IconLover Alternatives

IconLover is described as '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' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to IconLover for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Linux, Mac and Self-Hosted apps. The best IconLover alternative is IcoFX. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Grafx2 or Piskel. Other great apps like IconLover are Greenfish Icon Editor Pro, IconsExtract, IconWorkshop and Pixelformer.

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IconLover alternatives page was last updated Jan 28, 2025
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  1. IcoFX icon

    IcoFX

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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.

    51 IcoFX alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • RO flagRomania
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    IcoFX screenshot 1

    IcoFX Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Create icon
    3.  Extract Icons

    IcoFX VS IconLover

     

    • IcoFX is the most popular Windows alternative to IconLover.

    • IcoFX is the most popular commercial alternative to IconLover.

    • IcoFX is Paid and ProprietaryIconLover is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. Greenfish Icon Editor Pro icon

    Greenfish Icon Editor Pro

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    GFIE Pro is a powerful icon, cursor, animation and icon library editor. Layer support with advanced selection handling makes it a really professional and unique freeware tool for designing small pixelgraphic images.

    32 Greenfish Icon Editor Pro alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • JP flagJapan

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    Greenfish Icon Editor Pro screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Create icon
    2.  Support for Layers
    3.  Portable
    4.  Visual Editing
    5.  Transparency
    6.  Blur Filter
    7.  Multiple languages
    8.  Extract Icons

    Greenfish Icon Editor Pro VS IconLover

     

    • Greenfish Icon Editor Pro is the most popular Linux alternative to IconLover.

    • Greenfish Icon Editor Pro is the most popular free alternative to IconLover.

    • Greenfish Icon Editor Pro is Free Personal and ProprietaryIconLover is Paid and Proprietary
    • Greenfish Icon Editor Pro is LightweightIconLover is not according to our users
  4. Grafx2 icon

    Grafx2

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    GrafX2 is a bitmap paint program inspired by the Amiga programs Deluxe Paint and Brilliance. Specialized in 256-color drawing, it includes a very large number of tools and effects that make it particularly suitable for pixel art, game graphics, and generally any detailed...

    30 Grafx2 alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Grafx2 screenshot 1

    Grafx2 Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Pixel Art

    Grafx2 VS IconLover

     

    • Grafx2 is the most popular Mac alternative to IconLover.

    • Grafx2 is the most popular Open Source alternative to IconLover.

    • Grafx2 is Free and Open SourceIconLover is Paid and Proprietary
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    IconDeveloper

    IconDeveloper is a program that makes it very easy to create your own Windows icons. Intead of trying to include a drawing package, IconDeveloper instead allows users to just import images made by other programs and turn them qui...

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  6. Piskel icon

    Piskel

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    Remember the good old 2D games and their beautiful sprites? With Piskel you can create your own in a few clicks.

    38 Piskel alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Piskel screenshot 1

    Top Piskel Features

    1.  Live Preview
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  No registration required
    5.  No Tracking
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  Onion skinning
    8.  Pixel Art
    9.  Pixel graphics
    10.  Convert slideshow to video
    11.  Web-Based
    12.  Sprite sheets

    Piskel VS IconLover

     

    • Piskel is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to IconLover.

    • Piskel is Free and Open SourceIconLover is Paid and Proprietary
  7. IconsExtract icon

    IconsExtract

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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.

    23 IconsExtract alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • IL flagIsrael

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main interface

    IconsExtract Features

    1.  Extract Icons

    IconsExtract VS IconLover

     
  8. IconWorkshop icon

    IconWorkshop

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    IconWorkshop is a professional tool designed to create, extract, convert, manage and redistribute icons for Windows, Mac OS, iPhone, and Android up to 512x512. No complicated settings, no more pixel-by-pixel icon making.

    14 IconWorkshop alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    IconWorkshop screenshot 1

    IconWorkshop Features

    1.  Extract Icons

    IconWorkshop VS IconLover

     
    Comments about IconWorkshop as an Alternative to IconLover
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    Positive Oct 7, 2016
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    It's simply the Gold-Standard in icon handling. Even Microsoft recommended it back when the fancy icons were introduced with Windows XP.

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    • IconWorkshop is Paid and ProprietaryIconLover is also Paid and Proprietary
  10. Pixelformer icon

    Pixelformer

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    A tool for creating, editing, and converting icons and bitmaps. Supports layers, supersampling, PNG optimization, Vista icon optimization, and more.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Pixelformer screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last version was released in January 2009

    Pixelformer Features

    1.  Transparency

    Pixelformer VS IconLover

     
  11. Batch Icon Extractor icon

    Batch Icon Extractor

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    Batch Icon Extractor - a simple tool for batch extraction of icons. Supports compressed Vista icons.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Batch Icon Extractor screenshot 1

    Batch Icon Extractor Features

    1.  Extract Icons

    Batch Icon Extractor VS IconLover

     
  12. Iconion icon

    Iconion

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    Iconion allows you to convert any icon font into fantastic-looking png icons by adding color, shadow, background, gradient, stroke and many other fancy elements.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Iconion screenshot 1

    Iconion Features

    1.  Create icon
    2.  Extract Icons

    Iconion VS IconLover

     
  13. Mtpaint icon

    Mtpaint

     7 likes
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    mtPaint is a painting program which Mark Tyler developed from scratch so he could easily create pixel art and manipulate digital photos.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Mtpaint screenshot 1

    Mtpaint Features

    1.  Pixel Art

    Mtpaint VS IconLover

     
  14. Quick Any2Ico icon

    Quick Any2Ico

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    Allow users to easily create or extract icons and save them as PNG or GIF images, in a range of different resolutions, with compression options for PNG files.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Quick Any2Ico screenshot 1

    Quick Any2Ico Features

    1.  Create icon

    Quick Any2Ico VS IconLover

     
  15. JDraw icon

    JDraw

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    JDraw screenshot 1

    JDraw Features

    1.  Pixel Art

    JDraw VS IconLover

     
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