diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx
index f37e3322..4a45f419 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.tsx
@@ -5252,14 +5252,18 @@ function App() {
     checkOnboarding()
   }, [])
 
-  // Handler for onboarding completion
-  const handleOnboardingComplete = useCallback(async () => {
+  // Handler for onboarding completion. When the user accepts the tour offer
+  // on the final step, hand off to the mascot tour once the modal's exit
+  // animation has cleared.
+  const handleOnboardingComplete = useCallback(async (opts?: { startTour?: boolean }) => {
     try {
       await window.ipc.invoke('onboarding:markComplete', null)
-      setShowOnboarding(false)
     } catch (err) {
       console.error('Failed to mark onboarding complete:', err)
-      setShowOnboarding(false)
+    }
+    setShowOnboarding(false)
+    if (opts?.startTour) {
+      window.setTimeout(() => setTourActive(true), 400)
     }
   }, [])
 
@@ -5475,11 +5479,14 @@ function App() {
       case 'agents':
         openBgTasksView()
         break
+      case 'apps':
+        openAppsView()
+        break
       case 'workspaces':
         knowledgeActions.openWorkspaceAt()
         break
     }
-  }, [navigateToView, openEmailView, openMeetingsView, openCodeView, knowledgeActions, openBgTasksView])
+  }, [navigateToView, openEmailView, openMeetingsView, openCodeView, knowledgeActions, openBgTasksView, openAppsView])
 
   // Handler for when a voice note is created/updated
   const handleVoiceNoteCreated = useCallback(async (notePath: string) => {
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/assets/tour/apps.mp3 b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/assets/tour/apps.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7ae862a
Binary files /dev/null and b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/assets/tour/apps.mp3 differ
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx
index 2fb7426e..ae83e4fa 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/onboarding/index.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { CompletionStep } from "./steps/completion-step"
 
 interface OnboardingModalProps {
   open: boolean
-  onComplete: () => void
+  onComplete: (opts?: { startTour?: boolean }) => void
 }
 
 export function OnboardingModal({ open, onComplete }: OnboardingModalProps) {
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/onboarding/steps/completion-step.tsx b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/onboarding/steps/completion-step.tsx
index 2f5d550c..53472d12 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/onboarding/steps/completion-step.tsx
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/onboarding/steps/completion-step.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-import { CheckCircle2 } from "lucide-react"
+import { CheckCircle2, Volume2 } from "lucide-react"
 import { motion } from "motion/react"
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
+import { TalkingHead } from "@/components/talking-head"
 import type { OnboardingState } from "../use-onboarding-state"
 
 interface CompletionStepProps {
   state: OnboardingState
 }
 
+const zeroLevel = () => 0
+
 export function CompletionStep({ state }: CompletionStepProps) {
-  const { connectedProviders, gmailConnected, googleCalendarConnected, handleComplete } = state
+  const { connectedProviders, gmailConnected, googleCalendarConnected, handleComplete, handleCompleteWithTour } = state
   const hasConnections = connectedProviders.length > 0 || gmailConnected || googleCalendarConnected
 
   return (
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ export function CompletionStep({ state }: CompletionStepProps) {
         initial={{ opacity: 0 }}
         animate={{ opacity: 1 }}
         transition={{ delay: 0.35 }}
-        className="text-base text-muted-foreground leading-relaxed max-w-sm mb-8"
+        className="text-base text-muted-foreground leading-relaxed max-w-sm mb-6"
       >
         {hasConnections ? (
           <>Give me 30 minutes to build your context graph. I can still help with other things on your computer.</>
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ export function CompletionStep({ state }: CompletionStepProps) {
           initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 12 }}
           animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
           transition={{ delay: 0.45 }}
-          className="w-full max-w-sm rounded-xl border bg-muted/30 p-4 mb-8"
+          className="w-full max-w-sm rounded-xl border bg-muted/30 p-4 mb-6"
         >
           <p className="text-sm font-semibold mb-3 text-left">Connected</p>
           <div className="space-y-2">
@@ -104,18 +107,56 @@ export function CompletionStep({ state }: CompletionStepProps) {
         </motion.div>
       )}
 
