CandyIcons vs IconsCove

CandyIcons is a web app for browsing app icons and generating new ones from descriptions. Users choose colors and styles, then create icons using more than 15 premade styles and over 1,000 presets. Generated output is a 1024×1024 PNG; SVG export is unavailable. The service includes iOS and macOS app icon assets aligned with Apple’s design guidelines, plus free tools for those assets and favicons. A free plan provides 15 generations per month. One-time packs cost $15 as a one-time purchase for 15 credits, $25, paid once for 50 credits, or $45, paid once for 120 credits. Lifetime costs $49, paid once and provides 40 credits per month. Each credit generates one image, and purchased credits do not expire. Batch generation and commercial use are supported. The FAQ says purchased or generated icons carry exclusive ownership and unlimited usage rights, including modification, resale, redistribution, or giving them away. Icons are stored on US servers operated by third-party partners, with private access links sent by email.

IconsCove generates app icons, favicons and UI icons from text prompts, with a selected style and color palette. The site lists more than 50 styles, including 3D, neon, watercolor and pixel art, and lets users set one, two or three brand colors. Standard and Premium tiers support an uploaded image or an existing icon as a style reference. Generated icons download as PNG files up to 1024×1024; SVG is described as planned, not as an available export. Users can organize icons into nested collections, search them, move them in bulk and download collections as ZIP files. Signup provides 20 credits without requiring a card. One-time credit packages start at $5, paid once for 50 credits; 100 credits cost $9 as a one-time purchase and 250 cost $20 as a one-time purchase. Fast icons use two credits, Standard icons three and Premium icons five. Failed or short generations return credits, and credits do not expire. Purchases include full commercial rights. Checkout uses Stripe, and the pricing page says card details do not touch IconsCove's servers.