diff --git a/packages/mobile/ios/Podfile b/packages/mobile/ios/Podfile
index 896d6a1d5a8..baed20b1df9 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/ios/Podfile
+++ b/packages/mobile/ios/Podfile
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ target 'celo' do
   pod 'CeloBlockchain', :path => '../../../node_modules/@celo/client/CeloBlockchain.podspec'
   pod 'RNSecureKeyStore', :path => '../../../node_modules/react-native-secure-key-store/ios'
   pod 'react-native-safe-area-context', :path => '../../../node_modules/react-native-safe-area-context'
+  pod 'RNExitApp', :path => '../../../node_modules/react-native-exit-app'
 
   pod 'Firebase/Core', '~> 5.20.2'
   pod 'Firebase/Auth'
diff --git a/packages/mobile/ios/Podfile.lock b/packages/mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
index a5429a024de..4a4319fd490 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/packages/mobile/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ PODS:
     - Segment-Firebase
   - RNDeviceInfo (2.1.0):
     - React
+  - RNExitApp (1.1.0):
+    - React
   - RNFirebase (5.5.4):
     - Firebase/Core
     - React
@@ -288,6 +290,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - "RNAnalytics (from `../../../node_modules/@segment/analytics-react-native`)"
   - "RNAnalyticsIntegration-Firebase (from `../../../node_modules/@segment/analytics-react-native-firebase`)"
   - RNDeviceInfo (from `../../../node_modules/react-native-device-info`)
+  - RNExitApp (from `../../../node_modules/react-native-exit-app`)
   - RNFirebase (from `../../../node_modules/react-native-firebase/ios`)
   - RNFS (from `../../../node_modules/react-native-fs`)
   - RNGestureHandler (from `../node_modules/react-native-gesture-handler`)
@@ -366,6 +369,8 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: "../../../node_modules/@segment/analytics-react-native-firebase"
   RNDeviceInfo:
     :path: "../../../node_modules/react-native-device-info"
+  RNExitApp:
+    :path: "../../../node_modules/react-native-exit-app"
   RNFirebase:
     :path: "../../../node_modules/react-native-firebase/ios"
   RNFS:
@@ -430,6 +435,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   RNAnalytics: 05243c1fa17186f07be3eae30514b43aeb2e0578
   RNAnalyticsIntegration-Firebase: 82b879019b012d1aa1cbcb6dfc466acd7233bb97
   RNDeviceInfo: 2b4f76adc479657bf37bfc927bbfb027b17515d4
+  RNExitApp: c4e052df2568b43bec8a37c7cd61194d4cfee2c3
   RNFirebase: 7d4733713a0f436d55388b55ca3744385c70fd2d
   RNFS: 0f4d630b538e93e0e9e3519ff0b7b7b48760d8ed
   RNGestureHandler: b65d391f4f570178d657b99a16ec99d09b8656b0
@@ -444,6 +450,6 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   SentryReactNative: 07237139c00366ea2e75ae3e5c566e7a71c27a90
   yoga: 684513b14b03201579ba3cee20218c9d1298b0cc
 
-PODFILE CHECKSUM: 02a0ed956675dc8aa46eab297cf94e8823e80147
+PODFILE CHECKSUM: 4fd5dd293e11126639ca80f4cd528455f4af5ffa
 
