Raven Dark Icon Pack

Review by eFreeware

The most distinctive thing about Raven Dark Icon Pack is that it does one job and does it in one direction: it turns your home screen dark. Not dark as an afterthought, but deep blacks, greys and a few restrained color accents across thousands of icons. The developer, Creativepixels, describes the result as a nocturnal landscape, and that is the pitch in a sentence. If you like the idea of a phone that looks moody and minimal rather than bright and busy, this is the kind of pack you would go looking for.

It is a paid download at $0.69, with no ads and no in-app purchases attached, which makes it a simple proposition: you pay once and the pack is yours. It sits in the Personalization category and carries an Everyone rating. The install base is modest rather than huge, with more than 10,000 installs and a 4.5 average from 386 ratings, so it has found a small audience rather than a mass one.

Who is it for? Someone who already runs a launcher that supports icon packs, wants a dark, uncluttered look, and is willing to spend a little time applying it. It is a set of icons plus a few extras, and it assumes you have the rest of the setup in place.

The icon library is the main event

The headline feature is the size of the collection. The pack includes more than 6,500 icons, with the current total at 7,323 after 87 icons were added in the latest release. That is a large library by any standard, and it includes alternate designs for popular apps, so common entries are not limited to a single look. The pack is built to cover a wide range of launchers, and the developer recommends Nova Launcher specifically.

The design language is consistent: deep blacks, greys and subtle hits of vibrant color. That combination is what gives the pack its character. A pure black-and-white set can feel flat, while too much color breaks the mood; the accents here are meant to be small enough to keep the dark theme intact while still letting individual icons read clearly. The developer calls the approach minimalist, prioritizing visual harmony over decoration.

What I like about the structure of this is that it is not trying to be clever. An icon pack lives or dies on whether the icons look like they belong together, and a palette this narrow makes that easier to achieve. If you have ever applied a pack where half the icons look like they came from different sets, the appeal of a tightly controlled palette is obvious.

The library also grows. The recent update history shows a steady cadence of additions: 99 icons in August 2026, 108 in July, 77 in June, 101 in May and 143 in April, with the total climbing from 6,852 to 7,323 over that stretch. The developer says updates include icon requests submitted by users, which is a strong claim, and it is the kind of thing that matters more than any single design decision.

Wallpapers, alternates and requesting what's missing

Beyond the icons themselves, the pack includes 15 dark wallpapers delivered from the cloud. Fifteen is not a huge number, but they are curated to match the palette, which is the point. A dark icon set on a bright wallpaper looks unfinished, so having a small set of backgrounds that agree with the icons is more useful than a large set that does not.

There is also an icon request tool built in. If an app you use is not covered, you can ask for it rather than waiting and hoping. The developer ties this directly to the update schedule. Whether every single request makes it in is not something I can verify, but the mechanism exists and the update log shows a lot of icons arriving on a regular basis.

The alternates for popular apps are worth a mention too. When a pack only offers one icon per app, your home screen can end up looking repetitive, especially if you use several apps from the same developer or several apps in the same category. Having an alternative design to pick from gives you a way to break that up without leaving the pack.

Taken together, these extras round out the package. The icons are the reason to buy, but the wallpapers and the request tool are what keep the setup coherent after the first day, when you start noticing the apps that were not covered.

What you need before you buy

You need a supported launcher. An icon pack works alongside a launcher. Nova is the recommended option.

A second list covers launchers that work with the pack but are not included in the in-app apply section: Arrow, ASAP, Cobo, Line, Mesh, Peek, Z, Launch by Quixey, iTop, KK, MN, New, S, Open, Flick, Poco and Niagra. For those, the pack can be applied from the launcher's own settings instead. That distinction is worth understanding before you pay, because it changes the steps you follow.

Samsung users have an extra requirement. Android 12 with One UI 4.0 or newer is required, and applying icons on those versions means downloading the Theme Park app from Good Lock on the Samsung store. Theme Park is free, but it is another piece of the setup.

Two warnings apply to the app. Icon packs are not supported by Google Now Launcher, so a supported launcher is needed. Those are not small print so much as the two conditions that decide whether this purchase makes sense for you. The price is $0.69, there are no ads and no in-app purchases, so the cost is a one-time thing rather than an ongoing commitment.

How to get it applied without frustration

The basic process is short. Install a supported launcher, then select the icon pack and apply it. If your launcher is on the second list, or not on either, the developer points you to the launcher settings instead. On Samsung devices running One UI 4.0 or newer, the path goes through Theme Park from Good Lock. Knowing which of these three situations applies to you before you start saves a lot of confusion.

My advice is to settle the launcher question first. If you are already running Nova or another supported launcher, the pack slots in with almost no effort. If you are not, you are effectively choosing a launcher as part of this purchase, and that is a bigger decision than the $0.69 price suggests. The icon pack is only as good as the launcher underneath it.

Once it is applied, the wallpapers are the natural next step. Pick one of the 15 dark options so the home screen matches the icons, then go through your app drawer and see what is missing. That is the moment to use the request tool, while the gap is fresh in your mind rather than weeks later. The alternates are also worth a look for apps you use most, since swapping one or two icons can make a crowded screen feel less uniform.

If you use a lot of niche apps, expect to lean on the request tool. The library is large, but no icon pack covers everything, and the developer's update cycle is the mechanism for closing those gaps. The recent update history suggests a fairly regular rhythm, which is reassuring if you are the sort of person who notices an uncovered icon every time you open the drawer.

A dark set with a narrow, clear purpose

The strengths here are easy to state. The library is large and growing, the palette is disciplined, the wallpapers match, and there is a way to ask for what is missing. The price is low and the monetization is clean: one payment, no ads, no in-app purchases. For a personalization purchase, that is about as uncomplicated as it gets.

This is a dark pack, so it is a poor fit if you want something bright or colorful. The wallpaper selection is 15, which is enough to match the theme but not a library in itself. And the pack is a set of icons, so the rest of your setup still has to come from somewhere.

None of that is a flaw so much as a description of what the product is. The developer has made a specific thing and not tried to be everything. The 4.5 average from 386 ratings suggests the people who bought it largely got what they expected, though that is a small sample and not a substitute for checking the requirements against your own phone.

A good fit for a dark, minimal home screen

If you run a supported launcher and you want a dark, restrained look, Raven Dark Icon Pack is a straightforward buy. The collection is large, the alternates give you room to vary the screen, the wallpapers keep everything consistent, and the request tool means the gaps can be filled over time.

If you want a bright or colorful theme, this pack is built in the opposite direction. For everyone else who likes the idea of a nocturnal home screen, this is a well-scoped pack at a low price, and the update history suggests it will keep growing.

What's new in version 1.3.1

Added 87 Icons. Added new and updated app Icons for automatic home screen theming. Redesigned Few Icons to Enhance Visual Experience. Total Icon Count (7323). ★ August 2026 Update Included 99 Icons. Total Icons (7236). ★ July 2026 Update Included 108 Icons. Total Icons (7137). ★ June 2026 Update Included 77 Icons. Total Icons (7029). ★ May 2026 Update Included 101 Icons. Total Icons (6953). ★ April 2026 Update Included 143 Icons. Total Icons (6852).