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App icon design guidesField notes
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Practical guides to designing app icons with AI: what we learned from real prompts, real failures and a lot of squinting at 60 pixels.
- 01Guide · 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.
- 02Guide · Product update · Updated October 2026Every App Icon Now Ships With Dark, Tinted and Themed VersionsEach Appicons.ai export pack now includes iOS 18 dark and tinted icons and an Android 13 themed layer, wired into Xcode and Android Studio, at no extra credit.
- 03Guide · Product update · Updated October 2026Seasonal App Icon Packs: A Festive Icon for Every Holiday Your Users CelebrateTurn the app icon you already have into Christmas, Diwali, Ramadan, Black Friday and 35+ more editions, picked for your markets and planned into a few app updates. 1 credit per icon.
- 04Guide · 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.
- 05Guide · 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.
- 06Guide · Product · Updated October 2026How the Appicons.ai Prompt Enhancer 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.
- R1ReferenceAI app icon generator for iOS & AndroidEverything the generator does, on one page: styles, editing, outputs and credits.
