diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/core/js/app-tabbed-manager.js b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/core/js/app-tabbed-manager.js
index 34de23e..c057687 100755
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/core/js/app-tabbed-manager.js
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/core/js/app-tabbed-manager.js
@@ -589,27 +589,36 @@ class AppTabbedManager {
     section.innerHTML = '<div class="updater-empty">Loading…</div>';
     await this.appUpdater.refreshAll();
     const app = (this.appUpdater.apps || []).find((x) => x.name === this.currentApp);
-    if (!app) {
-      section.innerHTML = `<div class="updater-empty">No update data for this app yet. <button class="updater-btn updater-btn-primary" data-updater-action="check">Check now</button></div>`;
-      return;
-    }
-    section.innerHTML = this.renderAppUpdaterHead(app) + this.appUpdater.renderAppDetail(app);
+    // Always lead with the title block + recessed dark container, so the tab
+    // matches the Config / Backups / Tasks tabs whether or not there's data.
+    const body = app
+      ? this.appUpdater.renderAppDetail(app, { includeVersion: true })
+      : `<div class="updater-empty">No update data for this app yet. <button class="updater-btn updater-btn-primary" data-updater-action="check">Check now</button></div>`;
+    section.innerHTML = this.renderAppUpdaterHead(app) +
+      `<div class="updater-detail-container">${body}</div>`;
   }
 
+  // Title block for the per-app Updates tab — emoji + title + description on the
+  // left, Check/Update actions on the right. Mirrors .backup-title (.config-title
+  // family) so every app-detail tab shares one header idiom. `a` may be null
+  // (no data yet); the Update button only appears when an update is available.
   renderAppUpdaterHead(a) {
-    const up = this.appUpdater;
-    const esc = (s) => up.escape(s);
-    const cur = esc(a.current_version || a.current_image || '—');
-    const avail = a.update_available ? esc(a.available_version || a.available_image || 'newer') : null;
-    const badge = a.update_available
-      ? `<span class="updater-badge updater-badge-update">update available</span>`
-      : (a.scanned ? `<span class="updater-badge updater-badge-ok">up to date</span>` : `<span class="updater-badge updater-badge-unknown">unscanned</span>`);
-    const updBtn = a.update_available
+    const esc = (s) => (this.appUpdater ? this.appUpdater.escape(s) : String(s == null ? '' : s));
+    const name = this.currentApp
+      ? (window.getAppDisplayName ? window.getAppDisplayName(this.currentApp) : this.currentApp)
+      : 'this app';
+    const updBtn = (a && a.update_available)
       ? `<button class="updater-btn updater-btn-primary" data-updater-action="update" data-app="${esc(a.name)}">Update</button>`
       : '';
-    return `<div class="app-updater-head">
-      <div class="app-updater-head-main">${badge} <span class="updater-row-ver">${cur}${avail ? ` <span class="updater-arrow">→</span> <strong>${avail}</strong>` : ''}</span></div>
-      <div class="app-updater-head-actions"><button class="updater-btn" data-updater-action="check">↻ Check</button> ${updBtn}</div>
+    return `<div class="updater-title">
+      <div class="updater-title-main">
+        <h3>⬆️ Updates</h3>
+        <p>Version, security and recovery for ${esc(name)}.</p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="updater-title-actions">
+        <button class="updater-btn" data-updater-action="check">↻ Check</button>
+        ${updBtn}
+      </div>
     </div>`;
   }
 
diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/overview/css/overview.css b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/overview/css/overview.css
index 0a2c6d2..a42733d 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/overview/css/overview.css
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/apps/overview/css/overview.css
@@ -199,19 +199,53 @@
 #overview-view .ov-subtabs-content .tab-panel { display: none; }
 #overview-view .ov-subtabs-content .tab-panel.active { display: block; }
 
