diff --git a/apps/rebreak-native/components/PostCard.tsx b/apps/rebreak-native/components/PostCard.tsx
index 8b6e6ce..6031889 100644
--- a/apps/rebreak-native/components/PostCard.tsx
+++ b/apps/rebreak-native/components/PostCard.tsx
@@ -30,6 +30,31 @@ function PostCardImpl({ post, onCommentPress }: Props) {
   const [localCount, setLocalCount] = useState(post.likesCount);
   const [isLiking, setIsLiking] = useState(false);
 
+  // Foreign-like count sync. When useCommunityRealtime patches the React-Query
+  // cache (UPDATE on community_posts → likes_count changed), the prop updates
+  // but localCount is seeded once via useState and stays stale. Sync it.
+  //
+  // The wasLikingRef trick: when isLiking goes true → false (own action just
+  // settled), the prop hasn't been patched yet by the realtime broadcast (it
+  // arrives ~100-300ms later as Supabase relays our own DB update back to us).
+  // We skip the FIRST useEffect run after the transition so we don't overwrite
+  // the value handleLike just set with the still-stale prop. The next prop
+  // change (= cache patch arriving) re-fires the effect and syncs correctly.
+  // For pure foreign likes (no own action in flight) the first run goes
+  // through directly.
+  const wasLikingRef = useRef(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isLiking) {
+      wasLikingRef.current = true;
+      return;
+    }
+    if (wasLikingRef.current) {
+      wasLikingRef.current = false;
+      return;
+    }
+    setLocalCount(post.likesCount);
+  }, [post.likesCount, isLiking]);
+
   // Heart-Pop Animation — Insta-Style: quick scale-up + spring-bounce back
   const heartScale = useRef(new Animated.Value(1)).current;
   const triggerHeartPop = useCallback(() => {