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App icon design guidesField notes
on small icons.

Practical guides to designing app icons with AI: what we learned from real prompts, real failures and a lot of squinting at 60 pixels.

  1. 01Guide · Product update · Updated October 2026Free Credits for Your First App IconShare Appicons.ai or your icon on a social network and get free credits to draw app icons. No card, no subscription, no catch.
  2. 02Guide · Product update · Updated October 2026App Icon Ideas From One SentenceDon't know what your app icon should show? Describe your app and Appicons.ai suggests three concrete icon ideas for free. Pick one and we draw it.
  3. 03Guide · Reference · Updated October 2026Dark, Tinted and Themed App Icons ExplainedHow iOS dark and tinted icons and Android themed icons work, what files each one needs, and how to design an icon that survives all of them.
  4. 04Guide · Product update · Updated October 2026Dark, Tinted and Themed Icons in Every ZipEach Appicons.ai export pack includes iOS 18 dark and tinted icons and an Android 13 themed layer, wired into Xcode and Android Studio, at no extra credit.
  5. 05Guide · Product update · Updated October 2026Seasonal App Icon Packs for Every HolidayTurn the app icon you already ship into Christmas, Diwali, Ramadan, Black Friday and more holiday editions, planned into app updates. 1 credit per icon.
  6. 06Guide · Reference · Updated October 2026App Icon Sizes: iOS, Android & Web (2026)Every app icon size for iOS, Android, Google Play and the web in one place, with the safe zones and file rules that get icons rejected.
  7. 07Guide · Prompts · Updated October 2026How to Write AI Prompts for App IconsPrompt tips for AI app icons: what to include, what to leave out, and what six real prompts produced, including the ones that went wrong.
  8. 08Guide · Product · Updated October 2026AI Prompt Enhancer for App Icons: How It WorksHow the Appicons.ai prompt enhancer turns a rough idea into one clear icon description, what it leaves alone, and what we learned from version one.
  9. R1ReferenceAI app icon generator for iOS & AndroidEverything the generator does, on one page: styles, editing, outputs and credits.