diff --git a/core/src/components/refresher-content/refresher-content.tsx b/core/src/components/refresher-content/refresher-content.tsx
index 35b6554a77..df94479c9d 100644
--- a/core/src/components/refresher-content/refresher-content.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/refresher-content/refresher-content.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import type { ComponentInterface } from '@stencil/core';
 import { Component, Element, Host, Prop, h } from '@stencil/core';
 import { ENABLE_HTML_CONTENT_DEFAULT } from '@utils/config';
-import { isPlatform } from '@utils/platform';
 import { sanitizeDOMString } from '@utils/sanitization';
 import { arrowDown, caretBackSharp } from 'ionicons/icons';
 
 import { config } from '../../global/config';
 import { getIonMode } from '../../global/ionic-global';
 import type { IonicSafeString } from '../../utils/sanitization';
+import { supportsRubberBandScrolling } from '../refresher/refresher.utils';
 import type { SpinnerTypes } from '../spinner/spinner-configs';
 import { SPINNERS } from '../spinner/spinner-configs';
 
@@ -63,11 +63,17 @@ export class RefresherContent implements ComponentInterface {
 
   componentWillLoad() {
     if (this.pullingIcon === undefined) {
+      /**
+       * The native iOS refresher uses a spinner instead of
+       * an icon, so we need to see if this device supports
+       * the native iOS refresher.
+       */
+      const hasRubberBandScrolling = supportsRubberBandScrolling();
       const mode = getIonMode(this);
-      const overflowRefresher = (this.el.style as any).webkitOverflowScrolling !== undefined ? 'lines' : arrowDown;
+      const overflowRefresher = hasRubberBandScrolling ? 'lines' : arrowDown;
       this.pullingIcon = config.get(
         'refreshingIcon',
-        mode === 'ios' && isPlatform('mobile') ? config.get('spinner', overflowRefresher) : 'circular'
+        mode === 'ios' && hasRubberBandScrolling ? config.get('spinner', overflowRefresher) : 'circular'
       );
     }
     if (this.refreshingSpinner === undefined) {
diff --git a/core/src/components/refresher/refresher.utils.ts b/core/src/components/refresher/refresher.utils.ts
index 8ae86de258..4becab356d 100644
--- a/core/src/components/refresher/refresher.utils.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/refresher/refresher.utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { writeTask } from '@stencil/core';
 import { createAnimation } from '@utils/animation/animation';
 import { clamp, componentOnReady, transitionEndAsync } from '@utils/helpers';
-import { isPlatform } from '@utils/platform';
 
 // MD Native Refresher
 // -----------------------------
@@ -195,6 +194,25 @@ export const translateElement = (el?: HTMLElement, value?: string, duration = 20
 // Utils
 // -----------------------------
 
+/**
+ * In order to use the native iOS refresher the device must support rubber band scrolling.
+ * As part of this, we need to exclude Desktop Safari because it has a slightly different rubber band effect that is not compatible with the native refresher in Ionic.
+ *
+ * We also need to be careful not to include devices that spoof their user agent.
+ * For example, when using iOS emulation in Chrome the user agent will be spoofed such that
+ * navigator.maxTouchPointer > 0. To work around this,
+ * we check to see if the apple-pay-logo is supported as a named image which is only
+ * true on Apple devices.
+ *
+ * We previously checked referencEl.style.webkitOverflowScrolling to explicitly check
+ * for rubber band support. However, this property was removed on iPadOS and it's possible
+ * that this will be removed on iOS in the future too.
+ *
+ */
+export const supportsRubberBandScrolling = () => {
+  return navigator.maxTouchPoints > 0 && CSS.supports('background: -webkit-named-image(apple-pay-logo-black)');
+};
+
 export const shouldUseNativeRefresher = async (referenceEl: HTMLIonRefresherElement, mode: string) => {
   const refresherContent = referenceEl.querySelector('ion-refresher-content');
   if (!refresherContent) {
@@ -209,15 +227,6 @@ export const shouldUseNativeRefresher = async (referenceEl: HTMLIonRefresherElem
   return (
     pullingSpinner !== null &&
     refreshingSpinner !== null &&
-    /**
-     * We use webkitOverflowScrolling for feature detection with rubber band scrolling
-     * on iOS. When doing referenceEl.style, webkitOverflowScrolling is undefined on non-iOS platforms.
-     * However, it will be the empty string on iOS.
-     * Note that we do not use getPropertyValue (and thus need to cast as any) because calling
-     * getPropertyValue('-webkit-overflow-scrolling') will return the empty string if it is not
-     * set on the element, even if the platform does not support that.
-     */
-    ((mode === 'ios' && isPlatform('mobile') && (referenceEl.style as any).webkitOverflowScrolling !== undefined) ||
-      mode === 'md')
+    ((mode === 'ios' && supportsRubberBandScrolling()) || mode === 'md')
   );
 };