Comparison

App ICON Changer vs Shortcut Icon Maker

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

Head to head
About

App ICON Changer

Personalize your device's home screen with a vast library of custom icons, wallpapers, and widgets. Discover unique design packages updated weekly, offering over 800 aesthetic options to refresh your device's look.

Highlights
  • Custom icon packages
  • Backgrounds and widgets
  • Weekly updates
  • Over 800 custom icons
  • Unique designer packs
  • Aesthetic home screen customization
Features
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Bored of your standard home screen? Customize it with a unique collection of icons, backgrounds, and widgets. This feature is available now with the Shortcut app. ICONS Themer includes more than 13 amazing and unique packages created by professional designers for you. We have trendy packs like Christmas, Neon, Retro, and Tropical Lava. Our benefits: - More than 800 custom icons - Weekly updates - Unique designs - No Ads Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://icons.asapvisuals.com/legal/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://icons.asapvisuals.com/legal/privacy-policy

About

Shortcut Icon Maker

Create custom icons for your apps and personalize your device's home screen. Choose from over 1,000 icons with extensive customization options for size, color, and background. Easily save and use your creations with Apple's Shortcuts app for a unique display.

Highlights
  • Create custom app icons
  • Personalize home screen display
  • Over 1,000 icon sets
  • Adjust icon size and color
  • Customize background and borders
  • Save icons to photo library
  • Integrates with Apple's Shortcuts app
Features
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Shortcut Icon Maker app is a must have tool for users to create custom shortcut icons for apps and transform their device homescreen into a beautiful custom display with nice color scheme of their own choice. This is the best tool to have for customising the homescreen with any widgets. Choose from plenty of icons sets with more than 1,000 total icons from the list with many customisation options as per below: 1. Change the icon size 2. Choose the icon colour 3. Create border for the icon 4. Customize border size 5. Choose border colour 6. Choose icon body / background colour 7. Adjust the icon position up, down, left or right 8. Ability to create background colour for homescreen to match the icon's body colour. In this way, your icons will appear as if their background color is transparent. All icons created will be saved in the device photo library and can be used directly with apple's own Shortcut app for customisation. Shortcut Icon 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!

Screenshots

App ICON Changer4 screens
Shortcut Icon Maker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: App ICON Changer at 4.6 against Shortcut Icon Maker's 3.6. App ICON Changer also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (865 vs 31). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. App ICON Changer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Shortcut Icon Maker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

App ICON Changer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: App ICON Changer has 865 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of App ICON Changer's written reviews are positive against 50% of Shortcut Icon Maker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

App ICON Changer ships an update every 6 weeks, Shortcut Icon Maker every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
App ICON Changer versus Shortcut Icon Maker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApp ICON ChangerShortcut Icon Maker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (865 ratings) — better3.6 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews52.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings865 — better31
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 15 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASAP Visuals, Inc.aZeR DiLLs

Customer experience

App ICON Changer

All ratings865 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews139 reviews
Positive52.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative42.4%

Shortcut Icon Maker

All ratings31 ratings
Positive64.5%
Neutral6.5%
Negative29.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

App ICON Changer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Profile installation issues
  • Incompatibility with certain devices
  • Subscription and payment problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free themes and icons
  • Ability to customize all apps
  • Improved stability and performance
  • Easier installation process

Shortcut Icon Maker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

App ICON Changer

Subscriptions4
  • Icons + themes monthly access$1.991 Month
  • Icons + themes monthly access$3.991 Month
  • Icons and themes annual access$9.991 Year
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  • Icons and themes annual access$14.991 Year
1 purchases

Shortcut Icon Maker

One-time1
  • Shortcut Icon Maker All Icons$1.99

Questions

Is App ICON Changer free?
App ICON Changer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shortcut Icon Maker free?
Shortcut Icon Maker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, App ICON Changer or Shortcut Icon Maker?
App ICON Changer is rated higher. App ICON Changer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 865 ratings, while Shortcut Icon Maker averages 3.6 from 31 ratings.
Do App ICON Changer or Shortcut Icon Maker have ads?
Both App ICON Changer and Shortcut Icon Maker show ads.
Which is updated more often, App ICON Changer or Shortcut Icon Maker?
App ICON Changer ships an update every 6 weeks, and Shortcut Icon Maker every 15 months. Most recently, App ICON Changer was updated on October 18, 2026 and Shortcut Icon Maker on September 23, 2026.

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