diff --git a/ios/Podfile.lock b/ios/Podfile.lock
index c7c8247aca..1076a15be6 100644
--- a/ios/Podfile.lock
+++ b/ios/Podfile.lock
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ PODS:
     - RCTTypeSafety
     - React-Core
     - ReactCommon/turbomodule/core
+  - react-native-splash-screen (3.3.0):
+    - React-Core
   - React-perflogger (0.68.2)
   - React-RCTActionSheet (0.68.2):
     - React-Core/RCTActionSheetHeaders (= 0.68.2)
@@ -356,6 +358,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES:
   - React-jsinspector (from `../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/jsinspector`)
   - React-logger (from `../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/logger`)
   - react-native-safe-area-context (from `../node_modules/react-native-safe-area-context`)
+  - react-native-splash-screen (from `../node_modules/react-native-splash-screen`)
   - React-perflogger (from `../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/reactperflogger`)
   - React-RCTActionSheet (from `../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/ActionSheetIOS`)
   - React-RCTAnimation (from `../node_modules/react-native/Libraries/NativeAnimation`)
@@ -422,6 +425,8 @@ EXTERNAL SOURCES:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/logger"
   react-native-safe-area-context:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native-safe-area-context"
+  react-native-splash-screen:
+    :path: "../node_modules/react-native-splash-screen"
   React-perflogger:
     :path: "../node_modules/react-native/ReactCommon/reactperflogger"
   React-RCTActionSheet:
@@ -485,6 +490,7 @@ SPEC CHECKSUMS:
   React-jsinspector: c5989c77cb89ae6a69561095a61cce56a44ae8e8
   React-logger: a0833912d93b36b791b7a521672d8ee89107aff1
   react-native-safe-area-context: dfe5aa13bee37a0c7e8059d14f72ffc076d120e9
+  react-native-splash-screen: 4312f786b13a81b5169ef346d76d33bc0c6dc457
   React-perflogger: a18b4f0bd933b8b24ecf9f3c54f9bf65180f3fe6
   React-RCTActionSheet: 547fe42fdb4b6089598d79f8e1d855d7c23e2162
   React-RCTAnimation: bc9440a1c37b06ae9ebbb532d244f607805c6034
diff --git a/ios/app/AppDelegate.mm b/ios/app/AppDelegate.mm
index 96e1cca1a8..ae764ed43a 100644
--- a/ios/app/AppDelegate.mm
+++ b/ios/app/AppDelegate.mm
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 // universal links
 #import <React/RCTLinkingManager.h>
 
+// splash screen
+#import "RNSplashScreen.h"
+
 #if RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED
 #import <React/CoreModulesPlugins.h>
 #import <React/RCTCxxBridgeDelegate.h>
@@ -57,6 +60,10 @@
   rootViewController.view = rootView;
   self.window.rootViewController = rootViewController;
   [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];
+
+  // Show the splash screen
+  [RNSplashScreen show]; 
+
   return YES;
 }
 
diff --git a/ios/app/Images.xcassets/Contents.json b/ios/app/Images.xcassets/Contents.json
index 2d92bd53fd..73c00596a7 100644
--- a/ios/app/Images.xcassets/Contents.json
+++ b/ios/app/Images.xcassets/Contents.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "info" : {
-    "version" : 1,
-    "author" : "xcode"
+    "author" : "xcode",
+    "version" : 1
   }
 }
diff --git a/ios/app/Images.xcassets/LaunchScreen.imageset/Contents.json b/ios/app/Images.xcassets/LaunchScreen.imageset/Contents.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f57e4f49ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ios/app/Images.xcassets/LaunchScreen.imageset/Contents.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "images" : [
+    {
+      "filename" : "splash.jpg",
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "scale" : "1x"
+    },
+    {
+      "filename" : "splash@2x.jpg",
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "scale" : "2x"
+    },
+    {
+      "filename" : "splash@3x.jpg",
+      "idiom" : "universal",
+      "scale" : "3x"
+    }
+  ],
+  "info" : {
+    "author" : "xcode",
+    "version" : 1
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ios/app/Images.xcassets/LaunchScreen.imageset/splash.jpg b/ios/app/Images.xcassets/LaunchScreen.imageset/splash.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9925cd70ef
Binary files /dev/null and b/ios/app/Images.xcassets/LaunchScreen.imageset/splash.jpg differ
