diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/ContentView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/ContentView.swift
index 1a521edb4..610fb8262 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/ContentView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/ContentView.swift
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct ContentView: View {
     @AppStorage(DEFAULT_LA_NOTICE_SHOWN) private var prefLANoticeShown = false
     @AppStorage(DEFAULT_PERFORM_LA) private var prefPerformLA = false
     @AppStorage(DEFAULT_PRIVACY_PROTECT_SCREEN) private var protectScreen = true
+    @AppStorage(DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_ALERT_SHOWN) private var notificationAlertShown = false
 
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
@@ -47,9 +48,15 @@ struct ContentView: View {
         ZStack(alignment: .top) {
             ChatListView()
             .onAppear {
-                NtfManager.shared.requestAuthorization(onDeny: {
-                    alertManager.showAlert(notificationAlert())
-                })
+                NtfManager.shared.requestAuthorization(
+                    onDeny: {
+                        if (!notificationAlertShown) {
+                            notificationAlertShown = true
+                            alertManager.showAlert(notificationAlert())
+                        }
+                    },
+                    onAuthorized: { notificationAlertShown = false }
+                )
                 // Local Authentication notice is to be shown on next start after onboarding is complete
                 if (!prefLANoticeShown && prefShowLANotice) {
                     prefLANoticeShown = true
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/NtfManager.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/NtfManager.swift
index 0c36e58d0..398e9eb37 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/NtfManager.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/NtfManager.swift
@@ -165,22 +165,23 @@ class NtfManager: NSObject, UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate, ObservableObject {
         ])
     }
 
-    func requestAuthorization(onDeny handler: (()-> Void)? = nil) {
+    func requestAuthorization(onDeny denied: (()-> Void)? = nil, onAuthorized authorized: (()-> Void)? = nil) {
         logger.debug("NtfManager.requestAuthorization")
         let center = UNUserNotificationCenter.current()
         center.getNotificationSettings { settings in
             switch settings.authorizationStatus {
             case .denied:
-                if let handler = handler { handler() }
-                return
+                denied?()
             case .authorized:
                 self.granted = true
+                authorized?()
             default:
                 center.requestAuthorization(options: [.alert, .sound, .badge]) { granted, error in
                     if let error = error {
                         logger.error("NtfManager.requestAuthorization error \(error.localizedDescription)")
                     } else {
                         self.granted = granted
+                        authorized?()
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/SettingsView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/SettingsView.swift
index e2125b1e0..83a3428a3 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/SettingsView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/SettingsView.swift
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ let appBuild = Bundle.main.object(forInfoDictionaryKey: "CFBundleVersion")  as?
 let DEFAULT_SHOW_LA_NOTICE = "showLocalAuthenticationNotice"
 let DEFAULT_LA_NOTICE_SHOWN = "localAuthenticationNoticeShown"
 let DEFAULT_PERFORM_LA = "performLocalAuthentication"
+let DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_ALERT_SHOWN = "notificationAlertShown"
 let DEFAULT_WEBRTC_POLICY_RELAY = "webrtcPolicyRelay"
 let DEFAULT_WEBRTC_ICE_SERVERS = "webrtcICEServers"
 let DEFAULT_PRIVACY_ACCEPT_IMAGES = "privacyAcceptImages"
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ let appDefaults: [String: Any] = [
     DEFAULT_SHOW_LA_NOTICE: false,
     DEFAULT_LA_NOTICE_SHOWN: false,
     DEFAULT_PERFORM_LA: false,
+    DEFAULT_NOTIFICATION_ALERT_SHOWN: false,
     DEFAULT_WEBRTC_POLICY_RELAY: true,
     DEFAULT_PRIVACY_ACCEPT_IMAGES: true,
     DEFAULT_PRIVACY_LINK_PREVIEWS: true,