diff --git a/dapps/pos-app/app/amount.tsx b/dapps/pos-app/app/amount.tsx
index 66a327f2c..f6703a602 100644
--- a/dapps/pos-app/app/amount.tsx
+++ b/dapps/pos-app/app/amount.tsx
@@ -12,13 +12,9 @@ import {
   getCurrency,
 } from "@/utils/currency";
 import { router } from "expo-router";
-import { Controller, useForm, useWatch } from "react-hook-form";
+import { useCallback, useState } from "react";
 import { Platform, StyleSheet, View } from "react-native";
 
-interface FormData {
-  amount: string;
-}
-
 const formatAmount = (amount: string) => {
   if (!amount.includes(".")) {
     return `${amount}.00`;
@@ -36,6 +32,21 @@ const formatAmount = (amount: string) => {
   return `${whole}.${paddedDecimal}`;
 };
 
+const getNextAmount = (prev: string, key: string) => {
+  if (key === "erase") return prev.slice(0, -1);
+  if (key === ".") {
+    if (prev.includes(".")) return prev; // Don't add multiple decimal separators
+    return prev === "" ? "0." : `${prev}.`;
+  }
+  // Limit to 2 decimal places
+  const decimalPart = prev.split(".")[1];
+  if (decimalPart !== undefined && decimalPart.length >= 2) return prev;
+  const next = prev === "0" ? key : prev + key;
+  return exceedsU64Max(next) ? prev : next;
+};
+
+const isValidAmount = (amount: string) => !!amount && Number(amount) !== 0;
+
 export default function AmountScreen() {
   const Theme = useTheme();
   const testMode = useSettingsStore((state) => state.testMode);
@@ -43,24 +54,20 @@ export default function AmountScreen() {
   const isTablet = useIsTablet();
   const currencyCode = useSettingsStore((state) => state.currency);
   const currency = getCurrency(currencyCode);
-  const {
-    control,
-    handleSubmit,
-    formState: { isValid },
-  } = useForm<FormData>({
-    defaultValues: {
-      amount: "",
-    },
-  });
-  const watchAmount = useWatch({ control, name: "amount" });
+  const [amount, setAmount] = useState("");
+  const isValid = isValidAmount(amount);
 
-  const onSubmit = ({ amount }: FormData) => {
-    const formattedAmount = formatAmount(amount);
+  // Stable identity so the memoized NumericKeyboard doesn't re-render per key.
+  const handleKeyPress = useCallback((key: string) => {
+    setAmount((prev) => getNextAmount(prev, key));
+  }, []);
 