diff --git a/ios/app/Images.xcassets/LaunchScreen.imageset/splash@2x.jpg b/ios/app/Images.xcassets/LaunchScreen.imageset/splash@2x.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a42cd2ee59
Binary files /dev/null and b/ios/app/Images.xcassets/LaunchScreen.imageset/splash@2x.jpg differ
diff --git a/ios/app/Images.xcassets/LaunchScreen.imageset/splash@3x.jpg b/ios/app/Images.xcassets/LaunchScreen.imageset/splash@3x.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6382a9e62e
Binary files /dev/null and b/ios/app/Images.xcassets/LaunchScreen.imageset/splash@3x.jpg differ
diff --git a/ios/app/LaunchScreen.storyboard b/ios/app/LaunchScreen.storyboard
index 61f6b47aa0..e5542188d1 100644
--- a/ios/app/LaunchScreen.storyboard
+++ b/ios/app/LaunchScreen.storyboard
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="15702" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" launchScreen="YES" useTraitCollections="YES" useSafeAreas="YES" colorMatched="YES" initialViewController="01J-lp-oVM">
+<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.Storyboard.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="21507" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" launchScreen="YES" useTraitCollections="YES" useSafeAreas="YES" colorMatched="YES" initialViewController="01J-lp-oVM">
     <device id="retina4_7" orientation="portrait" appearance="light"/>
     <dependencies>
         <deployment identifier="iOS"/>
-        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="15704"/>
-        <capability name="Safe area layout guides" minToolsVersion="9.0"/>
+        <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="21505"/>
+        <capability name="System colors in document resources" minToolsVersion="11.0"/>
         <capability name="documents saved in the Xcode 8 format" minToolsVersion="8.0"/>
     </dependencies>
     <scenes>
@@ -16,27 +16,17 @@
                         <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="375" height="667"/>
                         <autoresizingMask key="autoresizingMask" widthSizable="YES" heightSizable="YES"/>
                         <subviews>
-                            <label opaque="NO" clipsSubviews="YES" userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="left" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" text="app" textAlignment="center" lineBreakMode="middleTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" minimumFontSize="18" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="GJd-Yh-RWb">
-                                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="202" width="375" height="43"/>
-                                <fontDescription key="fontDescription" type="boldSystem" pointSize="36"/>
-                                <nil key="highlightedColor"/>
-                            </label>
-                            <label opaque="NO" clipsSubviews="YES" userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="left" horizontalHuggingPriority="251" verticalHuggingPriority="251" text="Powered by React Native" textAlignment="center" lineBreakMode="tailTruncation" baselineAdjustment="alignBaselines" minimumFontSize="9" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="MN2-I3-ftu">
-                                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="626" width="375" height="21"/>
-                                <fontDescription key="fontDescription" type="system" pointSize="17"/>
-                                <nil key="highlightedColor"/>
-                            </label>
+                            <imageView clipsSubviews="YES" userInteractionEnabled="NO" contentMode="scaleAspectFill" image="LaunchScreen" translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints="NO" id="3xW-LZ-8bI">
+                                <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="375" height="667"/>
+                            </imageView>
                         </subviews>
-                        <color key="backgroundColor" systemColor="systemBackgroundColor" cocoaTouchSystemColor="whiteColor"/>
+                        <color key="backgroundColor" systemColor="systemBackgroundColor"/>
                         <constraints>
-                            <constraint firstItem="Bcu-3y-fUS" firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="MN2-I3-ftu" secondAttribute="bottom" constant="20" id="OZV-Vh-mqD"/>
