diff --git a/apps/ui/src/text-view/scrolling-and-sizing-page.css b/apps/ui/src/text-view/scrolling-and-sizing-page.css
index 2cbc719a42..ff0ac7c1b9 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/text-view/scrolling-and-sizing-page.css
+++ b/apps/ui/src/text-view/scrolling-and-sizing-page.css
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
     padding: 10 20 10 20;
 }
 
+.p-20 {
+    padding: 20;
+}
+
 .m-b-10 {
     margin-bottom: 10;
 }
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ TextView {
 }
 
 .shadow {
-    box-shadow: inset 0 0 5 5 #000000;
+    box-shadow: 2 2 6 6 #ff0000;
 }
 
 .body {
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/text-view/scrolling-and-sizing-page.xml b/apps/ui/src/text-view/scrolling-and-sizing-page.xml
index be32029ca1..d7ccf22361 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/text-view/scrolling-and-sizing-page.xml
+++ b/apps/ui/src/text-view/scrolling-and-sizing-page.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
             <TextView hint="fixed-height gradient" class="fixed-height gradient" />
         </StackLayout>
 
-        <StackLayout class="p-10">
+        <StackLayout class="p-20">
             <TextView hint="fixed-height shadow" class="fixed-height shadow" />
         </StackLayout>
 
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
index 4b0f42b6c3..d82f026977 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ function drawBoxShadow(view: View): void {
 
 			// Shadow opacity is handled on the shadow's color instance
 			shadowLayer.shadowOpacity = boxShadow.color?.a ? boxShadow.color.a / 255 : 1;
-			shadowLayer.shadowRadius = shadowRadius;
+			shadowLayer.shadowRadius = shadowRadius * 0.65;
 			shadowLayer.shadowColor = boxShadow.color?.ios?.CGColor;
 			shadowLayer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(offsetX, offsetY);