John Siracusa4d ago
Accidental Tech Podcast

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ATP Tier List: Home Screen Icons
https://atp.fm/atp-tier-list-home-screen-icons

Ranking the app icons on our iPhone home screens, including built-in Apple apps, third-party apps, and — somewhat awkwardly — even our own.

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Accidental Tech Podcast: ATP Tier List: Home Screen Icons

Three nerds discussing tech, Apple, programming, and loosely related matters.

Mar 28 at 3:08amIvory for Mac
Show threadJanne Ojaniemi4d ago
@atpfm
Show threadChris Finazzo3d ago
@Janne_O @atpfm
Show threadColin Frame3d ago

@atpfm does no one else see the App Store icon as the letter ‘A’ ?

‘A’ for App Store

Show threadJohn Siracusa3d ago
@cframe Yes, everyone does, I think.
Show threadNicholas Riley3d ago
@atpfm Pretty sure the bottom right corner of the Calendars 5 icon is the flag of Ukraine. (The previous version of the icon did have a page curl.)
Show threadLuke Ratta3d ago
@atpfm It’s certainly disappointing that this tier list doesn’t have chapter artwork for each app icon like you’ve done in the past.
Show threadLuke Ratta3d ago
@atpfm Either Overcast was being buggy, or y’all pushed a fixed file. Either way, chapters are somehow working now, so I retract my complaint. Looking forward to listening to the rest of the episode.
Show threadJohn Siracusa3d ago
@lukeratta The chapter images have been in there from the start, FWIW.
Show threadtambourineman3d ago
@atpfm I’d love an ATP Insider/Dev where you discuss your specialties. One episode per host. For example, @marcoarment on SQL schemas and shepherding Mac Minis. @caseyliss on SwiftUI and Docker magic. @siracusa on Unix and backend wizardry.
Show threadmvk3d ago
@atpfm Really fun episode! FYI the blue/yellow swoosh in Calendars 5 represents Ukraine pride and solidarity, and I believe was added to all of Readdle’s major apps around the start of the Russian invasion, as the company was founded by four Ukrainian developers.
Show threadmvk3d ago
@atpfm @siracusa This will not have gotten all of your needed icons, but many could have been extracted from web browser pages of the App Store in Safari or using one of my favorite shortcuts:
Show threadJohn Siracusa3d ago
@mvk I tried all the public App Store websites and APIs I could think of! I got some images from there, but most of the stuff they vended was not useful to me.
Show threadmvk3d ago
@atpfm Ok I literally have never noticed the text on the Mail App icon until this episode.
Show threadJohn Siracusa3d ago
@mvk Ah, the telltale truncated edges of an app icon extracted using one the promising but ultimately non-working techniques that I had to discard.
Show threadmvk3d ago
@siracusa I believe this is a consequence iOS 26 😭. It didn’t used to do that.
Show threadJohn Siracusa3d ago
@mvk Tell me about it…
Show threadShantini3d ago
@atpfm oh no
Show threadJosef Habr2d ago

@atpfm guys… have you never ever seen Support Ukraine ribbon before??? It’s been only FOUR years since the brutal invasion by ruZZians.

💙💙💙 blue for sky
💛💛💛 yellow for sunflower fields

I use great PDF editor from the same dev. I think you can opt for non-support icon.

Show threadMatthew Androus2d ago
@atpfm @siracusa Calendars 5 is made by Readdle, a Ukrainian company. Maybe a great homage to their country, but terrible for every icon. At least their email client Spark lets you opt out
Show threadMatthew Androus2d ago
@atpfm @marcoarment you missed my favorite thing about the Flighty icon, which is that in dark mode, the plane has little lights on its wingtips just like a real plane! Very clever!
Show threadMarco Arment2d ago
@mandrous @atpfm OMG that’s incredible.
Show threadTorstein2d ago
@atpfm I believe the Calendar 5 ribbon corner of blue and yellow is in support of ukraine. the developer Readdle is Ukrainian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readdle
Readdle - Wikipedia

Show threadJon Mullins2d ago
@atpfm great episode. One thought I had during my verbal disagreement with the episode during my drive to work; why doesn't @siracusa add a tier list input to the member portal so we can see how we stack up against ATP as individuals and as a audience? Just a thought for member benefits.
Show threadTheEJJ 🇨🇦2d ago
@atpfm @caseyliss @marcoarment @siracusa What would you rank the WordFlow icon? I HAVE to know!
Show threadJohn Siracusa2d ago
@TheEjj 😬
Show threadTheEJJ 🇨🇦2d ago
@siracusa does it help that the app is called WordFlow and it’s supposed to look equal parts word processor and flowing water?
Show threadJohn Siracusa2d ago
@TheEjj No, I get it…
Show threadMike13h ago

@atpfm just finished the episode, and as a calendars5 user I’d like to add… the blue/yellow in the corner is a Ukrainian flag. Readdle’s HQ is in Ukraine

They also removed it on the new app @siracusa

Show threadNate2h ago

@atpfm you sent me off on a mission. I'm with @marcoarment and never liked the new Google icons. I've always get them mixed up so started looking for ways to revert them.

Still a work in progress but I like the mid 2010s look more.