IconCraft vs Recraft

IconCraft

A single-task tool priced like one: $9 buys 20 icon generations outright with no recurring charge, which suits the actual usage pattern - you need an app icon once, then not again for a year. Having an API is unexpected at this size. It is clearly a solo project, with a personal email as the only support channel and no company entity behind it, so plan for the possibility that it disappears.

Pros

• +Outputs production-ready icons at iOS and Android sizes
• +Accepts a text description, an uploaded logo, or a style reference as the starting point
• +One-time credit packs instead of a subscription
• +API with its own console at console.iconcraft.app
• +30-day refund policy stated in the terms

Cons

• −Free playground gives only a single credit
• −No company entity or country published - support is one personal email address
• −Terms forbid reselling generated icons as standalone products
• −Single-purpose: no wider brand or asset tooling

Recraft

The tool to reach for when the output has to be a real vector or has to match a style across fifty assets, which is where general image models fall apart. For one-off photorealistic images other models are at least as good, and the free tier is a showcase rather than a workspace since everything you make there is public and not yours commercially.

Pros

• +Native vector output that opens as editable SVG, not a traced raster
• +Saved styles keep a whole set of assets consistent
• +Canvas tools for mockups, background removal and inpainting, plus a Figma integration
• +API priced per image in prepaid units that never expire

Cons

• −Free-plan images are public and Recraft keeps the rights to them
• −Subscription credits do not roll over month to month
• −Vector generations cost twice the credits of raster ones
• −Plan table on the pricing page renders only in a browser; the docs carry the numbers

Is IconCraft cheaper than Recraft?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: IconCraft starts at $9 once, Recraft at $10/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does IconCraft or Recraft have a free tier?

Both: IconCraft has a free tier, and Recraft has a free tier.

Which has a public API, IconCraft or Recraft?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.