/ui/PriceViewModel.kt b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/ui/PriceViewModel.kt
index a40c00b..9253e16 100644
--- a/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/ui/PriceViewModel.kt
+++ b/shared/src/commonMain/kotlin/xyz/tyiu/satsprice/ui/PriceViewModel.kt
@@ -142,7 +142,12 @@ class PriceViewModel(
 
     fun refresh() {
         if (currentSource === manualSource && manualSource.rate == null) {
-            _uiState.update { it.copy(isLoading = false, errorMessage = null) }
+            // No rate typed in (yet): nothing to price fiat currencies with, so clear any stale
+            // rate this might otherwise still compute fiat amounts from.
+            rates = null
+            _uiState.update {
+                it.copy(isLoading = false, errorMessage = null, pricedCurrencyCodes = emptySet())
+            }
             return
         }
         viewModelScope.launch {
@@ -230,8 +235,6 @@ class PriceViewModel(
                     _uiState.update {
                         it.copy(manualRateInput = formatAmount(seedRate, decimalDigitsFor(defaultCurrencyCode)))
                     }
-                } else {
-                    _uiState.update { it.copy(pricedCurrencyCodes = emptySet()) }
                 }
                 refresh()
             }
@@ -254,10 +257,11 @@ class PriceViewModel(
     fun onManualRateChanged(value: String) {
         val sanitized = sanitizeDecimalInput(value)
         _uiState.update { it.copy(manualRateInput = sanitized) }
-        sanitized.toBigDecimalOrNull()?.let { parsed ->
-            manualSource.rate = parsed
-            refresh()
-        }
+        // Also cleared (rather than left as the last valid rate) when sanitized fails to parse —
+        // e.g. the field is emptied, or is mid-edit on an incomplete number — so refresh() then
+        // wipes any fiat amounts computed from it, rather than leaving stale ones on screen.
+        manualSource.rate = sanitized.toBigDecimalOrNull()
+        refresh()
     }
 
     private fun updateAmount(field: EditedField, rawValue: String) {