diff --git a/.changeset/funny-peas-compare.md b/.changeset/funny-peas-compare.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8075a2b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/funny-peas-compare.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@ensembleui/react-runtime": patch
+---
+
+Fix: memoize conditional branch widgets
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/widgets/Conditional.tsx b/packages/runtime/src/widgets/Conditional.tsx
index c98416351..03c57c475 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/widgets/Conditional.tsx
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/widgets/Conditional.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import type { Expression } from "@ensembleui/react-framework";
 import { unwrapWidget, useRegisterBindings } from "@ensembleui/react-framework";
 import { cloneDeep, head, isEmpty, last } from "lodash-es";
-import { useMemo } from "react";
+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
+import { useMemo, useRef } from "react";
 import { WidgetRegistry } from "../registry";
 import { EnsembleRuntime } from "../runtime";
 import type { EnsembleWidgetProps } from "../shared/types";
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export const Conditional: React.FC<ConditionalProps> = ({
   conditions,
   ...props
 }) => {
+  const matched = useRef<{ [key: string]: ReactNode[] }>({});
   const [isValid, errorMessage] = hasProperStructure(conditions);
   if (!isValid) throw Error(errorMessage);
 
@@ -55,18 +57,27 @@ export const Conditional: React.FC<ConditionalProps> = ({
     if (trueIndex === undefined || trueIndex < 0) {
       return null;
     }
+    const key = conditionStatements[trueIndex]?.toString();
+
+    if (key && matched.current[key]) {
+      return matched.current[key];
+    }
+
     const extractedWidget = extractWidget(conditions[trueIndex]);
-    return {
-      ...extractedWidget,
-      key: conditionStatements[trueIndex]?.toString(),
-    };
+
+    const renderWidget = EnsembleRuntime.render([{ ...extractedWidget, key }]);
+
+    if (key && !matched.current[key]) {
+      matched.current[key] = renderWidget;
+    }
+    return renderWidget;
   }, [conditionStatements, conditions, trueIndex]);
 
   if (!widget) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  return <>{EnsembleRuntime.render([widget])}</>;
+  return <>{widget}</>;
 };
 
 WidgetRegistry.register(widgetName, Conditional);
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/widgets/__tests__/Conditional.test.tsx b/packages/runtime/src/widgets/__tests__/Conditional.test.tsx
index a28df0f80..4a8623650 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/widgets/__tests__/Conditional.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/widgets/__tests__/Conditional.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+/* eslint import/first: 0 */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment
+const framework = jest.requireActual("@ensembleui/react-framework");
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument, @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
+const unwrapWidgetSpy = jest.fn().mockImplementation(framework.unwrapWidget);
+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { BrowserRouter } from "react-router-dom";
 import type { ConditionalProps, ConditionalElement } from "../Conditional";
 import {
   Conditional,
@@ -7,9 +13,20 @@ import {
   extractCondition,
 } from "../Conditional";
 import "../index";
+import { EnsembleScreen } from "../../runtime/screen";
 
 jest.mock("react-markdown", jest.fn());
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return
+jest.mock("@ensembleui/react-framework", () => ({
+  ...framework,
+  unwrapWidget: unwrapWidgetSpy,
+}));
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  jest.clearAllMocks();
+});
+
 describe("Conditional Component", () => {
   test('renders the widget when "if" condition is met', () => {
     const conditionalProps: ConditionalProps = {
@@ -233,3 +250,91 @@ describe("extractCondition Function", () => {
     expect(extractedCondition).toBe("1 === 1");
   });
 });
+
+describe("conditional widget memoization", () => {
+  it("should memoize branch widgets and prevent unnecessary re-renders", () => {
+    render(
+      <EnsembleScreen
+        screen={{
+          name: "test_conditional",
+          id: "test_conditional",
+          body: {
+            name: "Column",
+            properties: {
+              children: [
+                {
+                  name: "Conditional",
+                  properties: {
+                    conditions: [
+                      {
+                        if: `\${ensemble.storage.get('number') < 0}`,
+                        Text: {
+                          text: "Less than 0",
+                        },
+                      },
+                      {
+                        if: `\${ensemble.storage.get('number') === 0}`,
+                        Text: {
+                          text: "Equals to 0",
+                        },
+                      },
+                      {
+                        if: `\${ensemble.storage.get('number') > 0}`,
+                        Text: {
+                          text: "Greater than 0",
+                        },
+                      },
+                    ],
+                  },
+                },
+                {
+                  name: "Button",
+                  properties: {
+                    label: "Increase",
+                    onTap: {
+                      executeCode:
+                        "ensemble.storage.set('number', ensemble.storage.get('number') + 1)",
+                    },
+                  },
+                },
+                {
+                  name: "Button",
+                  properties: {
+                    label: "Decrease",
+                    onTap: {
+                      executeCode:
+                        "ensemble.storage.set('number', ensemble.storage.get('number') - 1)",
+                    },
+                  },
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          },
+          onLoad: { executeCode: 'ensemble.storage.set("number", -1)' },
+        }}
+      />,
+      {
+        wrapper: BrowserRouter,
+      },
+    );
+
+    expect(unwrapWidgetSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Less than 0")).not.toBeNull();
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Increase"));
+    expect(unwrapWidgetSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Equals to 0")).not.toBeNull();
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Increase"));
+    expect(unwrapWidgetSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Greater than 0")).not.toBeNull();
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Decrease"));
+    expect(unwrapWidgetSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Equals to 0")).not.toBeNull();
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Decrease"));
+    expect(unwrapWidgetSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Less than 0")).not.toBeNull();
+  });
+});