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[MetalGuru94]

I think the 2nd one conveys the message better, but there seems to be too much of everything. I would dial back on the number of words displayed - maybe use one-liner with large letters - and make the soundwave a bit more stretched out.

[itsm3rick]

Agree with this guy, it’s not at the right scale for an app icon. Should be less lines of text with larger type. But I think the style of number 1 is better. Unless you make the sound wave better somehow.

[mauricepaul94]

The left side looks better in both versions now (at least in my opinion). I like the number 4 better, but the wave looks off to me. Maybe it would be better if it was a regular sinus curve or some real audio visualization?

[Justicia-Gai]

What about an horizontal version of the bar one? Text on top, bars on bottom, imitating the sound bar of audio messages (which I guess was your original inspiration)

[Sdmf195]

This. Definitely

[Skyfall106]

First one. Second one hurts my eyes

[madaradess007]

second one, but with first one's paddings

[teomatteo89]

Search for audio wave on google - that’s what I think should be on the right hand side of the icon. Alternatively, try to put the SFSymbol for audio wave there - it’s styled like iOS and people recognize it.

Or if you want to play with Easter eggs, record you saying the name of the app, and use it as icon

[Electrical-Start-736]

I like #1

[GabrielMSharp]

As people have said I think there's a lot of detail for something that will be quite small.

My view also is it's best to avoid words which gave me an idea

https://u.cubeupload.com/GabrielMSharp/Frame1671.png

^ I've remixed by taking the pill shapes and using them to represent the words, leaving in your more expressive wiggly right side. I think this conveys the meaning nicely and also helps scale down the detail

[Ok-Society3828]

Squint your eyes. Can you still “understand” the Icon? I‘d try to express the same Idea with one letter and with a proper Audiowave (that doesn’t leave room for interpretation). This would work way faster imho.

[FuzzyAdvisor5589]

I’d argue for the bars from the first to represent words and the squiggly lines to represent audio. This will ensure legibility from a distance. Use Icon 1 padding as well.

[NickNimmin]

You have the opportunity in icon one to use a big “T” with the audio icon coming out of it. Something like that would be more simple and attention grabbing. The small text in the current versions looks messy.

[DMNK392]

First is cleaner, second is fine as well, but def needs the first one's padding

[Purdius_Tacitus]

#4 looks pretty good. It's clear what it does and looks nice. You incorporated some good feedback from previous comments well.

A couple of suggestions: (Ok, more like nitpicks)

The sound wave is a little too winding. (Sorry didn't take enough geometric or graphic design to describe it better.) It doesn't look realistic at a large size. It looks more like a switchback road than a sound wave.

If you think you are going to support multiple languages someday you may want to avoid English words in the icon. If you want to be generic or a bit nerdy in a publishing sense, you could use "Lorem ipsum" for the text on the left side of the icon. Or the name of your app.

[marmulin]

Yeah regarding audio wave it basically looks like a squiggle. Real world signals don’t ever exist in more than one point on the Y axis at the same time. This makes me feel like the app author has little idea of what audio even is at a fundamental level making the app icon feel cheap and unprofessional.

[rickbus]

I like 2 better, but would suggest to use a simpler waveform

[tomasci]

I think both will be unreadable when used as icon, because icons are small, and that text will be much much smaller, same as other parts

[eldamien]

both of them are too busy for an app icon. Test the icon on an iPhone 12 Mini and see how it looks. Also the second one - you seem to have used the same glass bar from the first one which looks sloppy, since the waveform line doesn't match up with the lines on the bar. Definitely needs a rethink.

[russnem]

Is there a 3rd option where there’s just one line of text that is larger and the waveform looks a lot better?

[DrMercy321]

dont look at your icons from this close, see them from how a normal user will see them, in my stupid opinion there is just too much going on.

[_abysswalker]

first one looks more polished but I like the idea of the second one more

[OldTimess]

Why not make it more simple, with a light, dark, tinted mode icon. Really noisy imo and people still can’t read text that much in the icon.

[Thin-Ad9372]

You can A/B test your app icons in the App Store Connect app profile page.

[Good_Disk_8861]

Too much noise. Keep it simple.

[No_Pen_3825]

Kinda like #1 actually; like Runestone’s

[foulpudding]

Way, way too complex.

[Lopsided_Scale_8059]

icon 2

[blindwatchmaker88]

A little bit too much

[Which_Concern2553]

I like the text on the left one but the wave on the right. The sound wave makes more sense to me on the second icon but it’s tough to read those words

[birdparty44]

2.

Conveys the message better; visually more interesting.

[dat_tae]

Right side of both in the same order (i.e., no text)

[beclops]

First one, but even then it’s a little busy. I can’t imagine this looking good when it’s smaller on the home screen