diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/browser/usage-screen.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/browser/usage-screen.spec.ts
index 0158beff5e..a504af468a 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/browser/usage-screen.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/browser/usage-screen.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import { gotoAppShell } from "../support/helpers/app";
 import { getServerId } from "../support/helpers/server-id";
 import { installUsageReportsFixture } from "../support/helpers/usage-reports";
 
+// Two hours reads "2h ago" for an hour, so the assertion cannot race the clock.
+function twoHoursAgo(): string {
+  return new Date(Date.now() - 2 * 60 * 60_000).toISOString();
+}
+
 test.describe("usage screen", () => {
   test("opens from the sidebar and groups reports under their host", async ({ page }) => {
     test.setTimeout(120_000);
@@ -13,7 +18,7 @@ test.describe("usage screen", () => {
           {
             id: "alpha:a",
             account: {},
-            fetchedAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+            fetchedAt: twoHoursAgo(),
             sourceId: "alpha",
             sourceLabel: "Alpha plan",
             report: {
@@ -43,6 +48,10 @@ test.describe("usage screen", () => {
     await expect(group.getByText("31%")).toBeVisible();
     await expect(group.getByText("Beta plan", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
     await expect(group.getByText("Unavailable", { exact: true })).toBeVisible();
+
+    await group.getByTestId("usage-card-header").first().hover();
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("usage-freshness-tooltip")).toHaveText("Updated 2h ago");
+    await expect(group.getByTestId("usage-freshness")).toHaveCount(0);
   });
 
   test("shows the host once it connects after a cold load on a phone", async ({ page }) => {
@@ -54,7 +63,7 @@ test.describe("usage screen", () => {
           {
             id: "alpha:a",
             account: {},
-            fetchedAt: "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+            fetchedAt: twoHoursAgo(),
             sourceId: "alpha",
             sourceLabel: "Alpha plan",
             report: { status: "available", windows: [] },
@@ -67,9 +76,9 @@ test.describe("usage screen", () => {
     await page.goto("/usage");
     await usage.waitForListRequests(1);
 
-    await expect(
-      page.getByTestId(`usage-host-${serverId}`).getByText("Alpha plan", { exact: true }),
-    ).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+    const group = page.getByTestId(`usage-host-${serverId}`);
+    await expect(group.getByText("Alpha plan", { exact: true })).toBeVisible({ timeout: 10_000 });
+    await expect(group.getByTestId("usage-freshness")).toHaveText("Updated 2h ago");
   });
 
   test("tells the user to update a host without usage sources", async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/usage/card.tsx b/packages/app/src/usage/card.tsx
index d432f80cdf..62ea24efc1 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/usage/card.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/usage/card.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import { useMemo } from "react";
-import { Text, View } from "react-native";
+import { Text, View, type StyleProp, type TextStyle } from "react-native";
 import { StyleSheet } from "react-native-unistyles";
 import { StatusBadge } from "@/components/ui/status-badge";
+import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
+import { useIsCompactFormFactor } from "@/constants/layout";
+import { isNative } from "@/constants/platform";
+import { useCompactTimeAgo } from "@/hooks/use-compact-time-ago";
 import { UsageBalanceBar } from "./balance-bar";
+import { formatUsageFreshness } from "./model";
 import { UsageSourceIcon } from "./source-icon";
 import type { UsageReport, UsageReportEntry } from "./types";
 import { UsageWindowBar } from "./window-bar";
@@ -19,6 +24,9 @@ export function UsageCard({
   entry: UsageReportEntry;
   compact?: boolean;
 }) {
+  const isCompact = useIsCompactFormFactor();
+  // Where there is no hover the freshness is printed on the card; elsewhere the header's tooltip.
+  const showsFreshnessInline = isNative || isCompact;
   const usage = entry.report;
   const status = statusText(usage);
   const footer = entry.account.label ?? null;
@@ -40,20 +48,25 @@ export function UsageCard({
 
   return (
     <View style={containerStyle}>
-      <View style={styles.header}>
-        <UsageSourceIcon svg={entry.icon ?? null} size={14} />
-        <Text style={styles.name} numberOfLines={1}>
-          {entry.sourceLabel}
-        </Text>
-        {usage.planLabel ? <StatusBadge label={usage.planLabel} variant="muted" /> : null}
-        <View style={styles.headerSpacer} />
-        {status ? (
-          <View style={styles.statusRow}>
-            <View style={dotStyle} />
-            <Text style={styles.statusLabel}>{status}</Text>
-          </View>
-        ) : null}
-      </View>
+      <Tooltip delayDuration={300} enabledOnDesktop={!isNative}>
+        <TooltipTrigger style={styles.header} accessible={false} testID="usage-card-header">
+          <UsageSourceIcon svg={entry.icon ?? null} size={14} />
+          <Text style={styles.name} numberOfLines={1}>
+            {entry.sourceLabel}
+          </Text>
+          {usage.planLabel ? <StatusBadge label={usage.planLabel} variant="muted" /> : null}
+          <View style={styles.headerSpacer} />
+          {status ? (
+            <View style={styles.statusRow}>
+              <View style={dotStyle} />
+              <Text style={styles.statusLabel}>{status}</Text>
+            </View>
+          ) : null}
+        </TooltipTrigger>
+        <TooltipContent side="top" align="start" testID="usage-freshness-tooltip">
+          <UsageFreshness fetchedAt={entry.fetchedAt} style={styles.tooltipText} />
+        </TooltipContent>
+      </Tooltip>
 