 COCOAPODS: 1.7.5
diff --git a/packages/mobile/ios/celo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/packages/mobile/ios/celo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index abe887e2507..bf5fc4aed80 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/ios/celo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/packages/mobile/ios/celo.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@
 				"${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/GoogleUtilities/GoogleUtilities.framework",
 				"${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/Protobuf/Protobuf.framework",
 				"${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/RNDeviceInfo/RNDeviceInfo.framework",
+				"${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/RNExitApp/RNExitApp.framework",
 				"${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/RNFS/RNFS.framework",
 				"${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/RNGestureHandler/RNGestureHandler.framework",
 				"${BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR}/RNLocalize/RNLocalize.framework",
@@ -500,6 +501,7 @@
 				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/GoogleUtilities.framework",
 				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/Protobuf.framework",
 				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/RNDeviceInfo.framework",
+				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/RNExitApp.framework",
 				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/RNFS.framework",
 				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/RNGestureHandler.framework",
 				"${TARGET_BUILD_DIR}/${FRAMEWORKS_FOLDER_PATH}/RNLocalize.framework",
diff --git a/packages/mobile/locales/en-US/global.json b/packages/mobile/locales/en-US/global.json
index 1f8680a22e1..8077afd3a5b 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/locales/en-US/global.json
+++ b/packages/mobile/locales/en-US/global.json
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
   "verifyFailed": "Failed to verify",
   "canNotRequestFromUnverified": "Can not request from unverified users",
   "restartApp": "Restart App",
+  "quitApp": "Quit",
   "loading": "Loading…",
   "inviteFailed": "Failure sending invite",
   "importContactsFailed": "Failed to import contacts",
diff --git a/packages/mobile/locales/es-419/global.json b/packages/mobile/locales/es-419/global.json
index 0076dc4d25f..6b2a4b0fe3b 100755
--- a/packages/mobile/locales/es-419/global.json
+++ b/packages/mobile/locales/es-419/global.json
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
   "verifyFailed": "Falla durante la verificación",
   "canNotRequestFromUnverified": "No se puede solicitar a usuarios no verificados.",
   "restartApp": "Reiniciar la aplicación",
+  "quitApp": "Dejar",
   "loading": "Cargando…",
   "inviteFailed": "Falló el envío de la invitación",
   "importContactsFailed": "Error al importar contactos",
diff --git a/packages/mobile/package.json b/packages/mobile/package.json
index 2f6f923c6d7..6109e3cf3cf 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/package.json
+++ b/packages/mobile/package.json
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
     "react-native-confirm-device-credentials": "^2.0.0",
     "react-native-contacts": "git://github.com/celo-org/react-native-contacts#4989b0b",
     "react-native-device-info": "^2.1.0",
+    "react-native-exit-app": "^1.1.0",
     "react-native-firebase": "5.5.4",
     "react-native-flag-secure-android": "git://github.com/kristiansorens/react-native-flag-secure-android#e234251",
     "react-native-fs": "^2.12.1",
diff --git a/packages/mobile/src/app/AppLoading.tsx b/packages/mobile/src/app/AppLoading.tsx
index 421ae38fdc1..accef6de110 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/src/app/AppLoading.tsx
+++ b/packages/mobile/src/app/AppLoading.tsx
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import colors from '@celo/react-components/styles/colors'
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { withNamespaces, WithNamespaces } from 'react-i18next'
 import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native'
+import SafeAreaView from 'react-native-safe-area-view'
 import { Namespaces } from 'src/i18n'
-import { restartApp } from 'src/utils/AppRestart'
+import { RESTART_APP_I18N_KEY, restartApp } from 'src/utils/AppRestart'
+
 const SHOW_RESTART_BUTTON_TIMEOUT = 10000
 
 interface State {
@@ -40,19 +42,19 @@ export class AppLoading extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     const { t } = this.props
 
     return (
-      <View style={styles.content}>
+      <SafeAreaView style={styles.content}>
         <View style={styles.button}>
           {this.state.showRestartButton && (
             <Button
               onPress={restartApp}
-              text={t('restartApp')}
+              text={t(RESTART_APP_I18N_KEY)}
               standard={false}
               type={BtnTypes.PRIMARY}
               testID="RestartButton"
             />
           )}
         </View>
-      </View>
+      </SafeAreaView>
     )
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/mobile/src/app/ErrorScreen.tsx b/packages/mobile/src/app/ErrorScreen.tsx
index 069f0bd913e..e0b24537e68 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/src/app/ErrorScreen.tsx
+++ b/packages/mobile/src/app/ErrorScreen.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as React from 'react'
 import { withNamespaces, WithNamespaces } from 'react-i18next'
 import { Text, View } from 'react-native'
 import { NavigationParams, NavigationScreenProp } from 'react-navigation'
-import { restartApp } from 'src/utils/AppRestart'
+import { RESTART_APP_I18N_KEY, restartApp } from 'src/utils/AppRestart'
 
