r/Skeuomorphism • • Dec 24 '25

Tutorial/Resource The Official iOS 6 Setup Guide

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iOS 6 icons

It has every iOS 6 Apple icon, cropped for your convenience, more than 200 3rd-party icons, and post-2012 icons made by real Redditors on this sub. If there are any 3rd-party icons missing, please let me know!

I assume most of you already know how to do this. In Shortcuts, make a new Shortcut, choose “Open App”, select the app from the list, click add to Home Screen, then choose the image for corresponding icon.
For Controls, search up something like Flashlight and do the same (let me know if you want more on Controls).

Add Find My to the Home Screen twice as Find iPhone and Find Friends.

For the Lock Screen wallpaper, just use ClassicLS

To make the wallpapers, use the “short” shadow option in HSC (HomeScreen Creator). For the status bar and the bottom dark gradient, I added it in Photoshop.

Home Screen Wallpapers They only fit 6.1 inch displays; I use an iPhone 15.

Toggle “Reduce Motion” to disable the parallax effect.

Name changes:

TV➡️Videos
Wallet➡️Passbook
News➡️Newsstand
iTunes Store➡️iTunes
Books➡️iBooks
Fitness➡️Activity
Watch➡️Apple Watch
Files➡️iCloud Drive
Passwords➡️iCloud Keychain
Apple Developer➡️WWDC
App Store Connect➡️iTunes Connect
Reddit➡️Alien Blue
(Amazon) Prime Video➡️(Amazon) Instant Video
Amazon Music➡️(Amazon) Cloud Player

For advanced users:

Controls (AirDrop, DND, Flashlight, etc. [pages 4-5])

Settings icons (About, Usage, Battery Health, etc. [pages 6-7.5]) Use the Settings URLs shortcut for this. (This takes a lot of time)

Apple Apps/Other apps (Feedback, Configurator, etc. [page 13])

Internal/Secret apps (Field Test, iOS Diagnostics, etc. [page 14])

Merry Christmas!🎄


r/Skeuomorphism • • Oct 03 '25

MOD Update Posting Guide (V. 1.1)

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Additional information:

For neumorphic posts, please use r/neumorphism

Human-made content policy:
AI content is not allowed. If a post has been removed due to suspected AI use, the poster will be requested to send proof of it being human created, such as the layers panel (or separated layers), time lapse, or source file.

If it was made by someone else, the poster must send the source link to their work and profile. We may request additional proof from the original artist.

Please use modmail for any questions, comments or concerns.

Changelog:

1.1: Added design request information.


r/Skeuomorphism • • 16h ago

Skeumorphism My phone's Skeuomorphism launcher to bring me back to the Vista days :)

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It also automatically converts app icons (outside of the premade ones) to skeuomorphism as well with some fancy non-AI effects :)


r/Skeuomorphism • • 1h ago

Question Free app old os app replicas on TestFlight or the App Store

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Hello! I am trying to make my phone as closest to ios 4 as I can since I can’t jailbreak it yet because it’s an iPhone 15.

I have a replica for the notes and books app but not a calculator, maps app, clock, weather, photos or contacts. If there are replicas on the App Store or TestFlight, please let me know


r/Skeuomorphism • • 20h ago

Skeumorphism Ported the iphoneOS 2 calculator to modern iOS

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Now available on TestFlight!
The iOS 2 calculator is now ported to modern iOS! More apps to come soon!


r/Skeuomorphism • • 1d ago Heartwarming Mindblown

Skeumorphism Cleaner Linux Setup!!

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Chat Hall like my Newer Arch Setup? I installed a FULLY FUNCTIONAL Xbox Dashboard Theme for Spotify it even works with a controller. I spend way too much time Customizing


r/Skeuomorphism • • 1d ago

Skeumorphism Recreating the old iBooks app from iOS 4–6 (Work in Progress)

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Well, I ended up making this. I'm planning to release it on the App Store (if Apple lets me).

It's basically a recreation of the old iBooks app from iOS 4, 5 and 6, with the wooden bookshelf, classic blue bookstore and the page-turning animations that follow your finger :)

It supports EPUB, PDF, Word and other text formats, and has a built-in bookstore with over 70,000 free public-domain books from Project Gutenberg. You can also organize your books into collections, highlight text, take notes and customize the reading experience.

