TheHome screenis something you interface with every single day. That said, wouldn’t it be nice if Apple allowed you to do more with it than simply change thewallpaperimage and move the app icons around?
If you’re onboard with the aforementioned idea, then you’ll probably take a liking to a newjailbreak tweakcalledIconTweakby iOS developerichitaso. With it, you can customize your Home screen’s app icons in new and exciting ways.
As you might’ve discerned already in the screenshot examples above, IconTweak lets you:
To use IconTweak, you’ll simply swipe on the app icon in question or tap on it while your handset is in Home screen editing mode (which we commonly refer to as ‘jiggle’ mode). Once the prompt appears, you’re able to choose from the list of options and go from there. If you opt to change an app’s name or set a custom badge, for example, you’ll receive an input prompt where you can enter your preferred value.
For those interested, here’s a demonstration video of IconTweak in action, which has been graciously provided by the developer:
After you install IconTweak, you’ll find a dedicated preference pane in the Settings app where you can configure it any way you’d like:
Here, you can:
In my honest opinion, the best features included in IconTweak are renaming apps and setting custom badges. These two options can be used to create some particularly interesting appearances. The rest of the features seem, at least to me, superfluous.
If you’re ready to give IconTweak a try, then you canpurchase it from the Packix repositoryfor $0.99 in Cydia or Sileo. The tweak supportsjailbrokeniOS 11 and 12 devices.
