Among the many customizations that can be done on an Android smartphone of any brand there is the change of icons. You can therefore beautify the screen and the launcher by changing the icons of the applications that change the overall visual style of the phone making it more modern or more stylish and beautiful .
The icon sets, which I consider best of all, can be installed at once to replace the default ones of the main theme.
To install an icon set on an Android smartphone, however, you need to have a launcher that supports this change.
If in the options of the used launcher there is not the one to change application icons, it is necessary to change the startup app.
In another article, the best launchers for Android are listed, almost all with the option to change the icon set.
With these Launchers just go to the theme settings to change the icon set and set the new ones just downloaded.
To neatly list the best free icon sets for Android, we can divide them into 5 categories: With Material Design, flat or flat design, minimal icons, retro icons and more original icons.
Material Design icons
1) Pix UI Icon is one of Google Pixel's best Material Design themed icon packs. The icon pack includes over 6100 icons and an icon masking feature to beautify even the icons of apps that are not supported, giving the smartphone an appearance similar to that of a Google Pixel phone. For the same most popular apps it is also possible to choose the icons available.
2) CandyCons offers more than a thousand icons inspired by Google's material design, with colored elements that make the logos stand out. The app is regularly updated and also brings 20 unique backgrounds to match the icons, ideal for those who want sweet designs such as candies.
3) Viral, always with the Material design, presents over 800 high quality vector icons with 20 new backgrounds. The app has several folder icons that allow you to make your Android home screen even more shiny. You also have the option to recommend icons that are not already supported. Overall, it is quite good and you will love using it.
4) OxyPie Free Icon Pack is an icon pack with more than 4300 icons inspired by the style of Android Pie and OxygenOS, with personalized icons from Huawei, Motorolla, OnePlus and Samsung smartphones.
Flat icons
1) Rondo is a round icon set with more than 3500 really beautiful high quality icons. Apps that do not have icons are masked to make them similar to others. The app is regularly updated, with new icons every month that keep this app always new.
2) Moonshine is one of the best free icon packs for Android with flat icons, nice design and various colors. There are several backgrounds and 900 icons which can be resized according to the screen size. There is also an icon selector to easily select new added icons without having to search for them.
3) O3 Free Icon Pack is a project that offers 2000 icons and 12 backgrounds, updated regularly and that masks the icons of unsupported apps in a pleasant way to see.
4) Voxel is one of the best free icon packs that you can download for free. The icons are square, all colored and updated.
5) Resicon Pack Flat offers many LineageOS icons, redesigned in a flat style. With the Icon masking, each app will have its own themed icon, even if not available in the package.
Minimal icons
1) Lines is one of the best icon packs for Android in the minimal genre, with 200 wallpapers that match the 2, 500 icons available.
The best part of these icons is the transparent background of the icons, very original.
2) Delta presents icons with soft colors that make the symbol stand out, with bright colors that match the Google Material Design theme.
In addition to looking good, color icons are best seen when using the smartphone in the dark.
3) Greyscale is a minimalist icon set, made in different shades of gray, without colors.
The app contains over 300 icons with frequent updates, there are several backgrounds to choose from, support for the Muzei app and there is also the masking function for unsupported icons.
4) Gel with more than a thousand icons of a single color of your choice, including backgrounds.
5) Whicons is a pack of white icons, with backgrounds included.
6) Flat icon pack is a very recent app that stands out for its colorful minimal design. The icons are round in shape and have a border with a white background. There are over 4000 icons with support for all the most popular launchers.
Retro icons
1) Saturate is one of the best packages of retro icons, with an ancient design for apps, for lovers of the genre.
2) RETRO is perhaps a fresher design, always with a vintage, colorful graphic theme. There are several wallpapers and all the most popular apps and even more are supported.
Funny or original icons
1) Pixip is the Google Pixel phone icon pack. There are over 1400 app icons made using vector graphics, perfect on any smartphone regardless of size. Like other icon packs, it also brings its suite of wallpapers that make the app's icons stand out even more.
2) LineBit presents one of the most exclusive icon sets ever, among the most loved of the store even if they are not free, with colorful logos and unique design.
3) Minty Icons Free is a great comics style icon pack. The background of the icons has a shape of rounded squares in bright colors. For unsupported apps, there are masks to make the icons similar to the others.
4) H2O is similar to Parallax icons, flatter and more colorful. This colorful icon pack offers you the possibility to choose from over 3600 icons inspired by the minimal icons of Hydrogen OS. Finally, the icon pack also includes many custom icons of Samsung, Huawei EMUI, Motorola and One Plus icon sets.
5) The Superhero is arguably the most exclusive icon pack on this list, which changes normal icons to superhero icons. This will certainly make finding apps more difficult, but for superhero fans it will be fun.
6) UX 12 is the icon set of iOS 12, the iPhone system, to make Android more like the iPhone.
7) MIUI 10 aesthetically most beautiful to behold. The app includes an amazing icon library, more than 200 for most popular applications. MIUI v5 increases the size of the icons, ideal for backgrounds with brighter colors. MIUI's visual style is very fine and of great quality.
8) Afterglow is one of the best and most exclusive icon packs to be used on the Android smartphone, with icons drawn in very bright pastel colors and with excellent contrast.
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