Guides
App icon guides
Short answers to the questions app makers ask most about icons, kept up to date for Android 16 and iOS 26 and later.
- 5 Guides
- Short and practical
- iOS 26+
- Icon Composer, Liquid Glass
- Android 16
- Adaptive and themed icons
Where to get an app icon
A designer, an AI image tool or a ready-made icon: what each costs, how long it takes and what you end up with.Make an icon for iOS 26 and later in Icon Composer
From a flat design to a layered .icon file with Liquid Glass, dark, clear and tinted looks, then into Xcode.Android themed icons
Add the monochrome layer so your icon takes on the wallpaper colours on Android 13 and later.Why your app icon looks blurry
The usual reasons an icon goes soft or muddy at small sizes, and the fix for each.App icon sizes 2026
Every size iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Android and the web need, in one table.
Compare UI icon libraries
IconOven next to Hugeicons, Lucide, Phosphor and Tabler, with each library's facts from its own site.
UI icon libraries compared
how IconOven, Hugeicons, Lucide, Phosphor, Tabler, Heroicons, Font Awesome and Iconify differ, with facts from each library's own site.IconOven vs Hugeicons
A side-by-side of IconOven and Hugeicons, with Hugeicons' own numbers and the date we read them.IconOven vs Lucide
IconOven and Lucide compared, using Lucide's own site and README for its numbers.IconOven vs Phosphor
IconOven and Phosphor Icons compared with facts from Phosphor's own README and licence.IconOven vs Tabler Icons
IconOven and Tabler Icons compared, with Tabler's numbers from its own site.SF Symbols alternative for Flutter
One icon set for a Flutter app on Android and iOS, with what Apple's terms say about SF Symbols.Duotone, solid and gradient icons in React
One React icon set in duotone, solid and gradient styles, switched with a prop.
Free tools
They run in your browser, so your images never leave your device.
Need the icon itself?
Original app icons from an independent studio, with every size already made, plus layered artwork for dark, tinted and clear.