What size should an iOS app icon be?

An iOS app icon should be one 1024 x 1024 px square image. As of October 2026, Xcode generates every smaller iPhone and iPad size from that single 1024 px file, and the App Store uses the same 1024 px icon.

Do I still need every app icon size in Xcode?

No. As of October 2026, an iOS, iPadOS or watchOS project needs only one 1024 x 1024 px app icon, and Xcode generates the other sizes at build time. Older projects can still use an asset catalog with every legacy size.

Can an App Store icon be transparent?

No. The 1024 px App Store icon cannot contain transparency or an alpha channel; App Store Connect rejects such uploads with error ITMS-90717. Apple’s guidelines also ask for a full-bleed, opaque background.

What are the iOS 26 app icon requirements?

iOS 26 app icons start from a 1024 x 1024 px square, unmasked canvas built from a background layer and one or more foreground layers that take on Liquid Glass effects. The system rounds the corners and generates any dark, clear or tinted variants you do not supply. iOS 27 keeps the same requirements.

What is Icon Composer?

Icon Composer is Apple’s free app icon design tool, included with Xcode and available from the Apple Developer website. Icon Composer builds layered Liquid Glass icons for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch and lets you annotate default, dark and mono appearances.

What size is an Apple Watch app icon?

An Apple Watch app icon in an Xcode asset catalog is one 1024 x 1024 px image, and Xcode generates the smaller sizes. Icon Composer, Apple’s tool for layered Liquid Glass icons, uses a 1088 x 1088 px canvas for Apple Watch. watchOS applies a circular mask, so keep the subject centered and away from the corners.

An app icon is the small square image that represents an app on the Home Screen, in the App Store, in Spotlight search, in Settings and in notifications. On iPhone the app icon is supplied as one 1024 x 1024 px image and the system scales and masks it everywhere else.

iOS App Icon Sizes and Requirements (2026)

App icon sizes by platform

As of October 2026, every Apple platform starts from a single canvas, listed in Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines.

Current Apple app icon specifications

Canvas size, the shape after system masking, and supported appearances.

Current Apple app icon specifications
Platform	Canvas size	Shape after masking	Appearances
iPhone, iPad, Mac	1024 x 1024 px	Rounded rectangle	Default, dark, clear light, clear dark, tinted light, tinted dark
Apple Watch	1024 x 1024 px (1088 x 1088 px in Icon Composer)	Circle	Default
Apple Vision Pro	1024 x 1024 px	Circle, 3D layers	Default
Apple TV	800 x 480 px	Rounded rectangle, landscape	Default

Xcode can generate every iOS, iPadOS and watchOS icon size from one 1024 x 1024 px image, according to Apple’s Configuring your app icon documentation. Mac and Apple TV projects should still supply an asset for each size. The 1088 x 1088 px Apple Watch size is the canvas for layered icons in Icon Composer; an Xcode asset catalog takes the 1024 x 1024 px image.

App Store icon rules

The App Store icon is a 1024 x 1024 px square PNG with no transparency.

No transparency. The 1024 px App Store icon cannot contain an alpha channel; App Store Connect rejects it with error ITMS-90717.

Square and unmasked. Supply square artwork. The system rounds the corners, so pre-rounded corners look jagged.

Formats. Prefer vector layers (SVG, or PDF per Apple’s guidelines) and use PNG for raster and mesh gradient layers.

Color spaces. App icons support sRGB, Gray Gamma 2.2 and Display P3. Display P3 is not supported for visionOS.

Content. Include text only when it is essential, and avoid photos, UI screenshots and replicas of Apple hardware. Don’t add your own shadows, glows or bevels; the system applies them.

Default, dark, clear and tinted icons

iPhone, iPad and Mac app icons appear in six appearances: default, dark, clear light, clear dark, tinted light and tinted dark. If you don’t supply dark, clear or tinted variants, the system generates them from your default icon. Supply your own variants when the generated version loses contrast or detail.

Liquid Glass and Icon Composer

App icons for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch are layered: a background layer plus one or more foreground layers. The system renders the foreground layers as Liquid Glass, adding depth, highlights and refraction automatically.

Icon Composer is Apple’s tool for building these layered icons. Icon Composer is included with Xcode, previews every appearance, and lets you annotate default, dark and mono variants. For older iOS versions, Xcode generates flat icon images from the same file at build time.

Legacy iOS icon sizes

Older projects that still use an asset catalog with every size need the pixel sizes below. Current Apple documentation no longer lists them, because the system scales from the single 1024 px icon.

Legacy iOS app icon sizes

For projects that supply every size in an asset catalog.

Legacy iOS app icon sizes
Use	iPhone	iPad
Home Screen	180 px (60 pt @3x), 120 px (60 pt @2x)	167 px (83.5 pt @2x), 152 px (76 pt @2x)
Spotlight	120 px, 80 px	80 px
Settings	87 px, 58 px	58 px
Notifications	60 px, 40 px	40 px
App Store	1024 px	1024 px

Android icon sizes

Android apps need a 512 x 512 px Google Play icon and an adaptive launcher icon, per Google Play and Android documentation.

Android app icon sizes

For teams shipping on both iOS and Android.

Android app icon sizes
Use	Size	Notes
Google Play listing	512 x 512 px	32-bit PNG, sRGB, up to 1024 KB
Adaptive icon layers	108 x 108 dp	Keep the subject inside the inner 66 x 66 dp
Legacy launcher	48, 72, 96, 144, 192 px	mdpi to xxxhdpi

Free app icon template

The template is a 1024 x 1024 px canvas with the center lines, keyline circles and the rounded-rectangle mask marked. The SVG opens in Figma, Sketch and Illustrator.

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Superapp generates your app icon and builds the native iPhone app around it.