diff --git a/maestro-orchestra/src/main/java/maestro/orchestra/Orchestra.kt b/maestro-orchestra/src/main/java/maestro/orchestra/Orchestra.kt
index ed17181726..a3c966cae2 100644
--- a/maestro-orchestra/src/main/java/maestro/orchestra/Orchestra.kt
+++ b/maestro-orchestra/src/main/java/maestro/orchestra/Orchestra.kt
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.yield
 import maestro.Driver
 import maestro.ElementFilter
 import maestro.Filters
-import com.github.romankh3.image.comparison.ImageComparison
-import com.github.romankh3.image.comparison.model.ImageComparisonState
 import io.grpc.Status
 import maestro.*
 import maestro.Filters.asFilter
@@ -544,7 +542,6 @@ class Orchestra(
 
     private suspend fun assertScreenshotCommand(command: AssertScreenshotCommand): Boolean {
         val path = normalizeScreenshotPath(command.path)
-        val thresholdDifferencePercentage = (100 - command.thresholdPercentage)
 
         val candidates = buildList {
             command.flowPath?.let { add(it.resolve(path).toFile()) }
@@ -600,35 +597,18 @@ class Orchestra(
         val diffFileName = "${baseName}_diff.png"
         val diffFile = expectedFile.parentFile?.resolve(diffFileName) ?: File(diffFileName)
 
-        val comparison =
-            ImageComparison(expectedImage, actualImage, diffFile)
-
-        comparison.apply {
-            allowingPercentOfDifferentPixels = thresholdDifferencePercentage
-            rectangleLineWidth = 10
-            pixelToleranceLevel = 0.1 
-            minimalRectangleSize = 40
-        }
-
-        val comparisonState = comparison.compareImages()
-
-        when (comparisonState.imageComparisonState) {
-            ImageComparisonState.MATCH -> return true
-            ImageComparisonState.SIZE_MISMATCH -> throw MaestroException.AssertionFailure(
-                message = "Screenshot size mismatch: ${command.description()} - expected ${expectedImage.width}x${expectedImage.height}, actual ${actualImage.width}x${actualImage.height}. Screenshots must have the same dimensions to compare.",
+        when (val result = ScreenshotMatch.compare(expectedImage, actualImage, command.thresholdPercentage, diffFile)) {
+            is ScreenshotMatch.Result.Match -> return true
+            is ScreenshotMatch.Result.SizeMismatch -> throw MaestroException.AssertionFailure(
+                message = "Screenshot size mismatch: ${command.description()} - expected ${result.expectedWidth}x${result.expectedHeight}, actual ${result.actualWidth}x${result.actualHeight}. Screenshots must have the same dimensions to compare.",
                 hierarchyRoot = maestro.viewHierarchy().root,
-                debugMessage = "The assertScreenshot command requires the actual screenshot to have the same dimensions as the reference. Expected: ${expectedImage.width}x${expectedImage.height}, got: ${actualImage.width}x${actualImage.height}. Use the same device/emulator or cropOn to align dimensions."
+                debugMessage = "The assertScreenshot command requires the actual screenshot to have the same dimensions as the reference. Expected: ${result.expectedWidth}x${result.expectedHeight}, got: ${result.actualWidth}x${result.actualHeight}. Use the same device/emulator or cropOn to align dimensions."
             )
-            ImageComparisonState.MISMATCH -> throw MaestroException.AssertionFailure(
-                message = "Comparison error: ${command.description()} - threshold not met, current: ${100 - comparisonState.differencePercent}%",
+            is ScreenshotMatch.Result.Mismatch -> throw MaestroException.AssertionFailure(
+                message = "Comparison error: ${command.description()} - threshold not met, current: ${result.matchPercent}%",
                 hierarchyRoot = maestro.viewHierarchy().root,
                 debugMessage = "Screenshot comparison failed. Check the diff image at ${diffFile.absolutePath} to see the differences. Adjust the thresholdPercentage if the differences are acceptable."
