diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/collections/album/new_row_item.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/collections/album/new_row_item.dart
index 9e96dde129..3e000cd12d 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/collections/album/new_row_item.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/collections/album/new_row_item.dart
@@ -23,72 +23,69 @@ class NewAlbumRowItemWidget extends StatelessWidget {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final enteColorScheme = getEnteColorScheme(context);
-    return Padding(
-      padding: const EdgeInsets.symmetric(horizontal: 2.5),
-      child: GestureDetector(
-        onTap: () async {
-          final result = await showTextInputDialog(
-            context,
-            title: S.of(context).newAlbum,
-            submitButtonLabel: S.of(context).create,
-            hintText: S.of(context).enterAlbumName,
-            alwaysShowSuccessState: false,
-            initialValue: "",
-            textCapitalization: TextCapitalization.words,
-            popnavAfterSubmission: true,
-            onSubmit: (String text) async {
-              if (text.trim() == "") {
-                return;
-              }
+    return GestureDetector(
+      onTap: () async {
+        final result = await showTextInputDialog(
+          context,
+          title: S.of(context).newAlbum,
+          submitButtonLabel: S.of(context).create,
+          hintText: S.of(context).enterAlbumName,
+          alwaysShowSuccessState: false,
+          initialValue: "",
+          textCapitalization: TextCapitalization.words,
+          popnavAfterSubmission: true,
+          onSubmit: (String text) async {
+            if (text.trim() == "") {
+              return;
+            }
 
-              try {
-                final Collection c =
-                    await CollectionsService.instance.createAlbum(text);
-                // ignore: unawaited_futures
-                await routeToPage(
-                  context,
-                  CollectionPage(CollectionWithThumbnail(c, null)),
-                );
-              } catch (e, s) {
-                Logger("CreateNewAlbumRowItemWidget")
-                    .severe("Failed to rename album", e, s);
-                rethrow;
-              }
-            },
-          );
+            try {
+              final Collection c =
+                  await CollectionsService.instance.createAlbum(text);
+              // ignore: unawaited_futures
+              await routeToPage(
+                context,
+                CollectionPage(CollectionWithThumbnail(c, null)),
+              );
+            } catch (e, s) {
+              Logger("CreateNewAlbumRowItemWidget")
+                  .severe("Failed to rename album", e, s);
+              rethrow;
+            }
+          },
+        );
 
-          if (result is Exception) {
-            await showGenericErrorDialog(context: context, error: result);
-          }
-        },
-        child: Column(
-          crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
-          children: [
-            DottedBorder(
+        if (result is Exception) {
+          await showGenericErrorDialog(context: context, error: result);
+        }
+      },
+      child: Column(
+        crossAxisAlignment: CrossAxisAlignment.start,
+        children: [
+          SizedBox(
+            height: height,
+            width: width,
+            child: DottedBorder(
               borderType: BorderType.RRect,
               strokeWidth: 1.5,
-              borderPadding: const EdgeInsets.all(0.75),
               dashPattern: const [3.75, 3.75],
               radius: const Radius.circular(2.35),
               padding: EdgeInsets.zero,
               color: getEnteColorScheme(context).strokeMuted,
-              child: SizedBox(
-                height: height,
-                width: width,
+              child: Center(
                 child: Icon(
                   Icons.add,
                   color: getEnteColorScheme(context).strokeMuted,
                 ),
               ),
             ),
-            const SizedBox(height: 4),
-            Text(
-              S.of(context).addNew,
-              style: getEnteTextTheme(context).smallFaint,
-            ),
-          ],
-        ),
+          ),
+          const SizedBox(height: 4),
+          Text(
+            S.of(context).addNew,
+            style: getEnteTextTheme(context).smallFaint,
+          ),
+        ],
       ),
     );
   }
diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/collections/flex_grid_view.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/collections/flex_grid_view.dart
index 5cfac9f109..23b07f9ead 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/collections/flex_grid_view.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/collections/flex_grid_view.dart
@@ -26,10 +26,14 @@ class CollectionsFlexiGridViewWidget extends StatefulWidget {
   Width changes dynamically with screen width such that we can fit 3 in one row.
   Keep the width integral (center the albums to distribute excess pixels)
    */
+  /// [horizontalPadding] Accounts for SliverPadding edges plus additional
+  /// adjustment to ensure album thumbnails appear as perfect squares.
+  /// Increasing this value makes thumbnails narrower.
+
   static const maxThumbnailWidth = 224.0;
   static const fixedGapBetweenAlbum = 4.0;
   static const collectionItemsToPreload = 20;
-  static const silverHorizontalPadding = 16.0;
+  static const horizontalPadding = 24.0;
   final List<Collection>? collections;
   // At max how many albums to display
   final int displayLimitCount;
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ class _CollectionsFlexiGridViewWidgetState
 
     final double sideOfThumbnail = (screenWidth -
             gapBetweenAlbums -
-            CollectionsFlexiGridViewWidget.silverHorizontalPadding) /
+            CollectionsFlexiGridViewWidget.horizontalPadding) /
         albumsCountInOneRow;
 
     final int totalCollections = widget.collections!.length;
@@ -134,8 +138,8 @@ class _CollectionsFlexiGridViewWidgetState
       key: key,
       padding: EdgeInsets.only(
         top: 8,
-        left: CollectionsFlexiGridViewWidget.silverHorizontalPadding / 2,
-        right: CollectionsFlexiGridViewWidget.silverHorizontalPadding / 2,
+        left: 8,
+        right: 8,
         bottom: widget.scrollBottomSafeArea,
       ),
       sliver: SliverGrid(
@@ -192,8 +196,8 @@ class _CollectionsFlexiGridViewWidgetState
       key: key,
       padding: EdgeInsets.only(
         top: 8,
-        left: CollectionsFlexiGridViewWidget.silverHorizontalPadding / 2,
-        right: CollectionsFlexiGridViewWidget.silverHorizontalPadding / 2,
+        left: 8,
+        right: 8,
         bottom: widget.scrollBottomSafeArea,
       ),
       sliver: SliverList(