HTML Sandbox³ vs Icon Creator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HTML Sandbox³
Design custom lock and home screens with dynamic shortcuts for weather, battery, calendar, and RSS feeds. Join a large community for themes and support.
- Custom lock screen design
- Custom home screen design
- Dynamic shortcut integration
- Weather shortcuts
- Battery status shortcuts
- Calendar event shortcuts
- RSS feed shortcuts
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The HTML Sandbox app allows you to create custom lockscreens and homescreens using shortcuts app incl. weather, battery status, calendar events, RSS feeds and more. Download of complimentary shortcut can be found in app. With over 18,000 members, join the supportive HTML Sandbox community to find new themes and get 24/7 assistance. Please note this app is designed for iPhone only.
Icon Creator
Easily craft custom icons and logos with a vast library and intuitive editing tools. Personalize every aspect of your design, from colors and fonts to shadows and borders, and layer elements for unique creations.
- Extensive icon library
- Intuitive search
- Customizable design properties
- Layering of elements
- Image and text integration
- Color picking and inversion
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Icon Creator is a comprehensive tool designed to simplify the process of creating icons and logos. With an extensive library of icons, intuitive search functionality, and a range of customization options, users can easily tailor their designs to suit their needs. Modify properties such as alignment, position, rotation, opacity, size, and color, with additional features including icon shadows, backgrounds, and borders. Users can also leverage background color customization, gradients, and images, alongside options for border shapes and styles. Incorporate images from the gallery with customizable fit, filters, and borders, or add text with font selection, weight, style, spacing, and shadow effects. The app supports layering of icons, images, and text, with the ability to adjust layer order and even pick colors from existing images or invert them. Developed by Anvaysoft Programmer- Hrishi Suthar Made with love in India
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HTML Sandbox³ at 4.0 against Icon Creator 's 3.0. HTML Sandbox³ also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). Icon Creator 's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HTML Sandbox³ holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
HTML Sandbox³ ships an update daily, Icon Creator weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 11, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HTML Sandbox³ | Icon Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Roembach | Hrishi Suthar |
Customer experience
HTML Sandbox³
Icon Creator
In-app purchases
HTML Sandbox³
No in-app purchases
Icon Creator
No in-app purchases
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