What you Need to Know about Designing iPhone App icon or Android App icon

This is the first thing people will look. And this is also the first impression of your app. That’s why you must use a meaningful and high quality image for your app. Look at the following example of some top apps’ icon:

Best practices for app icon design:

1. Don’t include words. In some cases, you may use a letter, but never use words. Look at the following example:

Can you read the word inside the icon? Rather it proves that the designer is unprofessional.

2. Use simple and clear icons: The size of your app icon is 57 px × 57 px (iOS) & 96 px × 96 px (Google). Make it clear and easily understandable. Your icon should give an idea about your app.

Can you tell me about the type of app by looking at the above icon? Yes, it’s a bike game. This is a very simple and clear icon.

3. Glossiness- Yes or No? When you are going to submit your icon in Apple App code 2.0 store, you’ll be given an option to add a gloss. A gloss doesn’t always look better. This may destroy the details of your app icon.

Icon design resource: Designing a good icon is not very difficult. If you know Photoshop, you can design it easily. This is a very good tutorial about making a nice app with Photoshop. http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/icon-design/mobile-app-icon/ You’ll find many tutorials online. Don’t worry if you don’t know Photoshop. You also can design great icons. You can find many free templates for your icon. You can find free icon templates from these sites. http://appicontemplate.com/ http://www.sparktechsoft.com/blogs/android-design-app-icon-template This is another source to get free vector images and make nice icons: http://www.freevectorarchive.com/