-                            <constraint firstItem="Bcu-3y-fUS" firstAttribute="centerX" secondItem="GJd-Yh-RWb" secondAttribute="centerX" id="Q3B-4B-g5h"/>
-                            <constraint firstItem="MN2-I3-ftu" firstAttribute="centerX" secondItem="Bcu-3y-fUS" secondAttribute="centerX" id="akx-eg-2ui"/>
-                            <constraint firstItem="MN2-I3-ftu" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="Bcu-3y-fUS" secondAttribute="leading" id="i1E-0Y-4RG"/>
-                            <constraint firstItem="GJd-Yh-RWb" firstAttribute="centerY" secondItem="Ze5-6b-2t3" secondAttribute="bottom" multiplier="1/3" constant="1" id="moa-c2-u7t"/>
-                            <constraint firstItem="GJd-Yh-RWb" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="Bcu-3y-fUS" secondAttribute="leading" symbolic="YES" id="x7j-FC-K8j"/>
+                            <constraint firstAttribute="bottom" secondItem="3xW-LZ-8bI" secondAttribute="bottom" id="Qjl-JH-apV"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="3xW-LZ-8bI" firstAttribute="leading" secondItem="Ze5-6b-2t3" secondAttribute="leading" id="c7a-bI-Hl7"/>
+                            <constraint firstAttribute="trailing" secondItem="3xW-LZ-8bI" secondAttribute="trailing" id="vM9-Qy-zds"/>
+                            <constraint firstItem="3xW-LZ-8bI" firstAttribute="top" secondItem="Ze5-6b-2t3" secondAttribute="top" id="yhO-am-Ve0"/>
                         </constraints>
-                        <viewLayoutGuide key="safeArea" id="Bcu-3y-fUS"/>
                     </view>
                 </viewController>
                 <placeholder placeholderIdentifier="IBFirstResponder" id="iYj-Kq-Ea1" userLabel="First Responder" sceneMemberID="firstResponder"/>
@@ -44,4 +34,10 @@
             <point key="canvasLocation" x="52.173913043478265" y="375"/>
         </scene>
     </scenes>
+    <resources>
+        <image name="LaunchScreen" width="500" height="750"/>
+        <systemColor name="systemBackgroundColor">
+            <color white="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="genericGamma22GrayColorSpace"/>
+        </systemColor>
+    </resources>
 </document>
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a8df392df3..3b02936016 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "react-native-root-toast": "^3.4.0",
     "react-native-safe-area-context": "^4.3.1",
     "react-native-screens": "^3.13.1",
+    "react-native-splash-screen": "^3.3.0",
     "react-native-svg": "^12.4.0",
     "react-native-url-polyfill": "^1.3.0",
     "react-native-web": "^0.17.7"
diff --git a/src/App.native.tsx b/src/App.native.tsx
index a220fab3b1..e6be772253 100644
--- a/src/App.native.tsx
+++ b/src/App.native.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'react-native-url-polyfill/auto'
 import React, {useState, useEffect} from 'react'
 import {RootSiblingParent} from 'react-native-root-siblings'
 import {GestureHandlerRootView} from 'react-native-gesture-handler'
+import SplashScreen from 'react-native-splash-screen'
 import {whenWebCrypto} from './platform/polyfills.native'
 import * as view from './view/index'
 import {RootStoreModel, setupState, RootStoreProvider} from './state'
@@ -19,7 +20,10 @@ function App() {
         view.setup()
         return setupState()
       })
-      .then(setRootStore)
+      .then(store => {
+        setRootStore(store)
+        SplashScreen.hide()
+      })
   }, [])
 
   // show nothing prior to init
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6f1141a61a..399b1c9313 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10224,6 +10224,11 @@ react-native-screens@^3.13.1:
     react-freeze "^1.0.0"
     warn-once "^0.1.0"
 
+react-native-splash-screen@^3.3.0:
+  version "3.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-splash-screen/-/react-native-splash-screen-3.3.0.tgz#3af71ed17afe50fee69590a45aec399d071ead02"
+  integrity sha512-rGjt6HkoSXxMqH4SQUJ1gnPQlPJV8+J47+4yhgTIan4bVvAwJhEeJH7wWt9hXSdH4+VfwTS0GTaflj1Tw83IhA==
+
 react-native-svg@^12.4.0:
   version "12.4.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-native-svg/-/react-native-svg-12.4.4.tgz#2ba684eaea9a7402fbbe0ed9737e77284631d00e"