diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
index 3efc9f102c..59524c2c39 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
@@ -691,12 +691,12 @@ func apiListContacts() throws -> [Contact] {
     throw r
 }
 
-func apiUpdateProfile(profile: Profile) async throws -> Profile? {
+func apiUpdateProfile(profile: Profile) async throws -> (Profile, [Contact])? {
     let userId = try currentUserId("apiUpdateProfile")
     let r = await chatSendCmd(.apiUpdateProfile(userId: userId, profile: profile))
     switch r {
     case .userProfileNoChange: return nil
-    case let .userProfileUpdated(_, _, toProfile): return toProfile
+    case let .userProfileUpdated(_, _, toProfile, updateSummary): return (toProfile, updateSummary.changedContacts)
     default: throw r
     }
 }
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ func apiSetProfileAddress(on: Bool) async throws -> User? {
     let r = await chatSendCmd(.apiSetProfileAddress(userId: userId, on: on))
     switch r {
     case .userProfileNoChange: return nil
-    case let .userProfileUpdated(user, _, _): return user
+    case let .userProfileUpdated(user, _, _, _): return user
     default: throw r
     }
 }
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/Group/GroupProfileView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/Group/GroupProfileView.swift
index 32adf861f3..729556e739 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/Group/GroupProfileView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/Chat/Group/GroupProfileView.swift
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ struct GroupProfileView: View {
                 let err = responseError(error)
                 saveGroupError = err
                 showSaveErrorAlert = true
-                logger.error("UserProfile apiUpdateProfile error: \(err)")
+                logger.error("GroupProfile apiUpdateGroup error: \(err)")
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/PreferencesView.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/PreferencesView.swift
index cf8978498b..960afb6d38 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/PreferencesView.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/PreferencesView.swift
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ struct PreferencesView: View {
             do {
                 var p = fromLocalProfile(profile)
                 p.preferences = fullPreferencesToPreferences(preferences)
-                if let newProfile = try await apiUpdateProfile(profile: p) {
+                if let (newProfile, updatedContacts) = try await apiUpdateProfile(profile: p) {
                     await MainActor.run {
                         chatModel.updateCurrentUser(newProfile, preferences)
+                        updatedContacts.forEach(chatModel.updateContact)
                         currentPreferences = preferences
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/UserProfile.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/UserProfile.swift
index 9ea6fe2a7f..f38dc593a6 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/UserProfile.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Views/UserSettings/UserProfile.swift
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ struct UserProfile: View {
     func saveProfile() {
         Task {
             do {
-                if let newProfile = try await apiUpdateProfile(profile: profile) {
+                if let (newProfile, _) = try await apiUpdateProfile(profile: profile) {
                     DispatchQueue.main.async {
                         chatModel.updateCurrentUser(newProfile)
                         profile = newProfile
diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/APITypes.swift b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/APITypes.swift
index ae92930669..d80626d6f1 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/APITypes.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/APITypes.swift
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ public enum ChatResponse: Decodable, Error {
     case contactDeleted(user: UserRef, contact: Contact)
     case chatCleared(user: UserRef, chatInfo: ChatInfo)
     case userProfileNoChange(user: User)
-    case userProfileUpdated(user: User, fromProfile: Profile, toProfile: Profile)
+    case userProfileUpdated(user: User, fromProfile: Profile, toProfile: Profile, updateSummary: UserProfileUpdateSummary)
     case userPrivacy(user: User, updatedUser: User)
     case contactAliasUpdated(user: UserRef, toContact: Contact)
     case connectionAliasUpdated(user: UserRef, toConnection: PendingContactConnection)
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ public enum ChatResponse: Decodable, Error {
             case let .contactDeleted(u, contact): return withUser(u, String(describing: contact))
             case let .chatCleared(u, chatInfo): return withUser(u, String(describing: chatInfo))
             case .userProfileNoChange: return noDetails
-            case let .userProfileUpdated(u, _, toProfile): return withUser(u, String(describing: toProfile))
+            case let .userProfileUpdated(u, _, toProfile, _): return withUser(u, String(describing: toProfile))
             case let .userPrivacy(u, updatedUser): return withUser(u, String(describing: updatedUser))
             case let .contactAliasUpdated(u, toContact): return withUser(u, String(describing: toContact))
             case let .connectionAliasUpdated(u, toConnection): return withUser(u, String(describing: toConnection))
diff --git a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/ChatTypes.swift b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/ChatTypes.swift
index ef85978350..48996abb78 100644
--- a/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/ChatTypes.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/SimpleXChat/ChatTypes.swift
@@ -171,6 +171,13 @@ public func fromLocalProfile (_ profile: LocalProfile) -> Profile {
     Profile(displayName: profile.displayName, fullName: profile.fullName, image: profile.image, contactLink: profile.contactLink, preferences: profile.preferences)
 }
 
+public struct UserProfileUpdateSummary: Decodable {
+    public var notChanged: Int
+    public var updateSuccesses: Int
+    public var updateFailures: Int
+    public var changedContacts: [Contact]
+}
+
 public enum ChatType: String {
     case direct = "@"
     case group = "#"