diff --git a/frontend/app.js b/frontend/app.js
index 8da49bd..d808561 100755
--- a/frontend/app.js
+++ b/frontend/app.js
@@ -4729,8 +4729,7 @@ const Notes = (() => {
     const v = $('stgVideo'), a = $('stgAudio');
     if (v) v.classList.toggle('on', !ao); if (a) a.classList.toggle('on', ao);
   }
-  setInterval(chips, 1500);
-  setTimeout(chips, 400);
+  VisibleTimer.setIntervalWhenVisible(chips, 1500, { immediate: true });
 })();
 
 // ============================================================================
@@ -5069,7 +5068,7 @@ const Remote = (() => {
   // ==========================================================================
   // Remote (this phone drives a host)
   // ==========================================================================
-  const rc = { ws: null, open: false, state: null, stateAt: 0, queue: { items: [], idx: -1 }, retry: null, ping: null, latency: null, online: false, seeking: false, volTimer: null, drag: null };
+  const rc = { ws: null, open: false, state: null, stateAt: 0, queue: { items: [], idx: -1 }, retry: null, ping: null, seekTimer: null, latency: null, online: false, seeking: false, volTimer: null, drag: null };
 
   const rcSend = (m) => { if (rc.ws && rc.ws.readyState === 1) rc.ws.send(JSON.stringify(m)); };
   const cmd = (name, args = {}) => rcSend({ type: 'cmd', cmd: name, ...args });
@@ -5299,6 +5298,7 @@ const Remote = (() => {
 
   function openRemoteView({ code = '' } = {}) {
     rc.open = true;
+    rc.seekTimer = VisibleTimer.setIntervalWhenVisible(renderSeek, 500);
     // This phone is the remote now — don't also play here.
     try { if (Player.master && !Player.master.paused) Player.pause(); } catch { /* nothing loaded */ }
     $('remoteView').classList.remove('hidden');
@@ -5309,6 +5309,8 @@ const Remote = (() => {
 
   function closeRemoteView() {
     rc.open = false;
+    rc.seekTimer?.clear();
+    rc.seekTimer = null;
     clearTimeout(rc.retry);
     clearInterval(rc.ping);
     const ws = rc.ws;
@@ -5387,7 +5389,6 @@ const Remote = (() => {
       toast(next ? `Screen pauses in ${next} min` : 'Sleep timer off');
     });
     $('rvService').addEventListener('click', () => cmd('service', { on: !(rc.state && rc.state.service) }));
-    setInterval(() => { if (rc.open) renderSeek(); }, 500);
     // Hosts keep phones current once a second while anything plays.
     setInterval(() => { if (host.ws && host.remotes.length) { pushState(); pushQueue(); } }, 1000);
     document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', () => {
@@ -5800,7 +5801,7 @@ const CatalogSync = (() => {
     }
   }
   window.addEventListener('online', flush);
-  if (WEB) setInterval(flush, 60000);
+  if (WEB) VisibleTimer.setIntervalWhenVisible(flush, 60000, { immediate: true });
   return { send, flush };
 })();
 function collectSearchMetadata(q, cards) { if (WEB) CatalogSync.send(q, cards); }
@@ -11061,7 +11062,7 @@ function setupViewportAnchorGuard() {
   // Last-resort safety net for offsets none of the events above report:
   // a 2s tick that reads scrollY (cheap) and snaps back only when displaced,
   // so "nav taps silently do nothing" can never persist longer than a beat.
-  setInterval(reanchor, 2000);
+  VisibleTimer.setIntervalWhenVisible(reanchor, 2000);
 }
 
 // ============================================================================
@@ -11304,7 +11305,7 @@ function rotateChips() {
     }
   });
 }
-setInterval(rotateChips, 8000);
+VisibleTimer.setIntervalWhenVisible(rotateChips, 8000);
 
 document.querySelectorAll('.chip').forEach((c) => {
     c.addEventListener('click', () => {
@@ -12151,8 +12152,7 @@ function checkBuildTag() {
 }
 
 function pollBuildTag() {
-  checkBuildTag();
-  setInterval(checkBuildTag, 5 * 60 * 1000);   // recheck every 5 minutes
+  VisibleTimer.setIntervalWhenVisible(checkBuildTag, 5 * 60 * 1000, { immediate: true });
 }
 
 // ============================================================================
diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index b4de34a..f4b56f3 100755
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@
     <script src="piano.js"></script>
     <script src="setlist-import.js"></script>
     <script src="car-mode.js"></script>
+    <script src="visible-timer.js"></script>
     <script src="app.js"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/frontend/sw.js b/frontend/sw.js
index 7cfec85..95f791e 100644
--- a/frontend/sw.js
+++ b/frontend/sw.js
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ const SHELL = [
   '/flag-ui.js',
   '/export.js',
   '/async-guard.js',
+  '/visible-timer.js',
   '/sw-update.js',
   '/fingerprint.js',
   '/opfs.js',