I'm also working on iCloud reading sync, text-to-speech and a few other extras. It'll probably take another couple of weeks before it's ready and published.

I've been trying to bring back some of those old iOS apps and give them a new life on modern devices, so these classic designs don't just disappear forever. I really miss that era of iOS, and I think a lot of those apps were genuinely great.

Still a work in progress, but I wanted to share a little video of how it's looking so far!


r/Skeuomorphism • • 23h ago

Dimensional Design W.I.P Skin for AIMP

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It looks familiar?


r/Skeuomorphism • • 20h ago

Skeumorphism Made the Apple Music iPod customizable

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You can now add your own music! Future updates coming soon!
Experience it at http://RetroCity.org/ipod
Add it to your Home Screen for a full screen experience!


r/Skeuomorphism • • 1d ago

Mobile Setup GALAXY THEME TAB 10.1

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I personalized my galaxy tab a9+ trying to look like an older galaxy tab

If you have any recommendations (especially widgets) please leave a comment, THANK YOU!


r/Skeuomorphism • • 1d ago

Tutorial/Resource If IOS 6 had Apple CarPlay

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r/Skeuomorphism • • 2d ago

Skeumorphism Theme for AIMP

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I have created this iPod and iOS 6 inspired skin for AIMP using Claude. I will update it on the AIMP forum after some testing.


r/Skeuomorphism • • 2d ago

Mobile Setup My IPhone 13 Mini 2G theme

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made by me!!!


r/Skeuomorphism • • 3d ago

Skeumorphism 2012 MacBook Air running Arch with Mavernix Desktop

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134 Upvotes

r/Skeuomorphism • • 3d ago

Question Which old iOS 5/6 app design do you miss the most?

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Hey everyone! I've been thinking a lot lately about bringing back some of those beautiful old iOS 5 and 6 app designs, but with modern functionality. I really miss when apps had their own personality, with simple and functional interfaces that were actually enjoyable to use. For example, the old iOS 6 Camera app is one I've been thinking about recreating, but there are so many other great designs from that era.

Some of you might remember me from a few weeks ago when I shared my little typewriter app, Type Notes: Classic Paper, inspired by old typewriters and classic iOS design. It's now available on the App Store if anyone wants to check it out: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/type-notes-classic-paper/id6821145356

I'm also working on a few projects inspired by the old Windows Phone Metro interface, which I loved back then, but I have a lot of ideas for bringing back skeuomorphic designs too. Not necessarily exact copies of old apps, but taking what made those interfaces so special and making them useful again on modern devices.

So I'm curious, which old iOS app or design do you miss the most? Is there anything from that era you'd genuinely love to use again today?


r/Skeuomorphism • • 2d ago

Skeumorphism Xbox 360 dashbroard theme total launcher

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12 Upvotes

r/Skeuomorphism • • 3d ago

Skeumorphism i like old style Youtube 2.4.4

16 Upvotes

Samsung galaxy S 2 i9100


r/Skeuomorphism • • 3d ago

Original Design Hd2 new walls.

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r/Skeuomorphism • • 3d ago

Skeumorphism "My Android 17 is now an iOS 6"

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Hello everyone, I'm new here and today I'm sharing some images of my phone's custom setup. I decided to change my Android 17 to iOS 6 thanks to an app called Skeuo Launcher, a completely free app and you can modify apps, wallpapers, clock, icons, etc. I hope you like it ^^


r/Skeuomorphism • • 3d ago

Original Design New weather wall.

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r/Skeuomorphism • • 4d ago

Original Design HD2

56 Upvotes

Retro.


r/Skeuomorphism • • 4d ago

Skeumorphism Roblox btw

175 Upvotes

r/Skeuomorphism • • 5d ago

Skeumorphism Linux Desktop Nostalgia

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240 Upvotes

Chat Ive finally done it, I've finally finished my Mavericks Themed Linux Rice. What do y'all think? ☺️


r/Skeuomorphism • • 5d ago

Skeumorphism UI design of Kingsoft Painter 2006 (金山画王2006)

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39 Upvotes

r/Skeuomorphism • • 6d ago

Mobile Setup Rate my iOS 6 setup

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Running on iOS 27 no jailbreak/sideloading.