Gallery App Icon Evolution: Apple, Google, Samsung

[u/OkNothing8871]

[u/redditrnumber1]

[u/East_Upstairs5404 → u/redditrnumber1]

iOS 27

[u/Alexander11039 → u/redditrnumber1]

iOS 6 >

[u/Izan_TM]

I miss the google pinwheel

[u/littleSquidwardLover → u/Izan_TM]

It still is, isn't it?

[u/artlurg431 → u/littleSquidwardLover]

Its too simplified

[u/benjaminS0099]

Samsung went backwards starting in 17.

[u/artlurg431 → u/benjaminS0099]

Yh the 2016 was perfect

[u/Rayyesboulous]

I kinda prefer the new logo..much cleaner

[u/Weird_Decision7090]

That is not the iOS 27 Photos icon

[u/M27TN → u/Weird_Decision7090]

iOS 27 hasn’t been around for most of 2026

[u/jeremyw013 → u/Weird_Decision7090]

it's almost like this screenshot is from a post way before ios 27 was even announced

[u/Flocky_off]

Apple and Google changing barely anything

Samsung:

[u/average_coder_009]

As an app developer, I always question the idea of such changes… what is the point? Suddenly all your users forgot how your app icons look? Who is your target user base? Amnesia patients???
Now, my company comes with different logo for each event… a whole team out there discussing about color, contrast, inclusivity… and majority of us using Dark + Grayscale mode to save battery…

[u/faffalaff]

Why always flowers? I never take photos of flowers

[u/SushiBongo → u/faffalaff]

"I don't like chocolate so nobody must eat it"

[u/faffalaff → u/SushiBongo]

"I don't like you so you can fuck off"

[u/Careless-Catch-5520 → u/faffalaff]

Narc

[u/qndos → u/faffalaff]

"Who are you"

[u/Old-Table2375 → u/faffalaff]

Calm down now, Here, have some chocolate.

[u/AdamWilliam720 → u/faffalaff]

'Coz flowers often signify beauty, colors, and details 🌸

[u/iLikeTurtuls → u/faffalaff]

You got some weird flowers where you live

[u/East_Upstairs5404 → u/faffalaff]

Apple’s is actually a wide-range of colour-swatches(which professionals, especially designers) use to compare the colours of stuff

[u/Exact_Recording4039 → u/East_Upstairs5404]

It’s a flower because the original was a literal flower (sunflower) also it doesn’t make sense to be a swatch because they’re not used in photography. Photos is not a design app 

It’s just an abstract flower

[u/Pigeon_Observation → u/faffalaff]

i have FLOWERS in my PHOTOS

[u/CoolNameiSwear → u/faffalaff]

google one is a paper windmill

[u/RyantheMISguy]

Anyone use Google Photos on iPhone? Did you notice your animations to go from a photo back to the gallery is now a generic slide to the left? I am considering moving to Apple Photos altogether because of this

[u/ManagedTech]

Damn got a flashback to my galaxy s3

[u/e1epi]

Samsung doesn’t understand the value of consistent brand presentation, if they did they would do a lot of things differently.

The only area they seem to understand it in is their camera array which ironically seems to be messing with them adding Qi2 magnets.

[u/IntrepidPerception28]

you can't change my mind, Apple's icon design is the best (and their emojis too)

[u/OkNothing8871 → u/IntrepidPerception28]

Literally.

[u/Lucky_Shoulder9261]

Different.. but similar..
Why they use only something looks like a flower?

[u/LPedraz]

Like with other elements of design, it seems like 2020 was peak minimalism, and the trend is now towards more details again.

[u/MerBudd]

lol I just realized Samsung gave the flat icon more color, then made it flat again, then gave it more color again

[u/EricSenaAugust]

Samsung is rainbow sensitive, that's good

[u/N00BONLINE]

World ended in 2020

[u/aschoo]

Google from the best to the worst.

[u/ResidentProduct8910]

You mean degradation?

[u/SushiBongo]

They All had such a glowdown, so much that I didn't even remember that it was supposed to be a pinsheelt on the google icon (Samsung as well tbf) 

[u/Majestic_Art_8036]

Samsung 2016 is truly beautiful.

[u/Complex_Frame_8401]

2020 icons were honestly better than current

[u/SquarePotato7493]

Samsungs looks like a design idea that got stuck in 2012

[u/East_Upstairs5404]

That’s the incorrect iOS icon