Collect Icons is a tile-matching game that features match-3 play instead of more traditional matches of identical pairs of tiles. Across hundreds of levels on a road in a fantasy world of anthropomorphic technologies, the player clears playfields of common app icons layered in different patterns.
The tiles include address book, chat, calculator, calendar, camera, compass, email, music, note, photo storage and weather app icons. The player can select any tile, as long as it isn't hidden beneath one or more other tiles. When they make a selection, the game transfers the tile to the first of seven slots below the field. They must match three tiles in this location before the game removes the set from the screen. They continue selections until no more tiles remain.
If the player fills all the slots, they lose the level. That said, they can play again without a penalty. If they want to go to the home screen and world map for any reason, they must use a heart.
Collect Icons has booster tools that the player initially receives access to for free. They use coin winnings from the end of each level to then buy more access to the boosters. With these tools, the player can collect three matching icon tiles, shuffle the remaining tiles, undo a move, or add an extra empty eighth slot. If they need extra coins, they can use the store icon on the home screen to get free coins. They can also earn coins by viewing ad videos.