       {usage.error ? (
         <Text style={styles.error} numberOfLines={3}>
@@ -87,15 +100,30 @@ export function UsageCard({
         </View>
       ) : null}
 
-      {footer ? (
-        <Text style={styles.footer} numberOfLines={1}>
-          {footer}
-        </Text>
+      {footer || showsFreshnessInline ? (
+        <View style={styles.footerRow}>
+          <Text style={styles.footer} numberOfLines={1}>
+            {footer}
+          </Text>
+          {showsFreshnessInline ? (
+            <UsageFreshness fetchedAt={entry.fetchedAt} style={styles.freshness} />
+          ) : null}
+        </View>
       ) : null}
     </View>
   );
 }
 
+/** Its own component so the relative-time clock re-renders one `<Text>`, not the card. */
+function UsageFreshness({ fetchedAt, style }: { fetchedAt: string; style: StyleProp<TextStyle> }) {
+  const elapsed = useCompactTimeAgo(new Date(fetchedAt));
+  return (
+    <Text style={style} numberOfLines={1} testID="usage-freshness">
+      {formatUsageFreshness(elapsed)}
+    </Text>
+  );
+}
+
 const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
   container: {
     gap: theme.spacing[3],
@@ -167,8 +195,23 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
     fontSize: theme.fontSize.sm,
     lineHeight: theme.fontSize.sm * 1.4,
   },
+  footerRow: {
+    flexDirection: "row",
+    alignItems: "center",
+    gap: theme.spacing[2],
+  },
   footer: {
+    flex: 1,
     color: theme.colors.foregroundMuted,
     fontSize: theme.fontSize.sm,
   },
+  freshness: {
+    flexShrink: 0,
+    color: theme.colors.foregroundMuted,
+    fontSize: theme.fontSize.sm,
+  },
+  tooltipText: {
+    color: theme.colors.foreground,
+    fontSize: theme.fontSize.base,
+  },
 }));
diff --git a/packages/app/src/usage/copy.ts b/packages/app/src/usage/copy.ts
index b8330f43d6..4c8b622eae 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/usage/copy.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/usage/copy.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export const usageCopy = {
   planUsage: "Plan usage",
   refresh: "Refresh",
   refreshing: "Refreshing...",
+  updated: "Updated",
   loading: "Loading usage...",
   empty: "No usage data",
   noHosts: "No connected hosts",
diff --git a/packages/app/src/usage/model.test.ts b/packages/app/src/usage/model.test.ts
index e08155fcfc..6773742f60 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/usage/model.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/usage/model.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
+  formatUsageFreshness,
   groupUsageByHost,
   headlineWindow,
   resolveUsagePill,
@@ -170,3 +171,11 @@ describe("groupUsageByHost", () => {
     ]);
   });
 });
+
+describe("formatUsageFreshness", () => {
+  it("says when the report was fetched", () => {
+    expect(formatUsageFreshness("now")).toBe("Updated just now");
+    expect(formatUsageFreshness("3m")).toBe("Updated 3m ago");
+    expect(formatUsageFreshness("Jan 15")).toBe("Updated Jan 15");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/app/src/usage/model.ts b/packages/app/src/usage/model.ts
index ef74cdcdae..b8c50a5bd7 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/usage/model.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/usage/model.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { formatCompactTimeAgoAsProse } from "@/utils/time";
 import { usageCopy } from "./copy";
 import type { UsageReport, UsageReportEntry, UsageView, UsageWindow } from "./types";
 
@@ -37,6 +38,11 @@ export function resolveUsagePill(input: {
   };
 }
 
+/** When a report was fetched, from its compact relative time: "Updated 3m ago". */
+export function formatUsageFreshness(compactTimeAgo: string): string {
+  return `${usageCopy.updated} ${formatCompactTimeAgoAsProse(compactTimeAgo)}`;
+}
+
 export interface UsageQueryState {
   data: UsageReportEntry[] | undefined;
   error: unknown;