+  const onSubmit = () => {
+    if (!isValid) return;
     router.push({
       pathname: "/scan",
       params: {
-        amount: formattedAmount,
+        amount: formatAmount(amount),
       },
     });
   };
@@ -76,68 +83,24 @@ export default function AmountScreen() {
       >
         <BigAmountInput
           testID="amount-display"
-          value={watchAmount}
+          value={amount}
           currency={currency.symbol}
           symbolPosition={currency.symbolPosition}
           size={isTablet ? "lg" : "md"}
         />
       </View>
-      <Controller
-        control={control}
-        name="amount"
-        rules={{
-          validate: (value) => {
-            if (
-              !value ||
-              value === "0" ||
-              value === "" ||
-              Number(value) === 0
-            ) {
-              return "Amount is required";
-            }
-            return true;
-          },
-        }}
-        render={({ field: { onChange, value: prev } }) => (
-          <NumericKeyboard
-            onKeyPress={(key) => {
-              let newDisplay;
-              if (key === "erase") {
-                newDisplay = prev?.slice(0, -1) || "";
-                onChange?.(newDisplay);
-              } else if (key === ".") {
-                if (prev.includes(".")) return; // Don't add multiple decimal separators
-                if (prev === "") {
-                  newDisplay = "0.";
-                } else {
-                  newDisplay = prev + ".";
-                }
-                onChange?.(newDisplay);
-              } else {
-                // Limit to 2 decimal places
-                if (prev.includes(".")) {
-                  const decimalPart = prev.split(".")[1] || "";
-                  if (decimalPart.length >= 2) return;
-                }
-                const newDisplay = prev === "0" ? key : prev + key;
-                if (exceedsU64Max(newDisplay)) return;
-                onChange?.(newDisplay);
-              }
-            }}
-          />
-        )}
-      />
+      <NumericKeyboard onKeyPress={handleKeyPress} />
       <Button
         type="accent"
         variant="primary"
         testID="charge-button"
-        onPress={handleSubmit(onSubmit)}
+        onPress={onSubmit}
         disabled={!isValid}
         size={isTablet ? "lg" : "md"}
         style={[styles.button, isTablet && styles.buttonTablet]}
       >
         {isValid
-          ? `Charge ${formatAmountWithSymbol(formatAmount(watchAmount), currency)}`
+          ? `Charge ${formatAmountWithSymbol(formatAmount(amount), currency)}`
           : "Enter amount"}
       </Button>
     </View>
diff --git a/dapps/pos-app/components/big-amount-input/components/AnimatedCharacter.tsx b/dapps/pos-app/components/big-amount-input/components/AnimatedCharacter.tsx
index fd0d91c91..367dd1521 100644
--- a/dapps/pos-app/components/big-amount-input/components/AnimatedCharacter.tsx
+++ b/dapps/pos-app/components/big-amount-input/components/AnimatedCharacter.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { CharacterItem } from "../utils/getCharactersArray";
 import { memo, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
-import { StyleSheet } from "react-native";
+import { StyleSheet, Text } from "react-native";
 import Animated, {
   Easing,
   useAnimatedStyle,
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ function AnimatedCharacterComponent({
           animatedStyle,
         ]}
       >
-        <Animated.Text style={[styles.text, { color: textColor, fontSize }]}>
+        <Text style={[styles.text, { color: textColor, fontSize }]}>
           {item.char}
-        </Animated.Text>
+        </Text>
       </Animated.View>
     </Animated.View>
   );
diff --git a/dapps/pos-app/components/big-amount-input/utils/formatAmount.ts b/dapps/pos-app/components/big-amount-input/utils/formatAmount.ts
index fe77797e1..fb7d1b0a1 100644
--- a/dapps/pos-app/components/big-amount-input/utils/formatAmount.ts
+++ b/dapps/pos-app/components/big-amount-input/utils/formatAmount.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,23 @@ export type FormatAmountOptions = {
 
 const DEFAULT_LOCALE: SupportedLocale = "en-US";
 
+// Separators are fixed per locale, and constructing Intl.NumberFormat is slow on
+// Android Hermes (ICU locale resolution over JNI), so resolve each locale once
+// instead of on every keypress.
+const decimalSeparators = new Map<SupportedLocale, string>();
+const groupSeparators = new Map<SupportedLocale, string>();
+
 export function getDecimalSeparator(
   locale: SupportedLocale = DEFAULT_LOCALE,
 ): string {
-  const numberWithDecimal = 1.1;
-  const formatted = new Intl.NumberFormat(locale).format(numberWithDecimal);
-  return formatted.charAt(1);
+  let separator = decimalSeparators.get(locale);
+  if (separator === undefined) {
+    const numberWithDecimal = 1.1;
+    const formatted = new Intl.NumberFormat(locale).format(numberWithDecimal);
+    separator = formatted.charAt(1);
+    decimalSeparators.set(locale, separator);
+  }
+  return separator;
 }
 
 export function getDefaultLocale(): SupportedLocale {
@@ -32,11 +43,15 @@ export function parseRawValue(rawValue: string): number {
 }
 
 function getGroupSeparator(locale: SupportedLocale): string {
-  // Avoid formatToParts — not supported in Hermes
-  const formatted = new Intl.NumberFormat(locale).format(10000);
-  // Strip all digits — what remains is the group separator (e.g. "," or ".")
-  const sep = formatted.replace(/\d/g, "");
-  return sep.charAt(0) || ",";
+  let separator = groupSeparators.get(locale);
+  if (separator === undefined) {
+    // Avoid formatToParts — not supported in Hermes
+    const formatted = new Intl.NumberFormat(locale).format(10000);
+    // Strip all digits — what remains is the group separator (e.g. "," or ".")
+    separator = formatted.replace(/\d/g, "").charAt(0) || ",";
+    groupSeparators.set(locale, separator);
+  }
+  return separator;
 }
 
