A favicon package is easy to underestimate. Many people think of it as one tiny image in a browser tab, but a modern site usually needs a small set of related assets. The browser tab icon is only one surface. Mobile shortcuts, Android icons, Apple touch icons, and manifest references can all need their own files.
The practical goal is not to collect every possible icon variant. The goal is to ship a focused package that covers common browser and app-like surfaces without turning launch prep into manual export work. The Favicon / App Icon Generator in Converty is built around that job: start from one square image and download a bundle with the common files together.
The core file is still favicon.ico
favicon.ico remains the most familiar favicon file. It is the asset people expect to see associated with browser tabs, bookmarks, and older favicon conventions.
Even when a site also includes PNG icons and a web manifest, favicon.ico is still useful because it covers a traditional path many browsers and tools understand. For a simple site, it is often the first file someone checks when the tab icon does not look right.
PNG icons cover modern surfaces
Modern icon packages usually include PNG files at multiple sizes. Different browsers, shortcuts, and display contexts may use different dimensions. Exporting only one size can leave the browser or device to scale the image, which may make small icons look soft or crowded.
This is why source artwork matters. A square, simple, readable image produces better results across the package than a detailed graphic squeezed into several sizes. Converty cannot turn a complex logo into a perfect tiny mark, but it can remove the repetitive export work once you have a suitable source.
Apple touch icons and Android icons serve different surfaces
Apple touch icons are used for Apple device shortcut surfaces. Android-ready icons support related install and shortcut use cases on Android-oriented surfaces.
Those files are easy to forget because they are not always visible during a normal desktop browser check. The site can look fine in a tab while still missing assets that matter after someone saves it to a device home screen. A complete package makes that less likely.
If you are deciding whether an Apple touch icon is separate from a favicon, read Apple Touch Icon vs Favicon: What Should a Modern Site Include?.
The manifest ties app-like surfaces together
A starter site.webmanifest gives a web app or site a place to describe icons and related display metadata. It is not a replacement for the icon files themselves. It points to them so compatible surfaces can understand what assets are available.
That is why Converty includes a starter manifest in the package. The generated file gives you a practical starting point, but you still need to place the assets in your project and reference them from your site setup.
A practical favicon package checklist
A focused favicon package should usually include:
favicon.ico- multiple PNG icon sizes
- Apple touch icon output
- Android-ready icon output
- a starter
site.webmanifest
This is enough for many small sites, SaaS launches, marketing pages, and documentation projects. More specialized setups may need extra platform-specific assets, but the common package gets the routine work out of the way.
Open the Favicon / App Icon Generator when you have one square source image and need the common favicon package files bundled in one export. For the broader workflow, read How to Generate a Complete Favicon Package From One Image.
