Icon Skins Maker vs App Icon Maker & Custom Theme
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Icon Skins Maker
Transform your iPhone's home screen with custom wallpapers, icon frames, shelves, and decorations. Easily import your own photos or choose from a variety of backgrounds and design elements to create a unique and outstanding look for your device.
- Customizable backgrounds
- Import personal photos
- 3D and 2D shelves
- Unique icon frames
- Decorative elements
- Built-in design store
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Personalize your iPhone home screen with cute Wallpapers, Icon frames, Shelves, Decorations and show to friends how cool and OUTSTANDING your iPhone looks! It’s like a photoshop for your home screens! Now it's very easy to create coolest home screens: 1. Choose background from app or import from photo library; 2. Add shelves to selected background; 3. Add frames to selected background; 4. Add coolest decoration to icons; And here we go! It's ready! Preview your home screen & save or email it to your friends. APP HIGHLIGHTS: - Coolest backgrounds! - Option to import your own backgrounds! - 3D and 2D shelves! - Unique frames! - Decorations like hats, headphones, inner frames, different logos and many more… - Built in store with extra designing opportunities! - Endless customization possibilities! Try it NOW! Download app at the lowest price and you won't be disappointed - We care about the quality of our products and want to keep our customers satisfied.
App Icon Maker & Custom Theme
Create personalized app icons to customize your device's home screen. Access a vast library of fonts, stickers, stock images, filters, and borders to design unique icons. Remove ads and unlock all features with a PRO subscription.
- Custom app icon design
- Extensive font library
- Vast sticker collection
- Royalty-free stock images
- Image filters and borders
- Full cut-out tool
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Design custom app icons for your home screen. With App Icon Maker & Designer it's easy to customize your home screen and make your iPhone as unique as you. Unlock everything and remove the ads with an App Icon Maker PRO subscription: - 7-Day Free Trial - No ads - 367 Unique Fonts - 4530 Stickers - 1.8 Million Royalty Free Stock Images & Backgrounds - 78 Filters - 304 Borders - Full Cut-Out Tool Icon Maker Pro Annual - $17.99 usd/year, billed annually (that's only $1.49/month) Icon Maker Pro Monthly - $2.99 usd/month, billed monthly - 7-day free trial - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of use: https://www.pizap.com/privacypolicy#terms Privacy Policy: https://www.pizap.com/privacypolicy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: App Icon Maker & Custom Theme at 4.3 against Icon Skins Maker's 3.8. Icon Skins Maker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (87% vs 70%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Icon Skins Maker sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and App Icon Maker & Custom Theme sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
App Icon Maker & Custom Theme holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 253 and 755 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Icon Skins Maker's written reviews are positive against 70% of App Icon Maker & Custom Theme's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Icon Skins Maker ships an update every 2 months, App Icon Maker & Custom Theme monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Icon Skins Maker | App Icon Maker & Custom Theme |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (253 ratings) | 4.3 (755 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.4% of reviews — better | 69.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 253 | 755 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lemondo Entertainment | Digital Palette LLC |
Customer experience
Icon Skins Maker
App Icon Maker & Custom Theme
User reviews
Icon Skins Maker
From 253 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Customizable backgrounds
- 🎨 Variety of design options
- 💡 Ability to create unique home screens
- 🤩 Fun and creative
- 🔥 Awesome app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
- 🤔 Limited free features
- 🙄 Doesn't work as expected
- 😕 Difficult to use
- 🤨 Misleading description
App Icon Maker & Custom Theme
From 755 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Lots of customization options
- 🎨 Beautiful and high-quality icons
- 💡 Versatile app creation features
Room to improve
- 💰 Many features locked behind paywall
- 🔒 Limited free icon options
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
- 🤔 Confusing to apply custom icons
Bugs and requests
Icon Skins Maker
Reported bugs
4 issues- Saving wallpaper doesn't work
- Frames and shelves don't line up properly
- App doesn't respond to user input
- Compatibility issues with certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- More background options
- Add ability to use own photos
- Improve icon alignment
- Provide better instructions
- Update for newer iOS versions
App Icon Maker & Custom Theme
Reported bugs
2 issues- App freezes when trying to apply custom icons
- Some icons not displaying properly
Requested features
3 requests- More free icon packs
- Ability to apply custom icons directly
- Improved stability and performance
In-app purchases
Icon Skins Maker
- Base Pack$0.99
- Smileys$0.99
- Sport$0.99
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- Hot Pack$0.99
- Nature Pack$0.99
- Space Pack$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
App Icon Maker & Custom Theme
- App Icon Maker PRO Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- AI Pro Monthly7 Days trial$11.991 Month
- App Icon Maker PRO Annual7 Days trial$35.991 Year
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- AI Pro Annual7 Days trial$89.991 Year
Questions
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