diff --git a/src/esr.ts b/src/esr.ts
index 575bcac..17ce128 100644
--- a/src/esr.ts
+++ b/src/esr.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ export async function createIdentityRequest(
     if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
         const returnUrl = generateReturnUrl()
         sameDeviceRequest.setInfoKey('same_device', true)
-        sameDeviceRequest.setInfoKey('return_path', returnUrl)
+        if (returnUrl !== undefined) {
+            sameDeviceRequest.setInfoKey('return_path', returnUrl)
+        }
     }
 
     // Return the request and the callback data
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index cb7103f..d418a2f 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ export function uuid(): string {
 }
 
 /** Generate a return url that Anchor will redirect back to w/o reload. */
-export function generateReturnUrl() {
+export function generateReturnUrl(): string | undefined {
+    // Return undefined for iOS React Native apps to prevent redirect to Safari
+    if (isAppleHandheld() && isReactNativeApp()) {
+        return undefined
+    }
+
     if (isChromeiOS()) {
         // google chrome on iOS will always open new tab so we just ask it to open again as a workaround
         return 'googlechrome://'