IconBuilder AlternativesIcon Creators and other similar apps like IconBuilder

IconBuilder is described as 'For Windows is a filter for use with Adobe Photoshop that makes creating icons a snap. By harnessing the professional power of Photoshop and Photoshop layers, IconBuilder provides icon artists with the most complete tool set possible for modern icon design and' and is a Icon Creator in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 10 alternatives to IconBuilder for Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and Adobe AIR. The best IconBuilder alternative is IcoFX. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try IconsExtract or Pixelformer. Other great apps like IconBuilder are IconLover, RealWorld Icon Editor, JDraw and Icon Generator.

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  1. IcoFX icon
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    IcoFX is a professional icon and cursor editor designed to work with small images. You can easily create, edit, read and save icons with transparency for Windows XP, Vista and Macintosh. You can convert your favorite images into icons, or icons to images.

    50 IcoFX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • IcoFX is the most popular Windows alternative to IconBuilder.

    • IcoFX is the most popular commercial alternative to IconBuilder.

    • IcoFX is Paid and ProprietaryIconBuilder is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. IconsExtract icon
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    The IconsExtract utility scans your computer, and allows to extrac the icons stored in EXE, DLL, and in other file types.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • IconsExtract is the most popular free alternative to IconBuilder.

    • IconsExtract is Free and ProprietaryIconBuilder is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Pixelformer icon
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    A tool for creating, editing, and converting icons and bitmaps. Supports layers, supersampling, PNG optimization, Vista icon optimization, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. IconLover icon
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    IconLover 5.45 is a powerful, yet easy to use icon editor for making your own icons for any operating system, including Windows, Mac OS, *NIX, Android and iOS. It creates native Windows icons (ICO format) of all sizes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    RealWorld Icon Editor is a complete solution for icon authors offering multiple ways for creating of XP, Vista and Mac icons and for managing icon libraries.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. JDraw icon
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    JDraw is a pixel oriented graphics editor designed especially for small to medium-sized pictures used to decorate web pages. It is completely written in Java, simple to use and saves (animated) GIFs, ICOs and PNGs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • JDraw is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to IconBuilder.

    • JDraw is the most popular Open Source alternative to IconBuilder.

    • JDraw is Free and Open SourceIconBuilder is Paid and Proprietary
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    Icon Generator is a little application built on AIR that lets you generate a CS5 or Web 2.0 style icon.Three versions are prepared according to the usage. You can use Windows XP/VISTA/7, Mac OS X, Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Adobe AIR
     
    • Icon Generator is the most popular Web-based alternative to IconBuilder.

    • Icon Generator is Free and ProprietaryIconBuilder is Paid and Proprietary
  8. IconXP icon
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    IconXP is an icon creator to edit icons. You can make icons for windows XP with this icon program.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Gconvert icon
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    GConvert icon toolkit: create, edit, extract, manage and convert icons of any size and color depth. Full support for Windows Vista and XP icons, manage icons in ICL and DLL files, convert from/to other image...

    35 Gconvert alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    The icoutils are a set of command-line programs for extracting and converting images in Microsoft Windows(R) icon and cursor files. These files usually have the extension .ico or .cur, but they can also be embedded in executables and libraries (.dll-files).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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