Apple Touch Icon Checker
Paste your page head and confirm the icon iPhone and iPad save to the home screen is declared, sized, formatted and future-proof.
What this tool gives you
Check the touch icon
Paste your page head. Analysis runs locally in your browser — nothing is sent anywhere.
Paste the whole <head> so the checker can also spot the manifest and rel variants.
What this checker looks for
iPhone, iPad and Android save a home-screen shortcut from apple-touch-icon. Without it, iOS screenshots your page instead.
Declaration
A link rel="apple-touch-icon" in the head, pointing to a real PNG.
180×180 size
The exact size iOS renders for home-screen shortcuts.
PNG format
No transparency and no multi-size ico files for touch icons.
Modern rel
Standard rel, not the legacy apple-touch-icon-precomposed form.
Manifest
A site manifest so Android and desktop installs reuse icons.
Favicon vs touch
favicon.ico does not cover mobile home-screen shortcuts.
How to set up the icon
Three steps and your site looks native when someone pins it to a home screen.
Export 180×180 PNG
Solid background, no transparency, logo centered with breathing room.
Link it in the head
Add rel="apple-touch-icon" with sizes="180x180" pointing at the file.
Ship a manifest
A webmanifest covers Android and desktop installs with the same assets.
Icon sizes that matter in 2026
One good 180×180 icon covers iOS today. This is who consumes each asset.
| Asset | Size | Who uses it |
|---|---|---|
| apple-touch-icon | 180×180 PNG | iPhone home-screen shortcuts |
| iPad touch icon | 152×152 PNG | iPadOS home screen (180 also works) |
| favicon | 32×32 + 48×48 | Browser tabs and desktop bookmarks |
| manifest icons | 192×192 + 512×512 | Android install and PWA splash |
| maskable icon | 512×512 PNG | Adaptive Android shapes without clipping |
Related GEO pages
Mobile polish rarely lives in one tag — verify the rest of the head too.
Apple Touch Icon FAQs
What size should an apple-touch-icon be?
Declare a 180×180 PNG — that is what current iPhones render for home-screen shortcuts. iOS scales down cleanly, but never upscales, so a 152px-only set looks soft on phones. Older guides cite 120×120; 180×180 covers both.
Does apple-touch-icon support transparency?
No. iOS composites transparent PNGs onto a white background, which can make light logos vanish. Export your icon on a solid brand-colored square with no alpha, then link it with sizes="180x180".
Is favicon.ico enough for mobile?
No. iPhone and iPad ignore favicon.ico when you add a site to the home screen; they fall back to a screenshot of the page unless an apple-touch-icon link exists. Android uses the web app manifest instead, so ship both.