diff --git a/Networking/NoteSessionManager.swift b/Networking/NoteSessionManager.swift
index 60ba6e6f..5878c194 100644
--- a/Networking/NoteSessionManager.swift
+++ b/Networking/NoteSessionManager.swift
@@ -515,13 +515,13 @@ class NoteSessionManager {
         }
     }
 
-    func update(note: NoteProtocol, completion: SyncCompletionBlock? = nil) {
+    func update(note: NoteProtocol, updateModified: Bool = true, completion: SyncCompletionBlock? = nil) {
         logger.notice("Updating note...")
 
         var incoming = note
         incoming.updateNeeded = true
         if NoteSessionManager.isOnline {
-            updateOnServer(incoming) { [weak self] result in
+            updateOnServer(incoming, updateModified: updateModified) { [weak self] result in
                 switch result {
                 case .success( _):
                     completion?()
@@ -538,11 +538,14 @@ class NoteSessionManager {
         }
     }
     
-    fileprivate func updateOnServer(_ note: NoteProtocol, handler: @escaping SyncHandler) {
+    fileprivate func updateOnServer(_ note: NoteProtocol, updateModified: Bool = true, handler: @escaping SyncHandler) {
+        // Metadata-only changes (e.g. toggling favorite) keep the existing modification date so the note does
+        // not jump to the top of a date-sorted list and the row is not re-sorted a second time after the sync.
+        let modified = updateModified ? Date().timeIntervalSince1970 : note.modified
         let parameters: Parameters = ["title": note.title as Any,
                                       "content": note.content as Any,
                                       "category": note.category as Any,
-                                      "modified": Date().timeIntervalSince1970 as Any,
+                                      "modified": modified as Any,
                                       "favorite": note.favorite]
         let router = Router.updateNote(id: Int(note.id), paramters: parameters)
         session
diff --git a/iOCNotes/Views/NotesListModel.swift b/iOCNotes/Views/NotesListModel.swift
index f1d331c7..26c3351d 100644
--- a/iOCNotes/Views/NotesListModel.swift
+++ b/iOCNotes/Views/NotesListModel.swift
@@ -91,12 +91,15 @@ final class NotesListModel: NSObject, NSFetchedResultsControllerDelegate {
         request.predicate = predicate(for: searchText)
 
         if groupByCategory {
+            // "category" must stay first so it matches the section key path; favorites float to the top within each category.
             request.sortDescriptors = [
                 NSSortDescriptor(key: "category", ascending: true),
+                NSSortDescriptor(key: "favorite", ascending: false),
                 NSSortDescriptor(key: "modified", ascending: false)
             ]
         } else {
             request.sortDescriptors = [
+                NSSortDescriptor(key: "favorite", ascending: false),
                 NSSortDescriptor(key: "modified", ascending: false)
             ]
         }
diff --git a/iOCNotes/Views/NotesListView.swift b/iOCNotes/Views/NotesListView.swift
index 91a2c192..ea48eaf5 100644
--- a/iOCNotes/Views/NotesListView.swift
+++ b/iOCNotes/Views/NotesListView.swift
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ struct NotesListView: View {
             .contextMenu {
                 contextMenu(for: note)
             }
+            .swipeActions(edge: .leading) {
+                Button {
+                    toggleFavorite(note)
+                } label: {
+                    favoriteLabel(for: note)
+                }
+                .tint(.yellow)
+            }
             .swipeActions(edge: .trailing) {
                 Button(role: .destructive) {
                     delete(note)
@@ -111,6 +119,12 @@ struct NotesListView: View {
             }
         }
 
+        Button {
+            toggleFavorite(note)
+        } label: {
+            favoriteLabel(for: note)
+        }
+
         Button {
             NotesPresenter.share(note: note, exporter: &exporter)
         } label: {
@@ -131,10 +145,24 @@ struct NotesListView: View {
         )
     }
 
+    @ViewBuilder
+    private func favoriteLabel(for note: Note) -> some View {
+        if note.favorite {
+            Label(String(localized: "Remove from Favorites", comment: "Action to unmark a note as favorite"), systemImage: "star.slash")
+        } else {
+            Label(String(localized: "Favorite", comment: "Action to mark a note as favorite"), systemImage: "star")
+        }
+    }
+
     private func delete(_ note: Note) {
         NoteSessionManager.shared.delete(note: note)
     }
 
+    private func toggleFavorite(_ note: Note) {
+        note.favorite.toggle()
+        NoteSessionManager.shared.update(note: note, updateModified: false, completion: nil)
+    }
+
     private func commitRename() {
         guard let note = noteToRename else { return }
         defer { noteToRename = nil }