diff --git a/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
index 01961488a..939c98d50 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/application/application.ios.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export * from "./application-common";
 import { Frame, View, NavigationEntry } from "../ui/frame";
 import { ios } from "../ui/utils";
 import * as utils from "../utils/utils";
+import { profile } from "../profiling";
 
 class Responder extends UIResponder {
     //
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ class Window extends UIWindow {
         return window;
     }
 
+    @profile
     public layoutSubviews(): void {
         if (utils.ios.MajorVersion < 9) {
             ios._layoutRootView(this.content, utils.ios.getter(UIScreen, UIScreen.mainScreen).bounds);
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
         }
     }
 
+    @profile
     private didFinishLaunchingWithOptions(notification: NSNotification) {
         this._window = <Window>Window.alloc().initWithFrame(utils.ios.getter(UIScreen, UIScreen.mainScreen).bounds);
         this._window.backgroundColor = utils.ios.getter(UIColor, UIColor.whiteColor);
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ class IOSApplication implements IOSApplicationDefinition {
         this._window.makeKeyAndVisible();
     }
 
+    @profile
     private didBecomeActive(notification: NSNotification) {
         let ios = utils.ios.getter(UIApplication, UIApplication.sharedApplication);
         let object = this;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
index a487fb2b6..e8eecd98d 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/frame/frame.ios.ts
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ class UINavigationControllerImpl extends UINavigationController {
         }
     }
 
+    @profile
     public viewDidLayoutSubviews(): void {
         let owner = this._owner.get();
         if (owner) {
@@ -551,6 +552,7 @@ class UINavigationControllerImpl extends UINavigationController {
         });
     }
 
+    @profile
     public pushViewControllerAnimated(viewController: UIViewController, animated: boolean): void {
         let navigationTransition = <NavigationTransition>viewController[TRANSITION];
         if (traceEnabled()) {
@@ -568,6 +570,7 @@ class UINavigationControllerImpl extends UINavigationController {
         });
     }
 
+    @profile
     public setViewControllersAnimated(viewControllers: NSArray<any>, animated: boolean): void {
         let viewController = viewControllers.lastObject;
         let navigationTransition = <NavigationTransition>viewController[TRANSITION];
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.ios.ts
index fe054d757..214909252 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.ios.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class UIViewControllerImpl extends UIViewController {
         return controller;
     }
 
+    @profile
     public viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
         let owner = this._owner.get();
         if (!owner) {
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ class UIViewControllerImpl extends UIViewController {
         }
     }
 
+    @profile
     public viewWillAppear(animated: boolean): void {
         super.viewWillAppear(animated);
         this.shown = false;
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ class UIViewControllerImpl extends UIViewController {
         page._enableLoadedEvents = false;
     }
 
+    @profile
     public viewDidAppear(animated: boolean): void {
         super.viewDidAppear(animated);
         this.shown = true;
@@ -242,6 +245,7 @@ class UIViewControllerImpl extends UIViewController {
         }
     };
 
+    @profile
     public viewWillDisappear(animated: boolean): void {
         super.viewWillDisappear(animated);
 
@@ -270,6 +274,7 @@ class UIViewControllerImpl extends UIViewController {
         page._viewWillDisappear = true;
     }
 
+    @profile
     public viewDidDisappear(animated: boolean): void {
         super.viewDidDisappear(animated);