Iconology 4+

App Icons Made Easy

Liam Rosenfeld

    • 4.4 • 13 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

Easily import, modify, and export icons—all 100% free and open source.

Features
- Exports
- Xcode (Generates JSON for dragging folder right into Xcode)
- iOS
- MacOS
- Message
- Apple Watch
- Special Files
- .icns
- .ico
- Image Sets
- Mac Iconset
- Favicons
- PNGs of any size
- Create Your Own Custom Presets!
- Image Editor
- Background Color
- Scale
- Horizontal and Vertical Shift
- Non-Stretching Aspect Ratio Editor
- Rounding (Circular, Continuous, and Squircle Modes)
- Drop Shadows
- Padding
- Create macOS Icons in One Click!
- Supports
- .png
- .jpg
- .ai
- .psd
- .pdf
- raw
- and many more!

All in a lightweight and simple UI that is 100% native for macOS

What’s New

Version 2.0

Major 2.0 Release!

The interface has been rewritten and image editing has been vastly improved

Every interface has been redesigned to match the current macOS design language and improve usability
- Editor view rearranged to position items in a more natural order
- Image adjustments reworked to fit more settings while feeling less cramped
- Custom preset editing redesigned to match the new Big Sur style
- Selecting a preset now automatically applies default adjustments (makes macOS generation even more convenient)
- Drag a new image onto the editor to replace the current one
- Support for multiple editor windows at once
- Unified preset selector
- Shift slider now matches the aspect ratio
- Prefix is now set in the save panel
- Improved accessibility
- Now uses SwiftUI (for reactivity, resizing, and improved development speed)

Image generation has new capabilities and improved performance
- Continuous curvature (macOS style) and squircle rounding styles (these were quite a journey to implement... you can read about it on my blog)
- Drop shadows
- Gradient backgrounds
- Selecting color spaces
- PNG export size is now set manually instead of the original image size
- Image sizing now uses a more logical system. Instead of being set by the input image, it is set by the selected preset. This makes the preview genuinely reflective of what the output will be.
- Control over color spaces
- The generation pipeline has been reworked to improve consistency and performance

Because of all of the interface features, Iconology now requires macOS Ventura. If this is an issue, you can still use an old version from GitHub.

I created the initial version of Iconology exactly five years ago to use as a tool in my workflow. I hope this update improves its usefulness in your workflow as well.

Ratings and Reviews

4.4 out of 5
13 Ratings

13 Ratings

Zheng Hua Tan ,

Useable. Completely Free!!

I love the software because it is open-source and free. It can get the job done, but using it may require some configuration, which is hidden in the preference, before it can create what you desired. With that being said, the software could use some help on it's UI! Other than that, it's awesome!

Developer Response ,

I’m glad to hear it is working well for you! I’m currently working on a version 2.0 which should improve the user interface along with adding some additional features.

BPTHEGREAT ,

Gets the job done

This app is not valued enough. This got all my macOS icon generated in seconds. And unlike most generators this developer actually updates the specifications to the latest macOS. I had tried a dozen different applications do make my icon and this is the only one I still have installed.

I would recommend this application.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the kind review! I’m glad to hear it is working well for what you need.

tuggyne ,

Just works

Did pretty much exactly what I wanted, pretty much right away. Slightly more sophisticated than I actually needed, but just a few seconds of options gave me what I was looking for. Clearly, a lot of thought has gone into streamlining this.

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The developer, Liam Rosenfeld, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

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The developer does not collect any data from this app.

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