Comparison

Icon Text Maker vs Iconic

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

Head to head
About

Icon Text Maker

Create unique text-based icons for your device's home screen. Customize fonts, colors, borders, and backgrounds to design personalized shortcuts for any app. Save your creations directly to your photo library for easy integration with your device's shortcut app.

Highlights
  • Create text-based icons
  • Over 100 font choices
  • Customize font size and color
  • Add borders and background colors
  • Adjust text position
  • Save icons to photo library
  • Integrates with device shortcuts
Features
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Icon Text Maker app is a custom icon creator that allow users to create customized icons in the form of text with more than 100 type of beautiful fonts can be chosen. Since iOS12 users are allowed to create customize shortcuts for apps with user chosen icons. Icon Text Maker app makes it easy for users to create a text or alphabet type icon that can be used as a shortcut to any apps. Users can choose from more than 100 fonts from the list with many customization options as per below: 1. Change the font size 2. Choose the font colour 3. Create border for the icon 4. Customize border size 5. Choose border colour 6. Choose icon body / background colour 7. Adjust the text position up, down, left or right 8. Ability to create background colour for homescreen to match the icon's body colour All icons created will be saved in the device photo library and can be used directly with apple's own Shortcut app for customization. Icon Text Maker app is surely an easy to use app & with iOS14 widget customization features, this will be a perfect match to create a stunning homescreen display for your device. How to create a custom icon.. 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 image that was saved with Icon Text Maker app to become the shortcut Icon. 13. Select "Add" after a image 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. Enjoy!

About

Iconic

Customize your phone's home screen with a vast library of icon themes and designs. Change any app icon, upload your own images, or create unique themes with an intuitive editor. Personalize your device's look effortlessly.

Highlights
  • Extensive icon theme library
  • Change any app icon
  • Upload custom symbols
  • Create custom themes
  • Intuitive interface
  • Apply themes to all apps
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Welcome to Iconic - The Ultimate App Icon Customization Tool for Your Home Screen Endless Icon Customization Options: With Iconic, you gain access to an extensive library of hundreds of beautifully crafted icon themes, designs, and styles. Looking for more customization options outside of system features? Change any app on your device's home screen for something fresh while fitting in perfectly on your iPhone or iPad. From vibrant gradients to elegant minimalist icons, Iconic has something for everyone. Express your personality, match your phone's theme, or simply choose icons that resonate with your mood - the possibilities are limitless! Change ANY App Icon: Iconic remembers all your favorite apps and can apply them to any theme in just a few taps. Mix and match by applying any theme to a wide selection of symbols. If Iconic does not currently have the perfect symbol for your favorite app, upload custom symbols from your camera roll to ensure all your apps receive a fresh look. Alternatively, use the provided request form, and those icons may be included in a future update! Create Your Own Theme: Use Iconic's extensive theme editor to easily make custom themes with unique icon colors, backgrounds, foregrounds, images, icon sizes and more! You can even upload an image from your camera roll to serve as the background for your favorite app icons! These themes can easily be applied to all your apps without a hassle. Alternatively, explore the large gallery of hundreds of premade themes. Simple, Easy, and Intuitive Interface: Iconic boasts a user-friendly and intuitive interface, making the process of icon customization a breeze. Whether you're tech-savvy or new to customization, you'll find the app effortlessly familiar to navigate. With just a few taps, you can instantly and easily apply your preferred icon style to any app on your iPhone or iPad's home screen. Some features require Iconic Premium, a paid subscription. Terms of Use: https://appsmithapp.github.io/termsofuse/ Privacy Policy: https://appsmithapp.github.io/privacypolicy/

Screenshots

Icon Text Maker4 screens
Iconic3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Icon Text Maker at 5.0 against Iconic's 4.4. Icon Text Maker also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.4). Iconic's advantage is ratings volume (57 vs 1) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Text Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Iconic sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Icon Text Maker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Iconic has 57 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Icon Text Maker's written reviews are positive against 67% of Iconic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Icon Text Maker versus Iconic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIcon Text MakerIconic
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.4 (57 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings157 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.4 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB150 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperaZeR DiLLsJack Minehan

Customer experience

Icon Text Maker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Iconic

All ratings44 ratings
Positive84.1%
Neutral6.8%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative26.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Icon Text Maker

One-time1
  • Icon Text Maker Full Version$1.99
9 purchases

Iconic

Subscriptions7
  • Premium (Weekly) (Founder)$1.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly (Special Offer)$2.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly (Spring Sale)$2.991 Month
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  • Premium (Monthly) (Founder)$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly (Special Offer)$9.991 Year
  • Premium Yearly (Spring Sale)$14.991 Year
  • Premium (Yearly) (Founder)$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Premium (Lifetime)$19.99
  • Premium Lifetime (Spring Sale)$24.99

Questions

Is Icon Text Maker free?
Icon Text Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Iconic free?
Iconic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Icon Text Maker or Iconic?
Icon Text Maker is rated higher. Icon Text Maker averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Iconic averages 4.4 from 57 ratings.
Do Icon Text Maker or Iconic have ads?
Neither Icon Text Maker nor Iconic shows ads.

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