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Top 20 User Interface and Graphics SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store
Last update: 24 Sep 2023 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.

The 20 most widely-integrated user interface and graphics SDKs:

1st

Apple UIKit

Check “Apple UIKit” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 99.97% have integrated Apple UIKit. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

Total Apps
1.48m
App Store
App Share
99.97%
App Store
Apps
1.30m
Games
186.51k
Total Downloads
334.35b
App Store
Download Share
99.99%
App Store
App Downloads
255.69b
Game Downloads
78.66b

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

2nd

MBProgressHUD

Check “MBProgressHUD” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 15.22% have integrated MBProgressHUD. This accounts for 88% 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
171.81k
App Store
App Share
15.22%
App Store
Apps
167.02k
Games
4.79k
Total Downloads
56.38b
App Store
Download Share
16.86%
App Store
App Downloads
52.84b
Game Downloads
3.54b

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

3rd

Lottie by Airbnb

Check “Lottie by Airbnb” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 6.15% have integrated Lottie by Airbnb. This accounts for 88% 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
126.35k
App Store
App Share
6.15%
App Store
Apps
124.92k
Games
1.42k
Total Downloads
79.50b
App Store
Download Share
23.78%
App Store
App Downloads
77.58b
Game Downloads
1.92b

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

4th

IQKeyboardManager

Check “IQKeyboardManager” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 6.64% have integrated IQKeyboardManager. This accounts for 88% 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
110.94k
App Store
App Share
6.64%
App Store
Apps
110.23k
Games
714
Total Downloads
14.91b
App Store
Download Share
4.46%
App Store
App Downloads
14.73b
Game Downloads
181.79m

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

5th

SVProgressHUD

Check “SVProgressHUD” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 8.04% have integrated SVProgressHUD. This accounts for 88% 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
107.40k
App Store
App Share
8.04%
App Store
Apps
105.33k
Games
2.06k
Total Downloads
24.45b
App Store
Download Share
7.31%
App Store
App Downloads
23.45b
Game Downloads
998.55m

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

6th

Calloutview

Check “Calloutview” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 4.11% have integrated Calloutview. This accounts for 88% 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
78.82k
App Store
App Share
4.11%
App Store
Apps
78.47k
Games
344
Total Downloads
5.48b
App Store
Download Share
1.64%
App Store
App Downloads
5.48b
Game Downloads
3.13m

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

7th

SnapKit

Check “SnapKit” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 3.38% have integrated SnapKit. This accounts for 88% 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
61.23k
App Store
App Share
3.38%
App Store
Apps
60.63k
Games
604
Total Downloads
24.06b
App Store
Download Share
7.19%
App Store
App Downloads
23.71b
Game Downloads
341.69m

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

8th

Toast-Swift

Check “Toast-Swift” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 2.18% have integrated Toast-Swift. This accounts for 88% 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
48.86k
App Store
App Share
2.18%
App Store
Apps
48.19k
Games
672
Total Downloads
3.91b
App Store
Download Share
1.17%
App Store
App Downloads
3.65b
Game Downloads
263.19m

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

9th

TTTAttributedLabel

Check “TTTAttributedLabel” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 3.09% have integrated TTTAttributedLabel. This accounts for 88% 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
39.05k
App Store
App Share
3.09%
App Store
Apps
38.86k
Games
190
Total Downloads
27.02b
App Store
Download Share
8.08%
App Store
App Downloads
26.14b
Game Downloads
883.29m

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

10th

NVActivityIndicatorView

Check “NVActivityIndicatorView” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.91% have integrated NVActivityIndicatorView. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

The NVActivityIndicatorView SDK is a collection of awesome loading animations.

Total Apps
33.31k
App Store
App Share
1.91%
App Store
Apps
33.05k
Games
262
Total Downloads
4.16b
App Store
Download Share
1.24%
App Store
App Downloads
4.06b
Game Downloads
90.75m

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

11th

DACircularProgress

Check “DACircularProgress” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 3.06% have integrated DACircularProgress. This accounts for 88% 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
33.07k
App Store
App Share
3.06%
App Store
Apps
32.77k
Games
303
Total Downloads
10.48b
App Store
Download Share
3.14%
App Store
App Downloads
9.64b
Game Downloads
848.40m

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

12th

Masonry

Check “Masonry” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.96% have integrated Masonry. This accounts for 88% 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
29.69k
App Store
App Share
1.96%
App Store
Apps
29.29k
Games
398
Total Downloads
10.89b
App Store
Download Share
3.26%
App Store
App Downloads
10.11b
Game Downloads
780.97m

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

13th

ALToastView

Check “ALToastView” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.19% have integrated ALToastView. This accounts for 88% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

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

Total Apps
28.95k
App Store
App Share
1.19%
App Store
Apps
5.84k
Games
23.11k
Total Downloads
54.80b
App Store
Download Share
16.39%
App Store
App Downloads
9.96b
Game Downloads
44.84b

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

14th

iCarousel

Check “iCarousel” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.92% have integrated iCarousel. This accounts for 88% 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
25.85k
App Store
App Share
1.92%
App Store
Apps
25.37k
Games
485
Total Downloads
15.62b
App Store
Download Share
4.67%
App Store
App Downloads
15.41b
Game Downloads
210.23m

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

15th

Cosmos

Check “Cosmos” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.38% have integrated Cosmos. This accounts for 88% 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
25.29k
App Store
App Share
1.38%
App Store
Apps
25.23k
Games
59
Total Downloads
2.51b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
2.51b
Game Downloads
3.47m

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

16th

TPKeyboardAvoiding

Check “TPKeyboardAvoiding” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.99% have integrated TPKeyboardAvoiding. This accounts for 88% 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
25.12k
App Store
App Share
1.99%
App Store
Apps
24.97k
Games
143
Total Downloads
9.32b
App Store
Download Share
2.79%
App Store
App Downloads
8.99b
Game Downloads
334.10m

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

18th

ActionSheetPicker

Check “ActionSheetPicker” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.45% have integrated ActionSheetPicker. This accounts for 88% 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
19.18k
App Store
App Share
1.45%
App Store
Apps
19.14k
Games
45
Total Downloads
3.63b
App Store
Download Share
1.09%
App Store
App Downloads
3.63b
Game Downloads
3.29m

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

19th

SideMenu

Check “SideMenu” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, <1% have integrated SideMenu. This accounts for 88% 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
17.93k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
17.85k
Games
80
Total Downloads
2.17b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
2.11b
Game Downloads
59.69m

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

20th

MarqueeLabel

Check “MarqueeLabel” SDK Insights

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, <1% have integrated MarqueeLabel. This accounts for 88% 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
17.11k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
17.02k
Games
97
Total Downloads
5.15b
App Store
Download Share
1.54%
App Store
App Downloads
5.13b
Game Downloads
17.64m

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

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