Comparison

Icon Tiles Maker vs Icon SD for custom home screen

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Icon Tiles Maker

Transform your photos into custom icon tiles for your device's home screen. Easily chop images into a grid of small tiles to create unique app shortcuts and decorative displays. Save your creations directly to your photo library for quick access.

Highlights
  • Convert photos into photo tiles
  • Create custom icon shortcuts
  • Set number of rows and columns
  • Resize and position tile grid
  • Save tiles to Photo Library
  • Use for social media photo effects
Features
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Icon Tiles Maker app will convert your photo into photo tiles & can be used as icon tiles for your custom icon shortcut on your device home screen. In short, it easily chop photos into small tiles as you like! With the home screen customization widget features in iOS14 & above, you can create an interesting display of app icons as you like. Icon Tiles Maker app can be one of the tools to produce a nice & unique custom icon for home screen customization. Please have a look at the Screenshots provided for few sample usage & the results. With Icon Tiles Maker app, you can set the tiles grid required in number of rows and columns. From there, position the tiles grid to the best spot on the photo & begin! You can also resize the grid to suit your needs. Icon Tiles Maker app will save the photo tiles into the Photo Library inside "TilesIcon" album folder so you can easily access them when required. The steps to produce the icon tiles are as follows: 1. Open up a photo. 2. Start setting the number of rows & columns required. 3. Move the grid by dragging it around the photo if required. 4. Resize the grid with the slider if required. 5. Once all OK, tap the Grid button & all photo tiles will be saved in the "TilesIcon" album folder in your device Photo Library. 6. Note that when accessing the "TilesIcon" album, the sort order can be set to "oldest to newest" in order to easily see the sequence of the photos as per the grid from top to left and to bottom. As Icon Tiles Maker app will produce a tiles photo in grid sequence, the photo tiles or icon tiles can also be used in any other application such as facebook or instagram where in the case that the photos are displayed & arranged in known number of rows & columns. This will create a nice effect of photo tiles. So lets download Icon Tiles Maker app & start experimenting with the effects as per your creativity! Thank you for downloading. Enjoy! Additional Information.. To create a custom icon for any of your app (for iOS12 & above only): 1. Open Shortcut app (make sure to use the one from Apple). 2. Select "+". 3. Select "+ Add Action". 4. Select "Scripting". 5. Select "Open App". 6. Select "Choose" and pick the app that you wanted to open with this shortcut. 7. Select the round "..." button at the top right area under "Next". 8. Set your shortcut a name. 9. Tap on "Add to Home Screen". 10. Under the "HOME SCREEN NAME AND ICON", put the name that will be displayed under the Icon (tips: this name can be empty, this will make the icon clean without text at the bottom). 11. Tap the Icon and select "Choose Photo". 12. Select your desired photo tile to become the shortcut Icon. 13. Select "Add" after a photo has been selected as shortcut Icon. 14. Confirmation message will be displayed to say it is done!. 15. You can now repeat for every Shortcut you needed. 16. Note : you can actually use the same shortcut with different Icon photo set (meaning with the same one shortcut you can create & add as many icon as possible to be put in the home screen, but remember these all different photo icons will only open the one app that you specified earlier). This is useful if you wanted to create icons just for fun & just for nice display purposes. 17. If different app needs to be open with the Icon, you need to create a new shortcut with the above steps for each app. Hope above help!

About

Icon SD for custom home screen

Easily design custom icons for your device's home screen. Personalize with template colors, numerous symbols, and your own photos as backgrounds. Adjust foreground and background colors, and add icon borders for a unique look.

Highlights
  • Create custom icons
  • Use own photos for background
  • Template colors
  • Many symbols available
  • Choose foreground color
  • Choose background color
  • Icon border customization
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Create icons for Shortcuts app. Features: template colors. many symbols use my photo to background. choose foreground color. choose background color. icon border.

Screenshots

Icon Tiles Maker4 screens
Icon SD for custom home screen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Icon Tiles Maker at 100% against Icon SD for custom home screen's 46%. Icon Tiles Maker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). Icon SD for custom home screen's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Icon SD for custom home screen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Icon Tiles Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Icon SD for custom home screen holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Icon SD for custom home screen has 81 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Icon Tiles Maker's written reviews are positive against 46% of Icon SD for custom home screen's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Icon Tiles Maker ships an update every 10 months, Icon SD for custom home screen every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Icon Tiles Maker versus Icon SD for custom home screen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIcon Tiles MakerIcon SD for custom home screen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings)4.6 (81 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better46.4% of reviews
Number of ratings681 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperaZeR DiLLsDaisuke Suzuki

Customer experience

Icon Tiles Maker

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Icon SD for custom home screen

All ratings79 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral7.6%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive46.4%
Neutral26.8%
Negative26.8%

Bugs and requests

Icon Tiles Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Icon SD for custom home screen

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Background images not loading
  • Cannot save images
  • App stops working
  • Widgets bugged
  • Icons misaligned after iOS update
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  • App crashes after update
  • Transparent icons not working
  • Text color not reflecting
  • Cannot open apps after changing icons
  • Notification badges not visible

Requested features

10 requests
  • Support for iOS 26
  • Support for large icons (iOS 18)
  • Add reset function
  • More icon variations
  • Add more symbols
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  • Support for iPad Pro
  • Add 'News' icon
  • Add game icons
  • Add icons for common apps (LINE, Twitter, TikTok, etc.)
  • Improve icon alignment

In-app purchases

None

Icon Tiles Maker

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Icon SD for custom home screen

One-time1
  • Pro version.$6.99

Questions

Is Icon Tiles Maker free?
Icon Tiles Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Icon SD for custom home screen free?
Icon SD for custom home screen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Icon Tiles Maker or Icon SD for custom home screen?
Icon SD for custom home screen is rated higher. Icon Tiles Maker averages 4.2 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Icon SD for custom home screen averages 4.6 from 81 ratings.
Do Icon Tiles Maker or Icon SD for custom home screen have ads?
Both Icon Tiles Maker and Icon SD for custom home screen show ads.
Which is updated more often, Icon Tiles Maker or Icon SD for custom home screen?
Icon Tiles Maker ships an update every 10 months, and Icon SD for custom home screen every 2 months. Most recently, Icon Tiles Maker was updated on November 3, 2026 and Icon SD for custom home screen on November 7, 2026.

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