CandyIcons vs IconsMint

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.

IconsMint is a web service for generating, extending and exporting icon sets. Users can describe what they need in plain text to create a matching set, or add icons to an existing set while matching its style and weight. It offers geometric and artistic styles, with free outline-weight controls ranging from Ultra Thin to Extra Bold. The free library contains 100k+ icons to browse. Exports include SVG, PNG, Icon Font and SVG Sprite; paid packs also unlock WOFF2, WOFF and TTF formats. Generated icons are private to the account owner. The free plan includes five AI icons on signup, 30 downloads per day, and SVG and PNG formats. One-time credit packs start at $7, paid once, and credits do not expire. Paid plans include commercial rights for client projects, SaaS products, mobile apps and websites without attribution. Free-license icons are restricted to personal, non-commercial or educational use, require attribution and cannot be redistributed. IconsMint says payment processing is handled by Stripe and that it does not store card numbers, CVV or full card details.