diff --git a/.changeset/young-coats-start.md b/.changeset/young-coats-start.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a58be4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/young-coats-start.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'react-native-bottom-tabs': patch
+---
+
+fix: improve subview management on iOS
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/Fabric/RCTTabViewComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/Fabric/RCTTabViewComponentView.mm
index 1cfc0167..9eee1811 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/Fabric/RCTTabViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/Fabric/RCTTabViewComponentView.mm
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ @interface RCTTabViewComponentView () <RCTRNCTabViewViewProtocol, TabViewProvide
 
 @implementation RCTTabViewComponentView {
   TabViewProvider *_tabViewProvider;
-  NSMutableArray<PlatformView *> *_reactSubviews;
 }
 
 + (ComponentDescriptorProvider)componentDescriptorProvider
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
 {
   if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) {
     static const auto defaultProps = std::make_shared<const RNCTabViewProps>();
-    _reactSubviews = [NSMutableArray new];
     _tabViewProvider = [[TabViewProvider alloc] initWithDelegate:self];
     self.contentView = _tabViewProvider;
     _props = defaultProps;
@@ -84,24 +82,12 @@ + (BOOL)shouldBeRecycled
   return NO;
 }
 
-- (void)layoutSubviews {
-  [super layoutSubviews];
-  _tabViewProvider.children = [self reactSubviews];
-}
-
-- (NSArray<PlatformView *> *)reactSubviews
-{
-  return _reactSubviews;
-}
-
 - (void)mountChildComponentView:(PlatformView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *)childComponentView index:(NSInteger)index {
-  [_reactSubviews insertObject:childComponentView atIndex:index];
-  _tabViewProvider.children = [self reactSubviews];
+  [_tabViewProvider insertChild:childComponentView atIndex:index];
 }
 
 - (void)unmountChildComponentView:(PlatformView<RCTComponentViewProtocol> *)childComponentView index:(NSInteger)index {
-  [_reactSubviews removeObjectAtIndex:index];
-
+  [_tabViewProvider removeChildAtIndex:index];
   [childComponentView removeFromSuperview];
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RepresentableView.swift b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RepresentableView.swift
index 384227ee..09adaca4 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RepresentableView.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/RepresentableView.swift
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import SwiftUI
 
 /**
  Helper used to render UIView inside of SwiftUI.
+ Wraps each view with an additional wrapper to avoid directly managing React Native views.
+ This solves issues where the layout would have weird artifacts..
  */
 struct RepresentableView: PlatformViewRepresentable {
   var view: PlatformView
@@ -9,7 +11,9 @@ struct RepresentableView: PlatformViewRepresentable {
 #if os(macOS)
 
   func makeNSView(context: Context) -> PlatformView {
-    view
+    let wrapper = NSView()
+    wrapper.addSubview(view)
+    return wrapper
   }
 
   func updateNSView(_ nsView: PlatformView, context: Context) {}
@@ -17,7 +21,9 @@ struct RepresentableView: PlatformViewRepresentable {
 #else
 
   func makeUIView(context: Context) -> PlatformView {
-    view
+    let wrapper = UIView()
+    wrapper.addSubview(view)
+    return wrapper
   }
 
   func updateUIView(_ uiView: PlatformView, context: Context) {}
diff --git a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/TabViewProvider.swift b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/TabViewProvider.swift
index 53e450c7..6920fe03 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/TabViewProvider.swift
+++ b/packages/react-native-bottom-tabs/ios/TabViewProvider.swift
@@ -63,12 +63,6 @@ public final class TabInfo: NSObject {
     }
   }
 
-  @objc public var children: [PlatformView] = [] {
-    didSet {
-      props.children = children
-    }
-  }
-
   @objc public var sidebarAdaptable: Bool = false {
     didSet {
       props.sidebarAdaptable = sidebarAdaptable
@@ -221,6 +215,22 @@ public final class TabInfo: NSObject {
 #endif
     }
   }
+  
+  @objc(insertChild:atIndex:)
+  public func insertChild(_ child: UIView, at index: Int) {
+    guard index >= 0 && index <= props.children.count else {
+      return
+    }
+    props.children.insert(child, at: index)
+  }
+  
+  @objc(removeChildAtIndex:)
+  public func removeChild(at index: Int) {
+    guard index >= 0 && index < props.children.count else {
+      return
+    }
+    props.children.remove(at: index)
+  }
 
   private func loadIcons(_ icons: NSArray?) {
     // TODO: Diff the arrays and update only changed items.