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Top 20 User Interface and Graphics SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store
Last update: 18 Feb 2025 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, 99.96% have integrated Apple UIKit. This accounts for 99.99% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

Total Apps
1.57m
App Store
App Share
99.96%
App Store
Apps
1.39m
Games
181.62k
Total Downloads
466.49b
App Store
Download Share
99.99%
App Store
App Downloads
349.11b
Game Downloads
117.38b

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 10.03% have integrated Lottie by Airbnb. This accounts for 33.31% 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
157.56k
App Store
App Share
10.03%
App Store
Apps
155.73k
Games
1.83k
Total Downloads
155.39b
App Store
Download Share
33.31%
App Store
App Downloads
150.91b
Game Downloads
4.48b

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 9.31% have integrated MBProgressHUD. This accounts for 12.91% 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
146.13k
App Store
App Share
9.31%
App Store
Apps
141.79k
Games
4.34k
Total Downloads
60.22b
App Store
Download Share
12.91%
App Store
App Downloads
54.78b
Game Downloads
5.43b

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 6.93% have integrated IQKeyboardManager. This accounts for 4.43% 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
108.83k
App Store
App Share
6.93%
App Store
Apps
107.95k
Games
883
Total Downloads
20.66b
App Store
Download Share
4.43%
App Store
App Downloads
20.30b
Game Downloads
362.44m

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 6.12% have integrated SVProgressHUD. This accounts for 5.53% 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
96.08k
App Store
App Share
6.12%
App Store
Apps
94.18k
Games
1.90k
Total Downloads
25.81b
App Store
Download Share
5.53%
App Store
App Downloads
24.34b
Game Downloads
1.47b

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 4.78% have integrated Toast-Swift. This accounts for 1.44% 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
75.09k
App Store
App Share
4.78%
App Store
Apps
74.11k
Games
988
Total Downloads
6.71b
App Store
Download Share
1.44%
App Store
App Downloads
6.07b
Game Downloads
644.34m

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 4.73% 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
74.21k
App Store
App Share
4.73%
App Store
Apps
73.97k
Games
238
Total Downloads
4.24b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
4.24b
Game Downloads
2.70m

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 3.99% have integrated SnapKit. This accounts for 6.56% 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
62.72k
App Store
App Share
3.99%
App Store
Apps
62.01k
Games
711
Total Downloads
30.59b
App Store
Download Share
6.56%
App Store
App Downloads
29.94b
Game Downloads
656.65m

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 2.17% have integrated NVActivityIndicatorView. This accounts for 1.20% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

The NVActivityIndicatorView SDK is a collection of awesome loading animations.

Total Apps
34.03k
App Store
App Share
2.17%
App Store
Apps
33.78k
Games
251
Total Downloads
5.59b
App Store
Download Share
1.20%
App Store
App Downloads
5.48b
Game Downloads
115.90m

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.97% have integrated TTTAttributedLabel. This accounts for 5.89% 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
30.90k
App Store
App Share
1.97%
App Store
Apps
30.71k
Games
185
Total Downloads
27.50b
App Store
Download Share
5.89%
App Store
App Downloads
26.20b
Game Downloads
1.30b

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.88% have integrated Masonry. This accounts for 3.00% 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
29.50k
App Store
App Share
1.88%
App Store
Apps
28.96k
Games
533
Total Downloads
13.98b
App Store
Download Share
3.00%
App Store
App Downloads
12.76b
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, 1.60% have integrated DACircularProgress. This accounts for 2.28% 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
25.06k
App Store
App Share
1.60%
App Store
Apps
24.84k
Games
219
Total Downloads
10.62b
App Store
Download Share
2.28%
App Store
App Downloads
10.27b
Game Downloads
353.75m

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.52% 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
23.83k
App Store
App Share
1.52%
App Store
Apps
23.76k
Games
67
Total Downloads
3.10b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
3.07b
Game Downloads
25.42m

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.50% have integrated ALToastView. This accounts for 4.13% of app downloads within the user interface and graphics SDK category.

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

Total Apps
23.63k
App Store
App Share
1.50%
App Store
Apps
3.96k
Games
19.67k
Total Downloads
19.28b
App Store
Download Share
4.13%
App Store
App Downloads
3.51b
Game Downloads
15.77b

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.36% have integrated iCarousel. This accounts for 3.31% 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
21.37k
App Store
App Share
1.36%
App Store
Apps
20.93k
Games
439
Total Downloads
15.45b
App Store
Download Share
3.31%
App Store
App Downloads
15.13b
Game Downloads
310.82m

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.26% have integrated TPKeyboardAvoiding. This accounts for 2.12% 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
19.83k
App Store
App Share
1.26%
App Store
Apps
19.67k
Games
156
Total Downloads
9.88b
App Store
Download Share
2.12%
App Store
App Downloads
9.19b
Game Downloads
699.64m

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.13% have integrated MarqueeLabel. This accounts for 1.41% 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
17.71k
App Store
App Share
1.13%
App Store
Apps
17.62k
Games
94
Total Downloads
6.57b
App Store
Download Share
1.41%
App Store
App Downloads
6.45b
Game Downloads
112.41m

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.11% 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
17.36k
App Store
App Share
1.11%
App Store
Apps
17.29k
Games
76
Total Downloads
2.81b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
2.73b
Game Downloads
74.68m

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

Among all apps utilizing user interface and graphics SDKs, 1.01% 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
15.86k
App Store
App Share
1.01%
App Store
Apps
15.82k
Games
46
Total Downloads
3.56b
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
3.55b
Game Downloads
5.41m

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

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