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1) Put £500-800 of your budget aside I think this is a gross underestimation of how much these designs would cost. Does anyone have any real data on the cost o

1) Put £500-800 of your budget aside I think this is a gross underestimation of how much these designs would cost. Does anyone have any real data on the cost of iOS icon design?

muratmutlu 14y ago
I've contacted several designers on that list, give or take exchange rates, you can expect to pay that.
- objclxt 14y ago
  Does that include the 57x57 icons though? As several people have pointed out, most of the icons you posted won't scale down, whereas Apple and Co may have some beautiful hi-res icons but also completely re-do them for smaller display.
  - muratmutlu 14y ago
    Yes it did in my enquiries. I hired one of the guys and he produced the full set of icons, making changes to all the sizes to make sure they looked good on the phone.
coryl 14y ago
Anyone willing to pay that much for an icon design either has deep pockets or a big commitment to good design. That is a lot of money for an icon.
- arn 14y ago
  I don't see that at all. Unless you are just building free throwaway apps in your spare time, it's in the realm of reason for any serious app. People do make decisions based on icons, so a better icon can be good investment if you are trying to attract downloads.
- rahoulb 14y ago
  In the Apple ecosystem, you need a commitment to good design. It's less strong than it used to be (for example read John Siracusa and early Gruber criticising Apple's design choices with in OSX or Pierre Igot taking every app he comes across to task). But it's always been a defining point of playing in the Apple world, ever since Steve Jobs mentioned his calligraphy classes.
k-mcgrady 14y ago
I think it's a gross overestimation. There are plenty of good designers who will do work for a lot less than that. I had an entire iPad app design done for around $300 (icon, table background, custom table cells) and I recently got another design done for an app for $100 (icon, splash screen, custom tab bar backgrounds, custom nav bar backgrounds, custom table backgrounds).
- envex 14y ago
  I'd like to see what these "good designers" produced for that little.
  - k-mcgrady 14y ago
    I got all the graphics in this app, including the icon, for $100 and I was pretty happy with it: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/f1-mobile-2012-best-f1-app/id504188459?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/f1-mobile-2012-best-f1-app/id...
    - alasano 14y ago
      That looks like a 100$ icon if you ask me.
      - k-mcgrady 14y ago
        The price also included the splash screen, custom tab bar, table backgrounds, custom navbar. I could probably get better if I paid $800-1000 but I think that this is good enough.

1) Put £500-800 of your budget aside I think this is a gross underestimation of how much these designs would cost. Does anyone have any real data on the cost of iOS icon design?

muratmutlu 14y ago

I've contacted several designers on that list, give or take exchange rates, you can expect to pay that.

objclxt 14y ago
Does that include the 57x57 icons though? As several people have pointed out, most of the icons you posted won't scale down, whereas Apple and Co may have some beautiful hi-res icons but also completely re-do them for smaller display.
- muratmutlu 14y ago
  Yes it did in my enquiries. I hired one of the guys and he produced the full set of icons, making changes to all the sizes to make sure they looked good on the phone.

coryl 14y ago

Anyone willing to pay that much for an icon design either has deep pockets or a big commitment to good design. That is a lot of money for an icon.

arn 14y ago
I don't see that at all. Unless you are just building free throwaway apps in your spare time, it's in the realm of reason for any serious app. People do make decisions based on icons, so a better icon can be good investment if you are trying to attract downloads.
rahoulb 14y ago
In the Apple ecosystem, you need a commitment to good design. It's less strong than it used to be (for example read John Siracusa and early Gruber criticising Apple's design choices with in OSX or Pierre Igot taking every app he comes across to task). But it's always been a defining point of playing in the Apple world, ever since Steve Jobs mentioned his calligraphy classes.

k-mcgrady 14y ago

I think it's a gross overestimation. There are plenty of good designers who will do work for a lot less than that. I had an entire iPad app design done for around $300 (icon, table background, custom table cells) and I recently got another design done for an app for $100 (icon, splash screen, custom tab bar backgrounds, custom nav bar backgrounds, custom table backgrounds).

envex 14y ago
I'd like to see what these "good designers" produced for that little.
- k-mcgrady 14y ago
  I got all the graphics in this app, including the icon, for $100 and I was pretty happy with it: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/f1-mobile-2012-best-f1-app/id504188459?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/f1-mobile-2012-best-f1-app/id...
  - alasano 14y ago
    That looks like a 100$ icon if you ask me.
    - k-mcgrady 14y ago
      The price also included the splash screen, custom tab bar, table backgrounds, custom navbar. I could probably get better if I paid $800-1000 but I think that this is good enough.