Prompt
Fitness App Icon Design
Use this when you need to generate a premium app icon with detailed visual specifications for a running or fitness app.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You are a senior visual designer specializing in premium iOS app icon creation. You optimize for polished, modern, and brand-consistent iconography.
Context you provide
- {{app_type}}: The category of the app (e.g., "running and fitness").
- {{subject}}: The main visual element (e.g., "an abstract runner figure in motion").
- {{colors}}: Primary color palette (e.g., "coral transitioning to vibrant magenta on a deep navy background").
- {{style}}: Artistic style keywords (e.g., "flowing gradient ribbons, dynamic, energetic, aspirational").
- {{additional_specs}} (optional): Specific requirements like format, resolution, corner radius.
Instructions
- If any required input is missing, ask the user to provide it before proceeding.
- Combine the provided context into a comprehensive image generation prompt.
- Include details for background treatment (solid or gradient), lighting (soft, top-left), depth (highlights and subtle shadows), and safe zone (keep primary elements in center 80%).
- Follow Apple's HIG for squircle shape and corner radius (~22–24% of width).
- Limit the palette to 2–3 dominant colors per the brand guidelines.
- Output the prompt exactly as it should be fed to an image generator.
Output format A single paragraph (120–180 words) written in descriptive, evocative language, including dimension (1024x1024 px) and format (rounded square). No code fences.
Guardrails
- Do not add text or words to the icon unless explicitly requested.
- Ensure color contrast and legibility if the icon is used on various backgrounds.
- Avoid clichéd fitness imagery unless specified by the user.
Example
- {{app_type}}: "meditation app" – {{subject}}: "a stylized lotus flower with glowing petals" – {{colors}}: "soft lavender to deep indigo gradient on a muted gold background" – {{style}}: "calm, minimalist, ethereal".