-/* ---- per-app Updates tab header ----------------------------------------- */
-.app-updater-section { padding: 4px 0; }
-.app-updater-head {
+/* ---- per-app Updates tab (app-detail) ----------------------------------- */
+/* Same idiom as the Config / Backups / Tasks tabs: a title block (icon + h3 +
+   description, with a bottom-border divider) followed by a recessed dark
+   container holding the body. Mirrors .backup-section / .backup-title /
+   .backup-snapshots-container. */
+.app-updater-section {
   display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: space-between;
-  gap: 12px;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  padding: 12px 14px;
-  border: 1px solid var(--border-color, rgba(255, 255, 255, .12));
-  border-radius: 10px;
-  background: var(--input-bg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .03));
-  margin-bottom: 4px;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+.updater-title {
+  padding: 20px;
+  background: transparent;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 16px;
+}
+.updater-title-main { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }
+.updater-title h3 {
+  margin: 0 0 8px 0;
+  color: var(--text-primary, #fff);
+  font-size: 18px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+.updater-title p {
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--text-secondary, #ccc);
+  font-size: 13px;
+}
+.updater-title-actions { display: flex; gap: 10px; align-items: center; flex-shrink: 0; }
+
+/* Recessed dark panel wrapping the body — same recipe as .backup-snapshots-
+   container / .tasks-container. */
+.updater-detail-container {
+  padding: 4px 16px;
+  margin: 16px;
+  background: rgba(var(--bg-rgb), 0.2);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+}
+/* Inside the container the Version / Security / Recovery / History sections are
+   separated by divider lines (the fleet row-details, not in this container, keep
+   their gap-only spacing). */
+.updater-detail-container .updater-detail { gap: 0; padding-top: 0; }
+.updater-detail-container .updater-detail-section { padding: 16px 0; }
+.updater-detail-container .updater-detail-section:first-child { padding-top: 0; }
+.updater-detail-container .updater-detail-section + .updater-detail-section {
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--border-color);
 }
-.app-updater-head-main { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; }
-.app-updater-head-actions { display: flex; gap: 8px; }
diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/updater/js/updater-page.js b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/updater/js/updater-page.js
index e5583c3..eb1e774 100644
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/updater/js/updater-page.js
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/components/updater/js/updater-page.js
@@ -386,8 +386,21 @@ class UpdaterPage {
   // verbatim as the fleet Updates expander body (overview-manager.js) AND the
   // per-app Updater tab. Action buttons keep the data-updater-action/data-app
   // contract, so whichever delegated handler is in scope drives them.
-  renderAppDetail(app) {
+  renderAppDetail(app, opts = {}) {
     const a = app || {};
+    // Optional leading "Version" section — the per-app Updates tab shows the
+    // current/available version + status badge as a section in the panel. The
+    // fleet rows omit it (the row head already shows the version).
+    let versionSection = '';
+    if (opts.includeVersion) {
+      const cur = this.escape(a.current_version || a.current_image || '—');
+      const avail = a.update_available ? this.escape(a.available_version || a.available_image || 'newer') : null;
+      const badge = a.update_available
+        ? `<span class="updater-badge updater-badge-update">update available</span>`
+        : (a.scanned ? `<span class="updater-badge updater-badge-ok">up to date</span>` : `<span class="updater-badge updater-badge-unknown">unscanned</span>`);
+      versionSection = `<div class="updater-detail-section"><h4>Version</h4>
+        <div class="updater-detail-row">${badge} <span class="updater-row-ver">${cur}${avail ? ` <span class="updater-arrow">→</span> <strong>${avail}</strong>` : ''}</span></div></div>`;
+    }
     const cves = a.cves || [];
     const cveItems = cves.map((c) => `
         <div class="updater-cve sev-${(c.severity || 'low').toLowerCase()}">
@@ -423,7 +436,7 @@ class UpdaterPage {
         <span class="updater-detail-meta">${this.escape(e.from || '')}${e.to ? ` → ${this.escape(e.to)}` : ''}</span>
         <span class="updater-detail-meta">${this.fmtRel(e.ts)}</span></div>`).join('')}</div>` : '';
 
-    return `<div class="updater-detail">${security}${recovery}${history}</div>`;
+    return `<div class="updater-detail">${versionSection}${security}${recovery}${history}</div>`;
   }
 
   empty(msg, withCheck) {