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7 years ago from Maciej Jurczak, UI/UX Designer
A ton of them do, particularly Apple's default icons. Honestly, I think gradients were one of the most prominent parts of iOS 7's design.
I disagree. Most of the app icons on my phone screen are sporting gradients. iOS 7 pushed gradients pretty heavily, too.
Android apps tend to rely less on gradients, but it's still there.
Most of big brands push flat background icons, Instapaper, Medium, Spotify, 53 Paper, Messenger ( bubble has gradient ok ), Periscope. 1/3 Apple apps also have no gradients and white bg. But guys I think is subjective for everyone :)
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Personaly, I think gradients leave around a year after the iOS 7 came out. Look on your screen and count how many app icons have flat color backgrounds right now. For me the ultimate designe style is the Stripe style and I glad that Apple propagate gradients once more.