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Top 20 User Interface and Graphics SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store
Last update: 11 Dec 2024 CET
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Top 20 User Interface and Graphics SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store

We at 42matters have identified the 20 most popular User Interface and Graphics SDKs leveraged by iOS apps available on the iOS app market.

User Interface and Graphics SDKs can be used to build apps that require graphical user interfaces (GUI) and high-quality graphics. These SDKs enable developers to leverage UI components, layouts, styling, animation, and other graphical user interface-related capabilities for their apps.

This list is based on our analysis of the millions of mobile applications – and the 2,300+ SDKs they use – that constitute the vast inventory of the Apple App Store. The accompanying data provides readers with a glimpse into the rich mobile application insights generated by the 42matters technology. This data is also available via our APIs, file dumps, Explorer, and SDK Explorer.

The intended purpose of this article is to assist app builders in their search for the perfect User Interface and Graphics SDK to leverage in their app, as well as to give SDK developers insight into their biggest competitors and potential customers. This data collected by our technology may also serve as a useful tool for folks researching the wider mobile app market.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 99.98% have integrated Apple UIKit. This accounts for 99.99% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

Total Apps
1.61m
App Store
App Share
99.98%
App Store
Apps
1.42m
Games
194.17k
Total Downloads
457.94b
App Store
Download Share
99.99%
App Store
App Downloads
343.35b
Game Downloads
114.59b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Apple UIKit.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 9.94% have integrated MBProgressHUD. This accounts for 13.41% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

MBProgressHUD is an iOS drop-in class SDK that displays a translucent HUD with an indicator and/or labels while work is being done in a background thread. The HUD is meant as a replacement for the undocumented, private UIKit UIProgressHUD with some additional features.

Total Apps
160.19k
App Store
App Share
9.94%
App Store
Apps
155.47k
Games
4.72k
Total Downloads
61.39b
App Store
Download Share
13.41%
App Store
App Downloads
56.15b
Game Downloads
5.24b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use MBProgressHUD.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 9.52% have integrated Lottie by Airbnb. This accounts for 32.73% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

Lottie is an iOS, Android, and React Native SDK. It renders After Effects animations in real time, allowing apps to use animations as if they used static images.

Total Apps
153.51k
App Store
App Share
9.52%
App Store
Apps
151.64k
Games
1.87k
Total Downloads
149.89b
App Store
Download Share
32.73%
App Store
App Downloads
145.56b
Game Downloads
4.33b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Lottie by Airbnb.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 7.17% have integrated IQKeyboardManager. This accounts for 4.55% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

IQKeyboardManager is a universal library SDK that prevents UI/UX issues, such as keyboards sliding up. It's a codeless, drop-in library that covers UITextField/UITextView. You won't need to write any code and there's no setup required.

Total Apps
115.54k
App Store
App Share
7.17%
App Store
Apps
114.61k
Games
939
Total Downloads
20.83b
App Store
Download Share
4.55%
App Store
App Downloads
20.47b
Game Downloads
357.90m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use IQKeyboardManager.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 6.41% have integrated SVProgressHUD. This accounts for 5.78% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

The SVProgressHUD SDK is a clean and easy-to-use HUD meant to display the progress of an ongoing task on iOS and tvOS.

Total Apps
103.28k
App Store
App Share
6.41%
App Store
Apps
101.21k
Games
2.07k
Total Downloads
26.47b
App Store
Download Share
5.78%
App Store
App Downloads
25.02b
Game Downloads
1.45b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use SVProgressHUD.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 4.97% have integrated Calloutview. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

The Calloutview SDK offers a lightweight callout view class for iOS mimicking UICalloutView system control.

Total Apps
80.05k
App Store
App Share
4.97%
App Store
Apps
79.76k
Games
289
Total Downloads
4.48b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
4.48b
Game Downloads
4.66m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Calloutview.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 4.33% have integrated Toast-Swift. This accounts for 1.45% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

Toast-Swift is a Swift extension SDK that adds toast notifications to the UIView object class. It is intended to be simple, lightweight, and easy to use. Most toast notifications can be triggered with a single line of code.

Total Apps
69.78k
App Store
App Share
4.33%
App Store
Apps
68.80k
Games
986
Total Downloads
6.65b
App Store
Download Share
1.45%
App Store
App Downloads
6.02b
Game Downloads
621.28m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Toast-Swift.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 4.08% have integrated SnapKit. This accounts for 6.78% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

SnapKit is a DSL to make Auto Layout easy on both iOS and OS X. It's simple and expressive at chaining DSL and allows building constraints with minimal amounts of code while ensuring they are easy to read and understand.

