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Sachin Motwani
Sachin Motwani

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Creating App Icons with Prompts

Hey folks! πŸ‘‹
I wanted to share a side project I recently built – IconCraft, an AI-powered app icon generator. It's a simple tool that helps developers, indie makers, and designers quickly create unique app icons using AI.

If you've ever struggled with designing icons or just wanted something fast and custom without opening Figma or hiring a designer, this might be for you.

Visual of app description

βš™οΈ How It Works

It’s super simple:

Type in your app idea like – "dream journal app" or "subscription tracker app"

Choose a style from – Default, Minimal, Clean 3d, Frosted Glass.

Get AI Prompt Suggestions or write your own prompt starting with the phrase "modern app icon featuring ..." and simply submit and your icon will be cooked within 5-10 seconds, beautiful and export ready!

Visual representation of AI suggestions and Style mode selection UI

It's not just an app icon generator - its a complete suite of tools you need, to create perfect app icon that blends perfectly with your app idea and branding

Editing tools :

  1. COLOR EDITING - Advanced color editing with intelligent segmented color editing

  2. CUSTOM LOGO - Got a logo already , simply upload it before generating the icon

  3. STYLE REFERENCES - browse from AI generated app icon templated or upload your own icon inspiration for model to take reference!

Visual for 3 advanced features - segmented color editing, custom logo upload, style reference upload

πŸš€ Try It Out

You can check it out here:
πŸ‘‰ Iconcraft AI

πŸ’‘ What’s Next

  • Free App Icon Mockup Tool
  • App Icon Marketplace
  • RESTYLE feature in post processing
  • User collections

πŸ™Œ Would Love Feedback!

If you try it, I’d love to hear what you think β€” good or bad. And if you’ve built anything with AI tools lately, drop a link or reply. Always curious to see what others are working on.

Thanks for reading!
β€” Sachin

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