Remove tab bar item text, show only image

You should play with imageInsets property of UITabBarItem. Here is sample code:

let tabBarItem = UITabBarItem(title: nil, image: UIImage(named: "more")
tabBarItem.imageInsets = UIEdgeInsets(top: 9, left: 0, bottom: -9, right: 0)

Values inside UIEdgeInsets depend on your image size. Here is the result of that code in my app:

// Remove the titles and adjust the inset to account for missing title
for(UITabBarItem * tabBarItem in self.tabBar.items){
    tabBarItem.title = @"";
    tabBarItem.imageInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(6, 0, -6, 0);
}