# aHomeIcon — user reviews

> 111 indexed App Store user reviews of aHomeIcon by Mokten Pty Ltd, rated 4.30/5 from 28 ratings.

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- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ahomeicon/id417171558.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 22 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 3

## What do users think of aHomeIcon?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to create custom home screen icons
- 🎨 Flexible customization with personal photos
- ⚡ Quick access to frequently used contacts and websites
- 💡 Innovative shortcuts for settings toggles (WiFi, brightness, etc.)
- 🔗 Works well for creating web page shortcuts
- 📱 Useful for organizing group emails and messages
- ✨ Allows one-tap access to playlists and photo albums
- 💰 Free or affordable pricing

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
- 😕 Confusing and unclear user interface
- 📖 Poor or inadequate instructions and documentation
- 🔧 Requires installing device profiles to function
- ⏱️ Slow performance with noticeable delays
- 🚫 Incompatible with newer iOS versions
- ❌ Non-functional support links and help resources
- 🖼️ Icons change or disappear unexpectedly
- 📞 Phone dialing requires multiple steps, defeating shortcut purpose
- 🔄 Unstable across different iOS updates

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when accessing photos on device
- Icons fail to load correctly
- Profile installation errors in Safari
- Invalid phone number errors after calls
- Black screen delays before calls connect
- Icons stop working after iOS updates
- Custom icon images replaced with generic pictures
- Contact function broken after iOS 7 update
- URL schemes not opening properly
- App freezes during icon creation
- Deleting profiles removes associated shortcuts

**Most requested features**

- Video shortcut support with custom icons
- Picture editing capabilities (crop, zoom, reposition)
- Better stock photo library with more attractive options
- Music player controls (pause, fast forward, rewind)
- Photo album shortcuts instead of single photos only
- Note sharing and text editor integration
- Improved UI design and visual appeal
- One-click dialing without Safari routing
- Settings shortcuts for Message and Phone apps
- Profile management without requiring unlock codes

## Newest reviews (14 of 111)

### 4/5 — Good use of customization

*2017-09-05, version 3.13*

Fun app for customization of apps and folders.

### 4/5 — It works...

*2017-08-06, version 3.13*

It's a confusing ugly unstable mess, but it does let me make clean home screen icons for websites, so I'm happy.

### 5/5 — Love!

*2016-05-20, version 3.13*

I've tried different icon shortcut apps but weren't as good. I use this app to save & view individual music and photo files.   I also have apps that allow you to share stuff via link but require the app to view. AHomeIcon will let you link the URL that will send to safari. You then tap open and that app's file opens no problem. I al saved websites to my home screen with this app. The 1 suggestion I have is a way to share notes from iPhone now that you can share those w/new iOS. That or include a text editor to write a note and save. Otherwise I have no complaints.

### 5/5 — Very helpful

*2016-05-03, version 3.13*

Us it for lol my group emails

### 5/5 — Works

*2016-03-31, version 3.13*

As described

### 5/5 — Loveitloveitloveit

*2016-02-23, version 3.13*

Just love the flexibility of this app to enable the minimum of keystrokes...

### 5/5 — Such a good app!

*2015-10-24, version 3.13*

I'm very happy with this app, as it does everything I want and more. Very easy to use as well 5/5!

### 5/5 — 쓸만해요

*2015-07-20, version 3.13*

걍 쓸만해요 ㅎㅎ

### 5/5 — IHomeIcon

*2015-04-10, version 3.13*

I'm happy with the phone number substitute, I have trouble with all the rest.

### 5/5 — GOOD App

*2015-02-21, version 3.13*

Good App – Does exactly what it says and not much effort. Highly recommended.

### 2/5 — not happy

*2015-01-26, version 3.13*

Not the best purchase. I wish they stated that the app connects through safari before it dials the number. Not 100% one touch - sometimes it doesn't open safari until you click OK - defeats point of one touch dialing. There is a time delay - not big (about 3 sec) but noticeable. I would not recommend buying it. I wish I could get my money back.