 interface OwnProps {
   errorMessage?: string
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class ErrorScreen extends React.Component<Props> {
     const errorMessage = this.getErrorMessage()
     return (
       <FullscreenCTA
-        CTAText={t('restartApp')}
+        CTAText={t(RESTART_APP_I18N_KEY)}
         CTAHandler={restartApp}
         title={t('oops')}
         subtitle={t('somethingWrong')}
diff --git a/packages/mobile/src/app/__snapshots__/AppLoading.test.tsx.snap b/packages/mobile/src/app/__snapshots__/AppLoading.test.tsx.snap
index 5cbec9b720b..6a754d51f2a 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/src/app/__snapshots__/AppLoading.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/mobile/src/app/__snapshots__/AppLoading.test.tsx.snap
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
 exports[`AppLoading renders correctly 1`] = `
-<View
+<SafeAreaView
   style={
     Object {
       "alignItems": "center",
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ exports[`AppLoading renders correctly 1`] = `
       }
     }
   />
-</View>
+</SafeAreaView>
 `;
diff --git a/packages/mobile/src/utils/AppRestart.ts b/packages/mobile/src/utils/AppRestart.ts
index 4e7ee1af9f5..e0086fdb30e 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/src/utils/AppRestart.ts
+++ b/packages/mobile/src/utils/AppRestart.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+import { Platform } from 'react-native'
+import RNExitApp from 'react-native-exit-app'
 import { RestartAndroid } from 'react-native-restart-android'
 import CeloAnalytics from 'src/analytics/CeloAnalytics'
 import { CustomEventNames } from 'src/analytics/constants'
 import { deleteChainData } from 'src/geth/geth'
 import Logger from 'src/utils/Logger'
 
+export const RESTART_APP_I18N_KEY = Platform.OS === 'android' ? 'restartApp' : 'quitApp'
+
 // Call this method to restart the app.
 export function restartApp() {
   // Delete chain data since that's what is most likely corrupt.
@@ -12,7 +16,12 @@ export function restartApp() {
     .finally(() => {
       CeloAnalytics.track(CustomEventNames.user_restart)
       Logger.info('utils/AppRestart/restartApp', 'Restarting app')
-      RestartAndroid.restart()
+      if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
+        RestartAndroid.restart()
+      } else {
+        // We can't restart on iOS, so just exit ;)
+        RNExitApp.exitApp()
+      }
     })
     .catch((reason) =>
       Logger.error('utils/AppRestart/restartApp', `Deleting chain data failed: ${reason}`)
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index bfdc6be3d83..16a2bb72ace 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -26172,6 +26172,11 @@ react-native-device-info@^2.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-device-info/-/react-native-device-info-2.1.0.tgz#55eb82c1ba14c550cef6b71efc368d88b96b826a"
   integrity sha512-FdHFi0DtISiytXzE2KM16Qd4GPEGnbA8DjTP1vHjcUPFJCLBtm1P0/10Xn5x/kISjEvsz17grdtJxGrd83c6Pw==
 
+react-native-exit-app@^1.1.0:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-exit-app/-/react-native-exit-app-1.1.0.tgz#5ec082152974240e2d6a93f1608efb49a4385f21"
+  integrity sha512-Spne19zfMfJvnUTX909EHUqWMk69rATtLJq9XMBGpNSHhx0M7v5yetx2Z87egBhLOqQm+CWfD/oxWzDG8rbIQA==
+
 react-native-firebase@5.5.4:
   version "5.5.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-firebase/-/react-native-firebase-5.5.4.tgz#1c71d2b21a11fdb5177f7e7c05c8bf3130fb88d7"