Icon Maker Professional vs Strata
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Icon Maker Professional
Design and export custom icon packs for various platforms including iOS, Android, Apple Watch, macOS, and Windows. Supports gradients, images, text, and color masks for versatile creation. Optimized for direct integration with Xcode.
- Create icon packs for iOS, Android, Apple Watch, macOS, Windows
- Supports gradients, images, color masks, and text
- Optimized for Google Play Store and App Store resolutions
- Drag and drop functionality for macOS/Xcode integration
- Hybrid iOS and macOS application
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This application allows you to create icon packs for iOS, Android, Apple watch ,MacOS, Windows (.ico file). -iOS - MacOS hybrid application. You can use it on both iOS and MacOS. -Creates pictures in required resolution for google Play Store and Appstore. -For macOS- drag and drop directly on Xcode. -Gradient, image, color mask, text support -Incredibly small size.
Strata
Easily create custom icons by layering images and colors. Modify individual layer properties, add or remove elements, and adjust dimensions. Save and share your icon designs.
- Layered image editing
- Customizable background colors
- Adjustable layer colors
- Add or remove layers
- Adjust layer height
- Import/export strata files
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Strat is an icon generator for your framework. Strata can - change an image in the top layer. - change a background color of the top layer - change colors of the layers - add / remove layer - change height of layers - import / export a strata file
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Strata at 100% against Icon Maker Professional's 33%. Strata also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Icon Maker Professional's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Icon Maker Professional sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Strata asks for nothing beyond the download.
Strata holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Icon Maker Professional's written reviews are positive against 100% of Strata's.
Icon Maker Professional ships an update every 2 days, Strata fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Icon Maker Professional | Strata |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Mert Can Kus | Junnosuke Matsumoto |
Customer experience
Icon Maker Professional
Strata
In-app purchases
Icon Maker Professional
- IMP Full Key$0.99
Strata
No in-app purchases
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