             )
-            else -> throw MaestroException.AssertionFailure(
-                message = "Screenshot comparison failed: ${command.description()} - unexpected comparison state ${comparisonState.imageComparisonState}.",
-                hierarchyRoot = maestro.viewHierarchy().root,
-                debugMessage = "The assertScreenshot command encountered an unexpected result from the image comparison. State: ${comparisonState.imageComparisonState}"
-            )
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/maestro-orchestra/src/main/java/maestro/orchestra/ScreenshotMatch.kt b/maestro-orchestra/src/main/java/maestro/orchestra/ScreenshotMatch.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c056384802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maestro-orchestra/src/main/java/maestro/orchestra/ScreenshotMatch.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+package maestro.orchestra
+
+import com.github.romankh3.image.comparison.ImageComparison
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage
+import java.io.File
+import kotlin.math.pow
+import kotlin.math.sqrt
+
+/**
+ * Single source of truth for screenshot comparison: owns both the
+ * pass/fail decision *and* the "current %" that gets reported back to the
+ * user. Keeping these in one place prevents the historical bug where the
+ * threshold was evaluated against one metric (count of pixels exceeding
+ * `pixelToleranceLevel`) while the message reported a different one
+ * (`ImageComparisonResult.differencePercent`, an average RGB intensity).
+ *
+ * The underlying library is still used to draw the diff PNG, but no longer
+ * decides whether the screenshot matches.
+ */
+internal object ScreenshotMatch {
+
+    const val DEFAULT_PIXEL_TOLERANCE: Double = 0.1
+
+    sealed class Result {
+        data class Match(val matchPercent: Double) : Result()
+        data class Mismatch(val matchPercent: Double) : Result()
+        data class SizeMismatch(
+            val expectedWidth: Int,
+            val expectedHeight: Int,
+            val actualWidth: Int,
+            val actualHeight: Int,
+        ) : Result()
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Compare [actual] against [expected] and decide if it meets [thresholdPercentage].
+     * On [Result.Mismatch], writes a rectangles-overlay PNG to [diffFile] as a side effect.
+     */
+    fun compare(
+        expected: BufferedImage,
+        actual: BufferedImage,
+        thresholdPercentage: Double,
+        diffFile: File,
+        pixelToleranceLevel: Double = DEFAULT_PIXEL_TOLERANCE,
+    ): Result {
+        if (expected.width != actual.width || expected.height != actual.height) {
+            return Result.SizeMismatch(
+                expectedWidth = expected.width,
+                expectedHeight = expected.height,
+                actualWidth = actual.width,
+                actualHeight = actual.height,
+            )
+        }
+
+        val matchPct = matchPercentage(expected, actual, pixelToleranceLevel)
+        if (matchPct >= thresholdPercentage) {
+            return Result.Match(matchPct)
+        }
+
+        // Use ImageComparison purely as a diff renderer. We've already decided this is a
+        // mismatch above; passing `100 - thresholdPercentage` keeps the library's internal
+        // gate consistent with our decision so it produces and writes the rectangles overlay.
+        ImageComparison(expected, actual, diffFile).apply {
+            allowingPercentOfDifferentPixels = 100.0 - thresholdPercentage
+            this.pixelToleranceLevel = pixelToleranceLevel
+            rectangleLineWidth = 10
+            minimalRectangleSize = 40
+        }.compareImages()
+
+        return Result.Mismatch(matchPct)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Percentage of pixels in [actual] that match [expected] within [pixelToleranceLevel],
+     * using the same Euclidean color-distance rule as
+     * `com.github.romankh3.image.comparison.ImageComparison`.
