Let’s get this out of the way: app icon ≠ logo. Now it assists in the search for the app on the Home screen among other icons.īut what makes an app icon “good”? 3 rules of app icon design Once the user installs an app, however, the icon’s goal changes. It confuses and casts doubt on the benefit of an app. Compliance with iOS and Android guidelinesĪn app icon is a unique image added for every mobile application, and the first users see when they find an app on the Apple App Store and Google Play.Īt this early stage, when the user is still deciding whether to even check out the app, the icon is what will help generate interest and assure the user that the app is a useful, and trustworthy, investment.Ī bad icon does twice as much-but the other way around.How to keep design simple and interesting.Now, as a designer at an app development agency, I want to share what took me time, experience, and energy to figure out for myself. When I faced the challenge of drawing an app icon for the first time, I had a lot of questions-that I only found answers on some of them only after my first few completed projects.
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