Icon Preview

Icon Preview is a handy little tool for developers who want to make their app icons look just right. You know how it is—you can’t really tell how an icon will fit in the Dock or menu bar until you see it there. By then, the app is probably already compiled, and swapping out that icon can be a real hassle.

Preview Your Icons Before You Compile

This app lets you check out your icons while you're designing them, way before you finish compiling your project. Once you launch Icon Preview, you'll notice two new icons pop up in your Dock and menu bar. If you have your images ready, simply drag and drop them onto the app's icons to see what they’ll look like when everything’s done!

No More Extra Work!

If you need to tweak something later on, don’t worry! There’s no need to load the images again. Once you've made changes to your files, the previews will update automatically. Plus, if you want to check out an image without dragging it around, just right-click and choose Open With > Icon Preview.

Fun Features

There are a couple of cool features worth mentioning! First off, you can preview multiple icons one after the other for three seconds each. To do this smoothly, make sure to use the shortcuts that the developer provides here.

Integration with Sketch

The second interesting feature connects with Sketch! You can easily drag an artboard onto the Dock icon for quick previews. Want those updates to show automatically whenever you save in Sketch? There’s a plugin available here.

A Simple Yet Powerful Tool

For such a straightforward app, Icon Preview is incredibly useful. It takes a lot of stress off your shoulders while designing app icons and keeps you from having to recompile everything just because an icon didn’t turn out as great as you thought it would. So why not give it a try? You won’t regret it!

If you're ready to enhance your design process and create stunning icons effortlessly, check out Icon Preview here!