Comparison

App Icon Extractor vs TransparentBLE

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

Head to head
About

App Icon Extractor

Instantly retrieve high-resolution app icons in various sizes for presentations, blog posts, or design projects. Export as PNG, save to your library, or copy to the clipboard. Customize with iOS corner masks for authentic presentation.

Highlights
  • Search any app's icon
  • Preview icons in full resolution
  • Export in multiple sizes (60-1024px)
  • Save as lossless PNG
  • Apply/remove iOS corner mask
  • Save favorites for later
Features
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Get any app's icon in seconds — in full resolution, ready to use. Whether you're building a presentation, writing a blog post, designing a comparison chart, or simply need a clean version of an app's icon, App Icon Extractor gives you instant access to high-quality icons from the entire App Store catalog. WHAT YOU CAN DO Search for any iPhone, iPad, or Mac app by name and instantly preview its icon in full detail. Choose from multiple sizes — from compact 60×60 thumbnails up to crisp 1024×1024 originals — and export exactly what you need. Every icon can be shared as a PNG file, saved directly to your photo library, or copied to the clipboard for immediate use in your favorite design tool. Want the icon to look exactly like it does on your Home Screen? Toggle the iOS rounded mask to apply the authentic superellipse shape. Prefer the raw square version? That's the default. YOUR ICONS, YOUR WAY ◦ Preview icons at 60, 100, 512, or 1024 pixels ◦ Export as lossless PNG in any of those sizes ◦ Apply or remove the iOS corner mask with one tap ◦ Share via AirDrop, Messages, Mail, or any other app ◦ Save to Photos or copy to clipboard instantly ◦ Browse icons from over 60 App Store regions worldwide BUILT FOR EVERYONE Designers use it to grab reference icons for mockups and pitch decks. Developers use it to compare their icon against competitors. Bloggers and journalists use it to illustrate app reviews. Teachers use it to create guides and tutorials. No login required. No subscription. No ads. Just search, preview, and export. SAVE YOUR FAVORITES Found an icon you love? Tap the heart to save it for later. Your favorites are always just one tap away — perfect for building an icon collection or revisiting apps you've researched before. WORKS WHERE YOU WORK App Icon Extractor is designed for both iPhone and iPad. On iPad, the split-view layout gives you a spacious workspace with sidebar navigation — ideal for browsing and exporting multiple icons in one session. The app respects your device settings: dates, numbers, and file sizes are formatted according to your locale preferences. Available in 12 languages.

About

TransparentBLE

Features
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TransparentBLE is a local-first Bluetooth Low Energy utility for discovering, inspecting, logging, and controlling BLE devices from iPhone or iPad. Use it to scan nearby BLE peripherals, connect to devices, inspect GATT services and characteristics, read values, write payloads, subscribe to notifications, and debug raw BLE traffic in console and terminal-style views. TransparentBLE also supports reusable BLE profile files. A profile can describe how a device should be matched, which services and characteristics it uses, how notification payloads should be parsed, and which controls should appear in the app. This lets makers, developers, and hardware owners create an iOS control surface for BLE devices without building a custom Swift app. Features: - BLE device scanning with configurable refresh intervals - GATT service and characteristic inspection - Read, write, and notify support - Console and terminal-style BLE debugging - RSSI tracking and RSSI history graph - JSONL diagnostic log recording - Log history with filtering, timeline view, export, and share support - Optional background recording for diagnostics - Live Activity and Dynamic Island status while recording - Import local .bleprofile.json files - Import profiles from supported TransparentBLE links - Profile-based controls including switches, sliders, RGB controls, and option pickers - Local-first design with no ads, analytics, tracking SDKs, or developer-operated cloud service TransparentBLE is useful for BLE debugging, hardware testing, IoT projects, ESP32 experiments, embedded devices, meters, sensors, chargers, and custom BLE hardware where you understand the device protocol. Safety note: BLE profiles and write commands can affect connected hardware. Only import profiles you understand and trust, and test control commands carefully.

Screenshots

App Icon Extractor3 screens
TransparentBLE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TransparentBLE at Free against App Icon Extractor's $0.99. App Icon Extractor's advantage is chart position (#142 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

TransparentBLE is free to download; App Icon Extractor costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
App Icon Extractor versus TransparentBLE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApp Icon ExtractorTransparentBLE
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#142 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorian SchimankeArtur Pilavetz

In-app purchases

None

App Icon Extractor

No in-app purchases

None

TransparentBLE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is App Icon Extractor free?
App Icon Extractor costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TransparentBLE free?
TransparentBLE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do App Icon Extractor or TransparentBLE have ads?
Neither App Icon Extractor nor TransparentBLE shows ads.

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