Strata vs Symbolero
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Symbolero
Explore and customize Apple's SF Symbols on your iPhone or iPad. Preview symbols with different weights, colors, and styles, and visualize animations in real-time. This tool streamlines the design workflow by providing instant access to essential symbol references.
- Instant SF Symbols gallery
- On-device customization (weights, colors, styles)
- Animation playground with real-time previews
- Browse SF Symbols collection
- Visualize symbol motion
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Symbolero: SF Symbols Explorer for Designers & Developers Browse, customize, and animate Apple's SF Symbols directly on your iPhone or iPad: • Instant Symbol Gallery Access the complete SF Symbols collection with lightning speed • On-Device Customization Preview any symbol in multiple weights, colors, and hierarchical styles • Animation Playground Visualize symbol motion with real-time animation previews Empower your design workflow with essential symbol references – anytime, anywhere.
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Verdict
Strata and Symbolero are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Strata against 5.0 for Symbolero. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Strata | Symbolero |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Junnosuke Matsumoto | 伟琛 蒋 |
Customer experience
Strata
Symbolero
In-app purchases
Strata
No in-app purchases
Symbolero
No in-app purchases