+     */
+    fun matchPercentage(
+        expected: BufferedImage,
+        actual: BufferedImage,
+        pixelToleranceLevel: Double = DEFAULT_PIXEL_TOLERANCE,
+    ): Double {
+        require(expected.width == actual.width && expected.height == actual.height) {
+            "matchPercentage requires images of the same size: " +
+                    "expected=${expected.width}x${expected.height}, " +
+                    "actual=${actual.width}x${actual.height}"
+        }
+        val width = expected.width
+        val height = expected.height
+        val totalPixels = width.toLong() * height.toLong()
+        if (totalPixels == 0L) return 100.0
+
+        val differenceConstant = (pixelToleranceLevel * sqrt(255.0 * 255.0 * 3)).pow(2)
+        var differing = 0L
+        for (y in 0 until height) {
+            for (x in 0 until width) {
+                val e = expected.getRGB(x, y)
+                val a = actual.getRGB(x, y)
+                if (e == a) continue
+                if (pixelToleranceLevel == 0.0) {
+                    differing++
+                    continue
+                }
+                val dr = ((a shr 16) and 0xff) - ((e shr 16) and 0xff)
+                val dg = ((a shr 8) and 0xff) - ((e shr 8) and 0xff)
+                val db = (a and 0xff) - (e and 0xff)
+                val sqDist = (dr * dr + dg * dg + db * db).toDouble()
+                if (sqDist > differenceConstant) differing++
+            }
+        }
+        return 100.0 - (differing.toDouble() / totalPixels) * 100.0
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maestro-orchestra/src/test/java/maestro/orchestra/AssertScreenshotMatchTest.kt b/maestro-orchestra/src/test/java/maestro/orchestra/AssertScreenshotMatchTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..45f7b8348d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maestro-orchestra/src/test/java/maestro/orchestra/AssertScreenshotMatchTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+package maestro.orchestra
+
+import com.github.romankh3.image.comparison.ImageComparison
+import com.github.romankh3.image.comparison.model.ImageComparisonState
+import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage
+import java.io.File
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO
+
+/**
+ * Coverage for [ScreenshotMatch] — the single source of truth that backs the
+ * assertScreenshot command. The same function decides pass/fail *and* produces
+ * the "current %" reported in the failure message, so the threshold check and
+ * the user-visible number can never drift.
+ */
+class AssertScreenshotMatchTest {
+
+    @TempDir
+    lateinit var tempDir: Path
+
+    private fun loadResource(name: String) =
+        ImageIO.read(javaClass.getResourceAsStream("/AssertScreenshotMatchTest/$name")!!)
+
+    private fun diffFile(name: String = "diff.png"): File = tempDir.resolve(name).toFile()
+
+    @Test
+    fun `compare returns Match when match percent meets threshold`() {
+        val expected = loadResource("expected.png")
+        val actual = loadResource("actual.png")
+
+        val result = ScreenshotMatch.compare(
+            expected = expected,
+            actual = actual,
+            thresholdPercentage = 95.0,
+            diffFile = diffFile(),
+        )
+
+        assertThat(result).isInstanceOf(ScreenshotMatch.Result.Match::class.java)
+        assertThat((result as ScreenshotMatch.Result.Match).matchPercent).isWithin(0.01).of(99.9511)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `compare returns Mismatch when match percent falls below threshold and writes diff file`() {
+        val expected = loadResource("expected.png")
+        val actual = loadResource("actual.png")
+        val diff = diffFile()
+
+        val result = ScreenshotMatch.compare(
+            expected = expected,
+            actual = actual,
+            thresholdPercentage = 99.99,
+            diffFile = diff,
+        )
+
+        assertThat(result).isInstanceOf(ScreenshotMatch.Result.Mismatch::class.java)
+        assertThat((result as ScreenshotMatch.Result.Mismatch).matchPercent).isWithin(0.01).of(99.9511)
+        assertThat(diff.exists()).isTrue()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `compare returns Mismatch for visually distinct screens of the same size`() {
+        val expected = loadResource("actual.png")
+        val actual = loadResource("saved_without_search.png")
+        val diff = diffFile()
+
+        val result = ScreenshotMatch.compare(
+            expected = expected,
+            actual = actual,
+            thresholdPercentage = 95.0,
+            diffFile = diff,
+        )
+
+        val mismatch = result as ScreenshotMatch.Result.Mismatch
+        assertThat(mismatch.matchPercent).isWithin(0.01).of(91.4724)
+        assertThat(diff.exists()).isTrue()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `compare returns SizeMismatch for differently sized images`() {
+        val expected = loadResource("expected.png")
+        val actual = BufferedImage(100, 100, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB)
+
+        val result = ScreenshotMatch.compare(
+            expected = expected,
+            actual = actual,
+            thresholdPercentage = 95.0,
+            diffFile = diffFile(),
+        )
+
+        val sizeMismatch = result as ScreenshotMatch.Result.SizeMismatch
+        assertThat(sizeMismatch.expectedWidth).isEqualTo(expected.width)
+        assertThat(sizeMismatch.expectedHeight).isEqualTo(expected.height)
+        assertThat(sizeMismatch.actualWidth).isEqualTo(100)
+        assertThat(sizeMismatch.actualHeight).isEqualTo(100)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Pins our pixel-walk to the upstream library at the threshold boundary.
