What are the best icon packs? That’s a hard question to answer, largely because there are just so many available. Tons of highly skilled designers offer premium icon packs, and it’s hard to cover them all in one article. We’ve covered some really greats ones in the past. Simply 8-Bit was an enjoyable and nostalgic style from the graphics of the late 80s and the Moonshine icon pack is a fan-favorite because of its gorgeous Material Design style. Those aren’t the only great icon packs out there, as there are plenty of little-known options out there.
In fact, there are a few little known options that have made some great waves in recent months, and we’re going to show you what they’re all about.
One of the best things about icon packs is that they you don’t have to go through the long and daunting process of flashing a new ROM every time you want a new style on your smartphone or tablet. They’re actually quite easy to install, and we’ve got some quick instructions on how to get an icon pack loaded on your smartphone and/or tablet at the end of the article below!
Be sure to follow along after the break!
Material Cards
Material Cards has been my favorite icon pack as of late, largely because of its unified “card” style that still takes cues from Google’s Material Design guidelines. Not only are they colorful and flat, but they also take on a neat use of shadows. One of the best parts of this icon pack is that they’re all the same size, giving off a more “organized” feel in comparison to other icon packs.
There are a couple of downsides with Material Cards, and the major one is that there’s only 640 icons in this pack. Normally we see thousands of icons available in an icon pack, but with Material Cards being an up and comer, its small arsenal is understandable. This icon pack does have a set of wallpapers that takes on that “flat” style, but many of these wallpapers are the backs of popular smartphones, which really doesn’t fit with the rest of the icon pack, in my opinion.
Either way, give Material Cards a try! You won’t regret it.
Play Store Download Link
Glim
Glim is another neat icon pack with a flat style. It doesn’t take on that card-like style that Material Cards has, but the icons are flat and feature a very nice color palette. It may look pretty standard as far as icon packs go, but it actually has some other neat features with it. One of those is the ability to alternate colors based on the style you have in mind.
Not only that, but this icon pack features a whopping 2500 icons as well as a ton of cloud-based wallpapers to boot. The pack does cost $2.79 on the Play Store, but it’s entirely worth it with the value you get. If it doesn’t support a certain icon, Glim has a smart icon request tool, allowing you to put in a request for any icons that might not be supported.
Play Store Download Link
Moonshine
We featured this icon pack when we first started doing our monthly roundup of the best icon packs, but it’s so worth including again. The Moonshine icon pack is a fan favorite, not only here at Talk Android, but with many others, too. The almost 80,000 great reviews and over 1,000,000 downloads speak for themselves!
The Moonshine icons are unique and look stunningly gorgeous. It has a very sexy, flat, and “free form” look going on. There’s an icon for just about all of the popular applications out there. Unfortunately, there’s only a little over 900 icons available, as opposed to the thousands many other icon packs feature.
As per the norm, Moonshine comes with a ton of awesome cloud-based wallpapers and supports all of the usual launchers out there. It’s definitely worth the download!
Play Store Download Link
IMMATERIALIS
IMMATERIALIS is probably the most unique icon pack on this list. Installing it will transform your icons into squares, which you might be familiar with if you’ve had a square-style icon pack before. However, it features a unique color palette, one that you might not be used to. But, on one hand, I found it kind of neat. It’s almost liked a “toned down” color palette. Aside from the design, the impressive part of IMMATERIALIS is that it has a whopping 3,000+ icons, meaning there’s a themed icon for almost any application on your smartphone.
It also has 89 HD wallpapers, icon masking for those pesky icons that aren’t supported, and, of course, the signature icon request tool.
Play Store Download Link
Urmun
Urmun is a neat icon pack due to the amount of detail that was put into it. Each icon follows Google’s Material Design guidelines, has a neat use of shadow, and each icon has a “shapeless” design. If I had one word to describe Urmun, it would be “eye-pleasing,” as the developer notes in the description. The unique use of colors, shadows, and shapes really makes this icon pack.
One of the best things about this icon pack is that it has an active developer. Urmun is frequently updated with new icons. In fact, an additional 17 were just added the other day, bringing Urmun’s arsenal to a total of 3610+ high definition icons. There’s also a handful of alternative colors, a dynamic calendar, a clock widget, and a promise of weekly updates. Use the icon request tool, and you might just see your requested icon appear in the next few weeks!
Play Store Download Link
Closing
And that wraps up our monthly iteration of the best icon packs! There are so many different options available on Android, whether you’re looking for something more old-style or even an icon pack that has a more modern feel to it. What makes a really good icon pack, though? It’s not just the style that makes a good icon pack, but the whole package.
A good icon pack has that aforementioned great and highly detailed style, a large variety of icons, wallpapers that match the style of the icon pack, and most of all, great developer support. We’ve tried to highlight only the icons that have all of these characteristics, and we truly hope you enjoy them.
Do you have a favorite icon pack? Let us know what it is in the comments below and we might just feature it in next month’s article!
Installation Process
Installing an icon pack is an easy task. In some cases, you can download an icon pack and it’ll work with the stock launcher. But, in most cases, you’ll need an alternative launcher like the Nova Launcher or Action Launcher.
If you’re using Action Launcher, once you have an icon pack downloaded, open the Action Launcher settings menu. Once there, head into Display > Icon Pack. Select “Icon Pack” and then you can choose from a list of icon packs you have downloaded on your Android device. The process is similar for Nova Launcher.
As you can see, it’s a quick and easy setup, but for a more detailed tutorial, you can click here.
Closing
And that wraps up our top icon picks for the month! Keep in mind that while the Play Store is full of great icon packs, there are plenty more exclusively available on the XDA Forums. On top of that, most icon packs on the XDA Forums are free, though there’s often a suggested donation to help support their work.
What was your favorite icon pack from this past month?
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