Making App Icons for watchOS

According to Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines, every app must provide an icon to be displayed on the Apple Watch Home screen and in various other contexts. An app should specify several different icons of different dimensions to suit different screen sizes and different situations.

You can save valuable time by using Makeappicon.com to generate app icons of all dimensions you need for submitting your apps to Apple in one click, no matter it’s built for iOS, watchOS, macOS and iMessage App & Sticker Pack, and focus on coding and improving your apps.

Here is the dimensions for watchOS apps:

Home Screen Icons

Name

Size(px)

Usage

Icon-Homescreen-40x40@2x.png

80x80

Home Screen Icon for 38mm/42mm watch

Icon-Homescreen-44x44@2x.png

88x88

Home Screen Icon for 40mm watch

Icon-Homescreen-46x46@2x.png

92x92

Home Screen Icon for 41mm watch

Icon-Homescreen-50x50@2x.png

100x100

Home Screen Icon for 44mm watch

Icon-Homescreen-51x51@2x.png

102x102

Home Screen Icon for 45mm watch

Notification Center Icons

Name

Size(px)

Usage

Icon-Notification-24x24@2x.png

48x48

Notification Center Icon for 38mm watch

Icon-Notification-27.5x27.5@2x.png

55x55

Notification Center Icon for 40mm/42mm watch

Icon-Notification-29x29@2x.png

58x58

Notification Center Icon for 41mm watch

Icon-Notification-29x29@2x.png

58x58

Notification Center Icon for 44mm watch

Icon-Notification-33x33@2x.png

66x66

Notification Center Icon for 45mm watch

Short-Look Icons

Name

Size(px)

Usage

Icon-ShortLook-86x86@2x.png

172x172

Short-Look Icon for 38mm watch

Icon-ShortLook-98x98@2x.png

196x196

Short-Look Icon for 40mm/42mm watch

Icon-ShortLook-98x98@2x.png

196x196

Short-Look Icon for 41mm watch

Icon-ShortLook-108x108@2x.png

216x216

Short-Look Icon for 44mm watch

Icon-ShortLook-117x117@2x.png

234x234

Short-Look Icon for 45mm watch

App Store Icons

Name

Size(px)

Usage

Icon-AppStore-1024x1024.png

1024x1024

Icon for app store

Companion Settings Icons

Name

Size(px)

Usage

Icon-Companion-29x29@2x.png

58x58

Companion Settings Icon(@2x)

Icon-Companion-29x29@3x.png

87x87

Companion Settings Icon(@3x)

After creating all the icons, you should put it into a folder whose name is icon.iconset. The folder must have the .iconset extension. It might look a bit unusual for a folder to have an extension, but this extension is a signal to the system that the folder contains a set of icons.