+     * If the library's `pixelToleranceLevel` semantics ever change, the
+     * library's MATCH/MISMATCH decision will diverge from ours and this test
+     * will catch it.
+     */
+    @Test
+    fun `match percentage agrees with library MATCH MISMATCH decision at the boundary`() {
+        val expected = loadResource("expected.png")
+        val actual = loadResource("actual.png")
+
+        for (pixelToleranceLevel in listOf(0.0, 0.05, 0.1)) {
+            val ourMatchPct = ScreenshotMatch.matchPercentage(expected, actual, pixelToleranceLevel)
+            val ourDiffPct = 100.0 - ourMatchPct
+
+            val justAbove = libraryDecision(expected, actual, pixelToleranceLevel, ourDiffPct + 0.001)
+            val justBelow = libraryDecision(expected, actual, pixelToleranceLevel, ourDiffPct - 0.001)
+
+            assertThat(justAbove).isEqualTo(ImageComparisonState.MATCH)
+            assertThat(justBelow).isEqualTo(ImageComparisonState.MISMATCH)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `match percentage exposes count-based metric distinct from library's average color delta`() {
+        val expected = loadResource("expected.png")
+        val actual = loadResource("actual.png")
+
+        // At pixelToleranceLevel=0.0, ~0.5749% of pixels differ → match% ≈ 99.4251%.
+        val ourMatchPct = ScreenshotMatch.matchPercentage(expected, actual, pixelToleranceLevel = 0.0)
+        assertThat(ourMatchPct).isWithin(0.01).of(99.4251)
+
+        // The library's `differencePercent` (avg per-channel RGB delta) is much smaller (~0.0366%)
+        // and is NOT a meaningful "current %" against the configured threshold. This is the bug
+        // we removed by owning the metric ourselves.
+        val cmp = ImageComparison(expected, actual)
+            .setAllowingPercentOfDifferentPixels(0.1)
+            .setPixelToleranceLevel(0.0)
+        val libraryResult = cmp.compareImages()
+        assertThat(libraryResult.imageComparisonState).isEqualTo(ImageComparisonState.MISMATCH)
+        val misleadingMatchPct = 100.0 - libraryResult.differencePercent
+        assertThat(misleadingMatchPct).isGreaterThan(ourMatchPct + 0.5)
+    }
+
+    private fun libraryDecision(
+        expected: BufferedImage,
+        actual: BufferedImage,
+        pixelToleranceLevel: Double,
+        allowingPercentOfDifferentPixels: Double,
+    ): ImageComparisonState {
+        return ImageComparison(expected, actual)
+            .setAllowingPercentOfDifferentPixels(allowingPercentOfDifferentPixels)
+            .setPixelToleranceLevel(pixelToleranceLevel)
+            .compareImages()
+            .imageComparisonState
+    }
+
+}
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