Iconification (The Study of App Icons)

The design of app icons has become an art form.

Siamak (Ash) Ashrafi
3 min readApr 18, 2021

When users search or browse Google Play, your app’s icon is a significant way to make your app stand out, so ensure it’s relevant and compelling. If a user opens your app’s listing, they will take only a few seconds to look for content that matches their needs If the listing doesn’t immediately grab their attention, they’re likely to move onto another app. Users like using videos to assess apps — app listings with videos are more likely to result in installation than those without.

Really like this video series:

  1. Beautiful
  2. Memorable
  3. Identifiable

And do it all in a 512 x 512 Squarcle!

Learn Design

  • Course 1: Fundamentals of Graphic Design
  • Course 2: Introduction to Typography
  • Course 3: Introduction to Imagemaking
  • Course 4: Ideas from the history of Graphic Design
  • Course 5: Brand New Brand

https://dribbble.com/stories/2020/10/08/free-graphic-design-courses-online

In the following Icons we try to tell the whole story in one icon. Please tell us how we did!

Our Current Apps on YlabZ Google Play Store.

Swift Bike Shift

Looking at the Icon … Do you see …

Shared bikes on a map ???

App Video:

Photodo

Looking at the Icon … Do you see …

A todo list made with camera pictures ???

App Video

TimeMap

Looking at the Icon … Do you see …

Your Calendar shown on a Map ???

App Video

CheckOK

Currently Under Development

Looking at the Icon … Do you see …

Send info about the your safety.

App Video

RxBrain

Currently Under Development

Looking at the Icon … Do you see …

Medication Management / Reminders Built with AI ???

Med Reminder with AI

Attribution:

<div>Icons made by <a href=”” title=”Smartline”>Smartline</a> from <a href=”https://www.flaticon.com/" title=”Flaticon”>www.flaticon.com</a></div>

App Video Coming Soon

Bike Watch Face

WearOS App that works with shared bikes around the globe.

App Video

The icon is an art from!

~Ash

All base icons are from https://www.flaticon.com/

Individual attributions will be listed here (soon:-)

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