Total Apps
65.79k
App Store
App Share
4.08%
App Store
Apps
65.02k
Games
766
Total Downloads
31.06b
App Store
Download Share
6.78%
App Store
App Downloads
30.43b
Game Downloads
629.39m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use SnapKit.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 2.23% have integrated NVActivityIndicatorView. This accounts for 1.25% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

The NVActivityIndicatorView SDK is a collection of awesome loading animations.

Total Apps
35.91k
App Store
App Share
2.23%
App Store
Apps
35.63k
Games
280
Total Downloads
5.71b
App Store
Download Share
1.25%
App Store
App Downloads
5.59b
Game Downloads
114.65m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use NVActivityIndicatorView.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 2.12% have integrated TTTAttributedLabel. This accounts for 6.34% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

TTTAttributedLabel is a drop-in replacement SDK for UILabel providing a simple way to performantly render attributed strings.

Total Apps
34.24k
App Store
App Share
2.12%
App Store
Apps
34.04k
Games
201
Total Downloads
29.02b
App Store
Download Share
6.34%
App Store
App Downloads
27.72b
Game Downloads
1.29b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use TTTAttributedLabel.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.93% have integrated Masonry. This accounts for 3.10% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

Masonry is a layout SDK which wraps AutoLayout with a nicer syntax. It has its own layout DSL, which provides a chainable way of describing NSLayoutConstraints.

Total Apps
31.18k
App Store
App Share
1.93%
App Store
Apps
30.63k
Games
554
Total Downloads
14.18b
App Store
Download Share
3.10%
App Store
App Downloads
12.96b
Game Downloads
1.22b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Masonry.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.77% have integrated DACircularProgress. This accounts for 2.39% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

The DACircularProgress SDK is a UIView subclass with circular UIProgressView properties. It was originally built to be an imitation of Facebook's photo progress indicator.

Total Apps
28.48k
App Store
App Share
1.77%
App Store
Apps
28.23k
Games
251
Total Downloads
10.93b
App Store
Download Share
2.39%
App Store
App Downloads
10.40b
Game Downloads
524.14m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use DACircularProgress.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.65% have integrated ALToastView. This accounts for 5.83% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

The ALToastView SDK facilitates Android's Toast messages for iOS apps.

Total Apps
26.63k
App Store
App Share
1.65%
App Store
Apps
4.63k
Games
22.00k
Total Downloads
26.69b
App Store
Download Share
5.83%
App Store
App Downloads
4.67b
Game Downloads
22.01b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ALToastView.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.60% have integrated Cosmos. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

Cosmos is a star rating control SDK for iOS and tvOS written in Swift.

Total Apps
25.84k
App Store
App Share
1.60%
App Store
Apps
25.76k
Games
81
Total Downloads
3.32b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
3.29b
Game Downloads
24.31m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Cosmos.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.45% have integrated iCarousel. This accounts for 3.50% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

iCarousel is an SDK designed to simplify the implementation of various types of carousel (pages, scrolling views, etc.) on iPhone, iPad, and Mac OS.

Total Apps
23.36k
App Store
App Share
1.45%
App Store
Apps
22.88k
Games
477
Total Downloads
16.03b
App Store
Download Share
3.50%
App Store
App Downloads
15.70b
Game Downloads
325.46m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use iCarousel.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.37% have integrated TPKeyboardAvoiding. This accounts for 2.30% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

The TPKeyboardAvoiding SDK offers a drop-in universal solution for moving text fields out of the way of the keyboard in iOS.

Total Apps
22.14k
App Store
App Share
1.37%
App Store
Apps
21.98k
Games
161
Total Downloads
10.51b
App Store
Download Share
2.30%
App Store
App Downloads
9.82b
Game Downloads
689.07m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use TPKeyboardAvoiding.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.15% have integrated MarqueeLabel. This accounts for 1.48% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

MarqueeLabel is a UILabel subclass that adds a scrolling marquee effect when the text of the label outgrows the available width. The label scrolling direction and speed can be specified.

Total Apps
18.62k
App Store
App Share
1.15%
App Store
Apps
18.52k
Games
99
Total Downloads
6.80b
App Store
Download Share
1.48%
App Store
App Downloads
6.69b
Game Downloads
110.10m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use MarqueeLabel.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.14% have integrated SideMenu. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

SideMenu is a simple and versatile side menu control SDK written in Swift.

Total Apps
18.36k
App Store
App Share
1.14%
App Store
Apps
18.28k
Games
83
Total Downloads
3.03b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
2.96b
Game Downloads
69.32m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use SideMenu.

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.09% have integrated ActionSheetPicker. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

The ActionSheetPicker SDK enables you to reproduce the dropdown UIPickerView / ActionSheet functionality on iOS apps.

Total Apps
17.61k
App Store
App Share
1.09%
App Store
Apps
17.56k
Games
47
Total Downloads
3.72b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
3.72b
Game Downloads
5.46m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use ActionSheetPicker.

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