Comparison

Mister Icon vs Cloud Gaze

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

Head to head
About

Mister Icon

Create custom decorative text labels and matching wallpapers to organize your home screen. Choose from pre-made designs or create your own with over 90 fonts and emoji support. Easily add order and personality to your device.

Highlights
  • Decorative text labels
  • Matching wallpapers
  • Custom icon creator
  • Over 90 fonts
  • Emoji support
  • Pre-prepared icon labels
  • Customizable color schemes
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Mister Icon provides decorative text labels and matching wallpapers, to help you create neat, tidy, beautiful, practical and fun home screen designs. Use the pre-prepared icon labels, or make your own with a fully customizable icon creator supporting more than 90 different fonts. You can even add emoji to your home screen! No ads, in-app purchases or subscriptions! Just a simple, one-off payment. -- USER REVIEWS -- "The perfect -one of a kind- app organizer!" "This is THE app to easily and neatly organize your screen." "I've been looking for something like this for years." -- THE BASICS -- If you have a lot of apps, it can often be difficult to find the one you are looking for, but Mister Icon's text-based label icons can help bring some order to your iPhone or iPad. Mister Icon does not provide any way to make 'folders', and does not do all the hard work for you, it simply provides the ability to add icon labels to your home screen, which you can then move in amongst your apps. For example, install a 'Games' icon to your home screen, then move all your favorite games nearby so that it's easier to find them the next time you swipe past. Or make your own custom icon designs with fun emojis to brighten up your home screen and make you feel happy. The icons are easy to install and there is no need to use the Shortcuts app, unless you want to make the icons perform special actions when you tap on them. The Mister Icon Tips & Tricks section includes detailed instructions on both installation methods, so you can choose whichever suits your needs best. -- THE ICONS -- There are more than 150 pre-prepared icon labels to choose from, with each icon available in 20 different styles, including several 'round' options. And now with the latest version 4 update, Mister Icon introduces a new custom icon creator that allows you to create icons with your own text and emoji, providing the ultimate freedom and creative control. Use any of the 45 built-in color schemes, or choose your own colors, then apply them to both icons and wallpapers. Mister Icon allows you to easily label the different screens on your iOS device, so you can effectively create a 'kids' page, a 'work' page, a 'news' page, or simply number each of your home screens from 1 to 15. The icons can be reorganized the same way as normal apps - simply tap and hold on any icon until it starts wobbling, then drag it into the desired location. Be creative and use Mister Icon's icons in whatever way works best for you! -- THE WALLPAPERS -- Included wallpapers are simple in design, but highly functional, and can be easily matched to your icon colors. Special 'hidden notch' and 'hidden island' wallpapers are available on relevant devices to allow you to blend in the 'notch' or 'island' at the top of your home screen, if you want to. -- THE DETAILS -- Please visit mistericon.com for more information, along with some sample icon arrangements that may provide useful inspiration for organizing your own home screens. If you're unsure about what this app does, please be sure to take a thorough look through my website before purchasing. The app's interface and pre-prepared icons are English-only, but the new custom icon creator supports 90+ fonts, including many with international language support. Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Latin and more, are all supported for custom icons. Mister Icon contains NO ads, NO in-app purchases and NO subscriptions. I hope you will find my app to be a useful and fun way to help tidy up your home screen. -- Mister Icon --

About

Cloud Gaze

Transform the sky into your personal canvas for drawing and doodling. Capture your imagination by sketching directly onto moving clouds, then save your creations as still images or animated videos. Collaborate with friends in real-time using SharePlay.

Highlights
  • Draw on moving clouds
  • Save as image or video
  • Share editable drawings
  • Collaborate via SharePlay
  • Adjust sky speed and direction
  • Apple Pencil support
Features
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See a dragon in the clouds? Pause the sky and draw what you imagine. Cloud Gaze is a quiet place to sketch, doodle, and watch the clouds drift by. Find a face, trace a creature, or follow a shape wherever it takes you. MAKE THE SKY YOUR CANVAS Draw with your finger on iPhone or iPad, or use Apple Pencil on a compatible iPad. Choose your colors, adjust the sky's speed and direction, and move around your canvas with two fingers. Settle into a calm moment or let your imagination wander. SHARE A LITTLE WONDER Turn your drawing into a still image or an animated video. Choose the framing and timing, preview the result, and share it with friends. KEEP CREATING Save your favorites in your drawing library. Share an editable CloudGaze drawing through AirDrop, Messages, or Files, then open it in Cloud Gaze to keep drawing. DRAW TOGETHER Join friends and family over FaceTime SharePlay. Pick an animal avatar and see what everyone imagines in the same clouds. FIND YOUR FAVORITE BACKGROUND Start with two free backgrounds: Spring Afternoon and Mist at Dusk. Cloud Gaze Pro unlocks the premium background collection: Peachy Daydreams, Watercolor Wash, Graphite Drift, Wandering Nebula, and Dot Matrix. Choose monthly or yearly billing for the same premium background collection. Drawing, saving, image and video sharing, editable drawing files, SharePlay, and sky controls are available for free. Cloud Gaze Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription. Pricing is shown in the app for your region. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudgaze.art/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mister Icon4 screens
Cloud Gaze4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cloud Gaze at Free against Mister Icon's $2.99. Cloud Gaze also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4). Mister Icon's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Cloud Gaze is free to download; Mister Icon costs $2.99 up front. Cloud Gaze sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Mister Icon asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cloud Gaze holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mister Icon has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mister Icon ships an update every 4 months, Cloud Gaze every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Mister Icon versus Cloud Gaze: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMister IconCloud Gaze
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.4 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
Best chart rank#114 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael LeggAustin Emmons

Customer experience

Mister Icon

All ratings9 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Cloud Gaze

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mister Icon

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cloud Gaze

Subscriptions2
  • Cloud Gaze Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Cloud Gaze Pro Yearly$7.991 Year

Questions

Is Mister Icon free?
Mister Icon costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cloud Gaze free?
Cloud Gaze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mister Icon or Cloud Gaze?
Cloud Gaze is rated higher. Mister Icon averages 3.4 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Cloud Gaze averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mister Icon or Cloud Gaze have ads?
Neither Mister Icon nor Cloud Gaze shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mister Icon or Cloud Gaze?
Mister Icon ships an update every 4 months, and Cloud Gaze every 9 months. Most recently, Mister Icon was updated on November 1, 2026 and Cloud Gaze on October 30, 2026.

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