diff --git a/.github/workflows/NativePipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/NativePipeline.yml
index cef6dc827..09d32065a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/NativePipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/NativePipeline.yml
@@ -745,13 +745,11 @@ jobs:
     # Run if widgets need testing (widgets_to_test is not empty) and project succeeds
     if: ${{ needs.scope.outputs.widgets_to_test != '[]' && always() && needs.project.result == 'success' && (needs.ios-app.result == 'success' || needs.ios-app.result == 'skipped') }}
     runs-on: macos-26
-    # 30 min per widget shard, matching android-widget-tests. iOS needs the budget more than
-    # Android: sim cold-boot + Maestro driver startup + runtime-ready wait eat several minutes
-    # before any flow runs, so on a free macOS runner slow-but-healthy shards were getting
-    # truncated — at 20 min several shards (accordion, background-image, bottom-sheet,
-    # color-picker, safe-area-view) were cancelled mid-flow. If a shard still hits 30 the cause
-    # is real app instability, not the cap.
-    timeout-minutes: 30
+    # 35 min per widget shard. iOS needs more budget than Android: sim cold-boot + Maestro driver
+    # startup + runtime-ready wait eat several minutes before any flow runs. Using simslim to
+    # optimize simulator performance by reducing memory footprint from ~4GB to ~0.9GB and disabling
+    # unnecessary background services. If a shard still hits 35 the cause is real app instability.
+    timeout-minutes: 35
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
@@ -792,9 +790,20 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/start-mendix-runtime
         with:
           java-home: ${{ steps.setup-needed-tools.outputs.java-path }}
-  
+
       - name: "Setup Xcode CLI Tools"
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-xcode-cli-tools
+      - name: "Optimize simulator with simslim"
+        run: |
+          brew install mobai-app/tap/simslim
+          # Only optimize the iPhone 17 Pro used for testing (saves ~3-4 min vs optimizing all simulators)
+          UDID=$(simslim list --json | jq -r '.[] | select(.name == "iPhone 17 Pro") | .udid' | head -1)
+          if [ -n "$UDID" ]; then
+            echo "Optimizing iPhone 17 Pro ($UDID)..."
+            simslim on "$UDID"
+          else
+            echo "::warning::iPhone 17 Pro not found, skipping simslim optimization"
+          fi
       - name: "Run iOS tests"
         run: |
           chmod +x maestro/helpers/prepare_ios.sh
@@ -933,6 +942,17 @@ jobs:
       
       - name: "Setup Xcode CLI Tools"
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-xcode-cli-tools
+      - name: "Optimize simulator with simslim"
+        run: |
+          brew install mobai-app/tap/simslim
+          # Only optimize the iPhone 17 Pro used for testing (saves ~3-4 min vs optimizing all simulators)
+          UDID=$(simslim list --json | jq -r '.[] | select(.name == "iPhone 17 Pro") | .udid' | head -1)
+          if [ -n "$UDID" ]; then
+            echo "Optimizing iPhone 17 Pro ($UDID)..."
+            simslim on "$UDID"
+          else
+            echo "::warning::iPhone 17 Pro not found, skipping simslim optimization"
+          fi
       - name: "Run iOS tests"
         run: |
           chmod +x maestro/helpers/prepare_ios.sh