diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 44eeba01..66600641 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ concurrency:
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
-  pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
   ios-changes:
@@ -103,24 +102,6 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ always() && github.repository == 'bryanthaboi/gen1recomp' }}
         run: security delete-keychain "$RUNNER_TEMP/gen1recomp-ci-signing.keychain-db" 2>/dev/null || true
 
-  ios-build-comment:
-    name: iOS artifact comment
-    needs: ios-build
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.repository == 'bryanthaboi/gen1recomp' && needs.ios-build.result == 'success'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: comment iOS artifact
-        uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v3
-        with:
-          message: |
-            #### iOS Release IPA
-
-            - [Download gen1recomp.ipa](${{ needs.ios-build.outputs.ipa_url }})
-
-            <sub>Automatically generated. [View workflow run](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }})</sub>
-          comment-tag: ios-build-result
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
   headless:
     name: headless suites (no ROM)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ios-artifact-comment.yml b/.github/workflows/ios-artifact-comment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a3fe8b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ios-artifact-comment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: iOS artifact comment
+
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: [ci]
+    types: [completed]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  comment:
+    if: github.event.workflow_run.event == 'pull_request' && github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - id: artifact
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          RUN_ID: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
+          HEAD_BRANCH: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
+          HEAD_REPOSITORY: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_repository.full_name }}
+        run: |
+          artifact_id="$(gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$RUN_ID/artifacts" --jq '.artifacts[] | select(.name == "gen1recomp-ios-ipa") | .id')"
+          [ -n "$artifact_id" ] || exit 0
+          head_owner="${HEAD_REPOSITORY%%/*}"
+          pr_number="$(gh api "repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/pulls?state=open&head=$head_owner:$HEAD_BRANCH" --jq '.[0].number // empty')"
+          [ -n "$pr_number" ] || exit 0
+          echo "artifact_url=https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$RUN_ID/artifacts/$artifact_id" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "pr_number=$pr_number" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: comment iOS artifact
+        if: steps.artifact.outputs.pr_number != ''
+        uses: thollander/actions-comment-pull-request@v3
+        with:
+          message: |
+            #### iOS Release IPA
+
+            - [Download gen1recomp.ipa](${{ steps.artifact.outputs.artifact_url }})
+
+            <sub>Automatically generated. [View workflow run](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }})</sub>
+          pr-number: ${{ steps.artifact.outputs.pr_number }}
+          comment-tag: ios-build-result
+          github-token: ${{ github.token }}