Comparison

X Icon Changer vs Mimicly

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

Head to head
About

X Icon Changer

Personalize your phone's appearance by changing app icons and names. Choose from a wide selection of icon packs or use your own images to create custom shortcuts on your home screen.

Highlights
  • Change app icons
  • Customize app names
  • Use icon packs
  • Select from gallery
  • Create home screen shortcuts
  • Free to use
Features
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X Icon Changer is a totally free and useful app which can help you change & customize icons and names for any apps. The new icons can be chosen from gallery and lots of personalized icon packs. Our app will create a shortcut to the new icon on your home screen. This is the easiest way to decorate your iPhone. HOW TO USE 1. Enter X Icon Changer. 2. Choose an app. 3. Select a new icon from the built-in icon packs or your gallery. 4. Edit a new name for the app. 5. Go to the home screen to see the new shortcut icon. There are lots of selected personalized icon packs in X Icon Changer. The app and those icon packs are all free to get. Just download X Icon Changer now to decorate your home screen.

About

Mimicly

Create realistic chat conversations and mockups. Design text message stories, social posts, and more with customizable templates and export them as images or videos. Perfect for content creators and storytellers.

Highlights
  • Create mock chat conversations
  • Generate text message story videos
  • Customizable templates for various platforms
  • Edit names, photos, and timestamps
  • Export as PNG images or MP4 videos
  • Save projects for later editing
  • Supports multiple languages
Features
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Mimicly is a chat story and mockup maker. You write both sides of a conversation in a chat template, and Mimicly saves it as a screenshot or plays it back as a video where the messages appear one at a time. People use it for text story videos, skits, short film scenes, storyboards, class examples and content previews. There are 73 templates for messages, AI-style conversations, social posts, stories, comments, email and game chats, plus a phone lock screen with notifications, incoming call screens and live stream chats. MAKE THE CONVERSATION YOURS Edit message text, names, profile photos, timestamps and supported interface details. Switch between light and dark looks and preview the scene as you work. AI chat templates can also show a "thought for" row and code blocks. PHOTOS AND VOICE NOTES Send a photo inside a chat template. Take it with the camera or pick one from your library, and whatever you typed goes along as the caption. Voice notes work in 13 chat templates. You can record one in the app or pick an audio file, and in four of those templates you hold the mic button to record, the way you would in a messaging app. Voice bubbles show the waveform of your recording and play it back. SAVE AN IMAGE OR RECORD A DIALOGUE Export a sharp PNG image, or turn a supported conversation into an MP4 where the messages appear in sequence. The Preview button plays the conversation before you record it. Game-chat templates support image export only. KEEP WORKING ON YOUR IDEAS Save projects and come back to your edits. Use the app in English, Turkish, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Indonesian, German or Swiss German. FREE AND PRO You can open and edit every template, with or without an account. Without Pro, PNG and MP4 exports carry a small Mimicly watermark. Sign in and your first 2 exports come out without it. Pro removes the watermark from every export. Monthly subscription and lifetime purchase options are available; prices are shown before purchase. Restore purchases from Manage Pro. Mimicly creates fictional, editable mockups. It does not send messages, publish to social networks or generate AI answers. All dialogue is written by you. Mimicly is independent and is not affiliated with the platforms its templates depict. Monthly subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://mimicly.net/legal/terms Privacy Policy: https://mimicly.net/legal/privacy

Screenshots

X Icon Changer4 screens
Mimicly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: X Icon Changer at 4.5 against Mimicly's 3.7. X Icon Changer also leads on ratings volume (6.1K vs 3) and chart position (#179 vs unranked). Mimicly's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). On price, update cadence, 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. X Icon Changer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Mimicly sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

X Icon Changer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: X Icon Changer has 6.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of X Icon Changer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mimicly's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

X Icon Changer ships an update every 3 weeks, Mimicly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
X Icon Changer versus Mimicly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterX Icon ChangerMimicly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (6.1K ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews68.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6.1K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#179 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASTER PLAYAta Tunc Bilge

Customer experience

X Icon Changer

All ratings5,761 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral3.9%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews919 reviews
Positive68.7%
Neutral9.4%
Negative22.0%

Mimicly

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

X Icon Changer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Icons not saving properly
  • App not working on certain devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More app options
  • Ability to batch change icons
  • Streamlined icon saving process

Mimicly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

X Icon Changer

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
4 purchases

Mimicly

Subscriptions3
  • Mimicly Pro Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Mimicly Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Mimicly Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mimicly Pro Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is X Icon Changer free?
X Icon Changer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mimicly free?
Mimicly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, X Icon Changer or Mimicly?
X Icon Changer is rated higher. X Icon Changer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 6.1K ratings, while Mimicly averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do X Icon Changer or Mimicly have ads?
X Icon Changer shows ads; Mimicly does not.
Which is updated more often, X Icon Changer or Mimicly?
X Icon Changer ships an update every 3 weeks, and Mimicly every 2 weeks. Most recently, X Icon Changer was updated on November 3, 2026 and Mimicly on November 2, 2026.

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