diff --git a/client/src/pages/login/useLogin.native.test.tsx b/client/src/pages/login/useLogin.native.test.tsx
index 136f97353..61d36363a 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/login/useLogin.native.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/pages/login/useLogin.native.test.tsx
@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe('useLogin in the native app', () => {
-  it('FE-LOGIN-NATIVE-001: reports that it runs in the app', async () => {
+  it('FE-LOGIN-NATIVE-001: reports that it runs in the app and remembers the login by default', async () => {
     const { result } = renderLogin();
     await waitFor(() => expect(result.current.appConfig).not.toBeNull());
     expect(result.current.nativeApp).toBe(true);
+    expect(result.current.rememberMe).toBe(true);
   });
 
   it('FE-LOGIN-NATIVE-002: does not bounce an OIDC-only install to the IdP inside the WebView', async () => {
diff --git a/client/src/pages/login/useLogin.ts b/client/src/pages/login/useLogin.ts
index 2fa48ed4e..bb914d42c 100644
--- a/client/src/pages/login/useLogin.ts
+++ b/client/src/pages/login/useLogin.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ export function useLogin() {
   const [username, setUsername] = useState<string>('')
   const [email, setEmail] = useState<string>('')
   const [password, setPassword] = useState<string>('')
-  const [rememberMe, setRememberMe] = useState<boolean>(false)
+  // On by default in the app: a session cookie there dies with the app process,
+  // and nobody expects to sign in again every time the phone unloads an app.
+  const [rememberMe, setRememberMe] = useState<boolean>(isNativeApp)
   const [showPassword, setShowPassword] = useState<boolean>(false)
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState<boolean>(false)
   const [error, setError] = useState<string>('')