 function addThousandsSeparators(integerStr: string, separator: string): string {
diff --git a/dapps/pos-app/components/numeric-keyboard.tsx b/dapps/pos-app/components/numeric-keyboard.tsx
index ed5fc7f54..bc9168d38 100644
--- a/dapps/pos-app/components/numeric-keyboard.tsx
+++ b/dapps/pos-app/components/numeric-keyboard.tsx
@@ -13,24 +13,21 @@ export interface NumericKeyboardProps {
   style?: StyleProp<ViewStyle>;
 }
 
+const KEYS = [
+  ["1", "2", "3"],
+  ["4", "5", "6"],
+  ["7", "8", "9"],
+  [".", "0", "erase"],
+];
+
 function NumericKeyboardBase({ onKeyPress, style }: NumericKeyboardProps) {
   const Theme = useTheme();
   const isTablet = useIsTablet();
   const [assets] = useAssets([require("@/assets/images/backspace.png")]);
-  const keys = [
-    ["1", "2", "3"],
-    ["4", "5", "6"],
-    ["7", "8", "9"],
-    [".", "0", "erase"],
-  ];
-
-  const handlePress = (key: string) => {
-    onKeyPress(key);
-  };
 
   return (
     <View style={[styles.container, isTablet && styles.containerTablet, style]}>
-      {keys.map((row, rowIndex) => (
+      {KEYS.map((row, rowIndex) => (
         <View
           key={`row-${rowIndex}`}
           style={[styles.row, isTablet && styles.rowTablet]}
@@ -38,7 +35,7 @@ function NumericKeyboardBase({ onKeyPress, style }: NumericKeyboardProps) {
           {row.map((key) => (
             <Pressable
               key={key}
-              onPress={() => handlePress(key)}
+              onPress={() => onKeyPress(key)}
               testID={key === "." ? "key-decimal" : `key-${key}`}
               accessibilityRole="button"
               accessibilityLabel={key === "erase" ? "Backspace" : key}
diff --git a/dapps/pos-app/package-lock.json b/dapps/pos-app/package-lock.json
index 37542b925..ce1e43087 100644
--- a/dapps/pos-app/package-lock.json
+++ b/dapps/pos-app/package-lock.json
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
         "pressto": "0.6.1",
         "react": "19.2.3",
         "react-dom": "19.2.3",
-        "react-hook-form": "7.71.2",
         "react-native": "0.85.3",
         "react-native-device-info": "14.1.1",
         "react-native-gesture-handler": "2.31.2",
@@ -14093,22 +14092,6 @@
         "react": ">=17.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/react-hook-form": {
-      "version": "7.71.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-hook-form/-/react-hook-form-7.71.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-1CHvcDYzuRUNOflt4MOq3ZM46AronNJtQ1S7tnX6YN4y72qhgiUItpacZUAQ0TyWYci3yz1X+rXaSxiuEm86PA==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18.0.0"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "type": "opencollective",
-        "url": "https://opencollective.com/react-hook-form"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "react": "^16.8.0 || ^17 || ^18 || ^19"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/react-is": {
       "version": "19.2.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-is/-/react-is-19.2.7.tgz",
diff --git a/dapps/pos-app/package.json b/dapps/pos-app/package.json
index 963437516..4a6013fd8 100644
--- a/dapps/pos-app/package.json
+++ b/dapps/pos-app/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
     "lint": "expo lint",
     "test": "jest"
   },
+  "reanimated": {
+    "staticFeatureFlags": {
+      "ANDROID_SYNCHRONOUSLY_UPDATE_UI_PROPS": true
+    }
+  },
   "dependencies": {
     "@rnrepo/expo-config-plugin": "0.3.6",
     "@sentry/react-native": "8.23.0",
@@ -53,7 +58,6 @@
     "pressto": "0.6.1",
     "react": "19.2.3",
     "react-dom": "19.2.3",
-    "react-hook-form": "7.71.2",
     "react-native": "0.85.3",
     "react-native-device-info": "14.1.1",
     "react-native-gesture-handler": "2.31.2",