-      {/* CTA */}
+      {/* Captain's tour hand-off */}
+      <motion.div
+        initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 12 }}
+        animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
+        transition={{ delay: 0.55 }}
+        className="w-full max-w-sm rounded-xl border bg-muted/30 px-5 pt-4 pb-5 mb-4"
+      >
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-4">
+          <motion.div
+            initial={{ scale: 0, rotate: -12 }}
+            animate={{ scale: 1, rotate: 0 }}
+            transition={{ type: "spring", stiffness: 220, damping: 18, delay: 0.65 }}
+            className="shrink-0"
+          >
+            <TalkingHead ttsState="idle" getLevel={zeroLevel} size={88} hat="captain" />
+          </motion.div>
+          <div className="text-left">
+            <p className="text-base font-semibold mb-1">Want the captain's tour?</p>
+            <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground leading-snug">
+              A one-minute guided voyage through everything you just set up
+              {hasConnections ? <> — perfect while I chart your data</> : null}.
+            </p>
+            <p className="mt-1.5 flex items-center gap-1.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+              <Volume2 className="size-3.5 shrink-0" />
+              <span>I narrate it out loud, so sound on!</span>
+            </p>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </motion.div>
+
+      {/* CTAs */}
       <motion.div
         initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 8 }}
         animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
-        transition={{ delay: 0.6 }}
+        transition={{ delay: 0.7 }}
+        className="flex w-full max-w-xs flex-col items-center gap-2"
       >
         <Button
-          onClick={handleComplete}
+          onClick={handleCompleteWithTour}
           size="lg"
-          className="w-full max-w-xs h-12 text-base font-medium"
+          className="w-full h-12 text-base font-medium"
         >
-          Start Using Rowboat
+          Take the 1-minute tour
+        </Button>
+        <Button
+          onClick={handleComplete}
+          variant="ghost"
+          className="text-muted-foreground"
+        >
+          Skip — I'll explore myself
         </Button>
       </motion.div>
     </div>
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/onboarding/use-onboarding-state.ts b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/onboarding/use-onboarding-state.ts
index f5e6f213..8a9679be 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/onboarding/use-onboarding-state.ts
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/onboarding/use-onboarding-state.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export interface LlmModelOption {
   release_date?: string
 }
 
-export function useOnboardingState(open: boolean, onComplete: () => void) {
+export function useOnboardingState(open: boolean, onComplete: (opts?: { startTour?: boolean }) => void) {
   const [currentStep, setCurrentStep] = useState<Step>(0)
   const [onboardingPath, setOnboardingPath] = useState<OnboardingPath>(null)
 
@@ -410,10 +410,17 @@ export function useOnboardingState(open: boolean, onComplete: () => void) {
     }
   }, [currentStep, onboardingPath])
 
+  // Kept as no-arg handlers (rather than one that takes options) so the
+  // completion step can pass them straight to onClick without the mouse
+  // event leaking in as the options object.
   const handleComplete = useCallback(() => {
     onComplete()
   }, [onComplete])
 
+  const handleCompleteWithTour = useCallback(() => {
+    onComplete({ startTour: true })
+  }, [onComplete])
+
   // Test the active provider's credentials and persist its config. Returns
   // whether it succeeded so callers can decide whether to advance or stay.
   const testAndSaveActiveProvider = useCallback(async (): Promise<boolean> => {
@@ -743,6 +750,7 @@ export function useOnboardingState(open: boolean, onComplete: () => void) {
     handleNext,
     handleBack,
     handleComplete,
+    handleCompleteWithTour,
     handleSwitchToRowboat,
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/product-tour.tsx b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/product-tour.tsx
index b6e5fe8d..ecdaade2 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/product-tour.tsx
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/product-tour.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import tourClipMeetings from '@/assets/tour/meetings.mp3'
 import tourClipCode from '@/assets/tour/code.mp3'
 import tourClipKnowledge from '@/assets/tour/knowledge.mp3'
 import tourClipAgents from '@/assets/tour/agents.mp3'
+import tourClipApps from '@/assets/tour/apps.mp3'
 import tourClipWorkspaces from '@/assets/tour/workspaces.mp3'
 import tourClipChats from '@/assets/tour/chats.mp3'
 import tourClipComposer from '@/assets/tour/composer.mp3'
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export type TourNavTarget =
   | 'code'
   | 'knowledge'
   | 'agents'
+  | 'apps'
   | 'workspaces'
 
 type TourStep = {
@@ -102,6 +104,13 @@ const TOUR_STEPS: TourStep[] = [
     title: 'Background agents',
     text: 'Background agents work on schedules — they keep your Brain fresh and take care of recurring tasks while you row elsewhere.',
   },
+  {
+    id: 'apps',
+    targetId: 'nav-apps',
+    navigate: 'apps',
+    title: 'Apps',
+    text: 'Apps are little tools Rowboat builds just for you — ask for a dashboard or a tracker in chat, and it docks here, ready whenever you are.',
+  },
   {
     id: 'workspaces',
     targetId: 'nav-workspaces',
@@ -141,6 +150,7 @@ const TOUR_CLIPS: Record<string, string> = {
   code: tourClipCode,
   knowledge: tourClipKnowledge,
   agents: tourClipAgents,
+  apps: tourClipApps,
   workspaces: tourClipWorkspaces,
   chats: tourClipChats,
   composer: tourClipComposer,
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/sidebar-content.tsx b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/sidebar-content.tsx
index 39a68dcc..b6b42c9e 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/sidebar-content.tsx
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/sidebar-content.tsx
@@ -913,6 +913,7 @@ export function SidebarContentPanel({
               </SidebarMenuItem>
               <SidebarMenuItem>
                 <SidebarMenuButton
+                  data-tour-id="nav-apps"
                   isActive={activeNav === 'apps'}
                   onClick={onOpenApps}
                 >