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Short version: an iOS app icon ships as a 1024×1024 opaque PNG, not a vector file. Here's where SVG really fits in the 2026 pipeline — and exactly what IconBundlr hands you.
IconBundlr does not export SVG. It exports a 1024×1024 PNG and a complete AppIcon.appiconset ZIP with every Xcode-required size and a configured Contents.json.
That is deliberate, and for the app icon slot it's the format you actually need. The App Store icon is a 1024×1024 pixel PNG that must be fully opaque — no alpha channel, no transparency, and no rounded corners baked in, because iOS applies its own corner mask. Transparency in an app icon is one of the most common review rejections. If what you're really after is "an icon that drops into Xcode and passes review," a vector file was never the finish line.
Three real places — none of which is the App Store icon file itself.
Apple's Icon Composer ships with Xcode 26 and builds layered Liquid Glass icons. The documented workflow is to design your foreground layers in your tool of choice and export them as fully opaque SVG layers to import. Icon Composer then produces a .icon file that Xcode uses to generate the variants it needs.
Xcode has supported SVG image assets in asset catalogs since Xcode 12. Turn on "Preserve Vector Data" and the vector travels with your bundle so it scales cleanly. Great for glyphs, tab bar art and illustrations — this is a different slot from your app icon.
Favicons, marketing sites and design-system libraries are where a vector icon genuinely earns its keep. If that's your use case, a vector-first tool is the right call — and this page probably isn't what you were looking for. No hard feelings.
IconKitchen (icon.kitchen) is a free, browser-based icon generator. Its interface offers Android Icon, iOS Icon and Web Icons pack targets, so it covers more than one platform from a single source image.
We haven't audited the contents of its downloaded packs, and web tools change their output regularly — so if a specific export format is what decides it for you, check the tool directly rather than taking anyone's comparison page at its word. Including ours.
Most icon tools start by asking you to upload artwork. IconBundlr starts from a sentence — describe the icon you want and the AI generates original artwork from scratch, then packages it for Xcode.
You get the full .appiconset — every required size plus a properly configured Contents.json. Drag the folder into your asset catalog and you're done.
Minimal, Flat, Gradient, 3D, Neon, Line Art and Photorealistic — each with full colour control and real-time previews, so you can iterate before you commit.
Export Access is a $29.99 one-time purchase — unlimited generations, watermark-free exports, full commercial rights. Try it first with 3 free generations, or 5 with a free account.
No. IconBundlr exports two things: a 1024×1024 PNG and a complete AppIcon.appiconset ZIP containing every icon size Xcode requires plus a configured Contents.json. That is the format an iOS app icon actually ships in — the App Store icon is a 1024×1024 opaque PNG, so a vector file is not the final deliverable for the app icon slot.
Not directly as the App Store icon. The App Store icon is a 1024×1024 pixel PNG that must be opaque — no alpha channel, no transparency, and no pre-applied rounded corners, because iOS applies its own corner mask. SVG does have a place in the pipeline: Apple's Icon Composer (shipped with Xcode 26) takes opaque SVG layers as input and produces a .icon file, and Xcode has supported SVG image assets in asset catalogs since Xcode 12 for in-app artwork.
IconKitchen (icon.kitchen) is a free browser-based icon generator; its interface offers Android Icon, iOS Icon and Web Icons pack targets. IconBundlr is a native iOS app that generates original icons from a text prompt using AI, then exports a 1024×1024 PNG plus a complete Xcode AppIcon.appiconset. Export formats on any web tool can change, so check the tool directly for its current output.
A ZIP containing an AppIcon.appiconset folder: every PNG size Xcode requires and a properly configured Contents.json. You drag the folder into your project's asset catalog and the app icon is wired up — no manual resizing and no hand-editing JSON.
No. Export Access is a one-time purchase of $29.99 for unlimited generations and watermark-free exports with full commercial rights. You can try the app first with 3 free generations, or 5 with a free account.
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