### 5/5 — Love Apps that just WORK!

*2015-01-18, version 3.13*

One of my favorite most used apps.

### 3/5 — not quiet what I was looking for

*2015-01-11, version 3.13*

app worked but was not what I was looking for -

### 5/5 — Great app

*2014-12-24, version 3.13*

It's great. Took me a while to finite out how to get icons on my home screen but got it now.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Terrible!! (0 Stars if I could)

*2018-09-17, version 4.1*

I bought the app and haven’t been able to create one single icon. There are no clear directions and it keeps freezing on me. And when I try to get help, the link doesn’t even work. So frustrating after reading all the good reviews.

### 1/5 — Worst app ever

*2017-09-20, version 3.13.1*

Does not work as promised, icons does not load correctly, support page is horrible with no help what so ever. Save your money. This app does not work as their youtube tutorial promised.

### 1/5 — Home screen icons require profile

*2016-11-19, version 3.13*

Creating a URL shortcut in your home screen with a custom icon from you photo library is easy but for some unknown reason it creates a profile in settings that requires your unlock code. Deleting the profile deletes your new custom shortcut.

### 1/5 — Too many clicks to count as shortcuts

*2015-11-13, version 3.13*

I got this app to use it for speed dial shortcuts to my contacts on the home screen. It does not work at all as a shortcut because it routes you to Safari and you have to do multiple clicks to get it to call out. Which makes it slower than if I were to just go to the favorites page. This app creates long cuts not shortcuts.

### 1/5 — Not one click

*2015-09-28, version 3.13*

It asks you to "open in icon" before dialing.  If I wanted extra steps.....I would just go to my contacts!!!!!

### 1/5 — Waste of money

*2015-02-15, version 3.13*

Misleading

### 1/5 — Don't bother !

*2014-11-16, version 3.13*

This app does not work. Save your money!!!

### 1/5 — Junk

*2013-11-23, version 3.5*

Does not work at all, tried to create a shortcut to wifi and airplane mode settings, nothing. Uninstall...

### 1/5 — iOS7 incompatible

*2013-09-29, version 3.4*

Does not work with new iOS!!

### 1/5 — Not helpful for me

*2012-02-15*

This app cannot create settings apps for my phone version. - wish it had mentioned that in the description. Also, instructions were too complicated for me to post a created app to my phone's actual home screen. I dont have enough time to watch the videos over and over again to try and figure it out. Maybe it's simpler in Japanese?

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — No longer works

*2025-07-17, version 4.3*

I don’t know if it’s possible to fix this app but it used to be the best.

### 5/5 — Winner

*2022-06-13, version 4.3*

Great app for making shortcuts.

### 5/5 — HomeIcon

*2021-04-01, version 4.3*

This app does just what I need it to do. Great for me.

### 5/5 — Great

*2019-04-16, version 4.2*

Does what I want it to do. Produces desktop icons for iPhone

### 5/5 — This app kicks

*2019-02-26, version 4.1*

Sometimes personal home icons is a must and this app makes it easy for me.
   
           Thanks

### 5/5 — Super Handy

*2019-02-06, version 4.2*

Great too

### 5/5 — Love this app

*2019-02-02, version 4.2*

This app is the best that I have found like it.  All of the others are too buggy, and even though this app can be temperamental at times it’s still out ranks everything in its category.  Thank you for creating this app.

### 5/5 — Great app!

*2017-06-25, version 3.13*

I use it to link web newspapers and magazines that do not have an app. Now they are all in one place.

### 5/5 — Function Over Style

*2016-08-20, version 3.13*

It's not a very beautiful app, but it works very well and is exactly what I need. I don't need to look at it all the time in order to use it - just for initial set up, so I'm happy.

### 5/5 — Outstanding

*2016-08-10, version 3.13*

I create custom apps all the time.  It's fast.  Easy.  Perfect!!!

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