Comparison

Square vs KioskBuddy

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Square

Manage your restaurant's front and back-of-house operations with a powerful point-of-sale system. Handle orders, customize menus, accept payments, and gain insights from real-time sales reports. Designed for dining in, takeout, and online orders.

Highlights
  • Order and payment processing
  • Customizable online ordering site
  • Menu management
  • Flexible payment acceptance
  • Offline payment capability
  • Floor plan customization
  • Real-time sales reports
Features
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The Square for Restaurants Point of Sale app helps you manage front- and back-of-house operations for your full-service restaurant, quick-service restaurant, fast-casual restaurant, bar, or brewery. Get the powerful point-of-sale system designed to serve guests who are dining in, getting takeout, or ordering online. Handle orders, set up menus, manage table layouts, accept payments, enable coursing, get insights from real-time sales reports, and more. ORDERS & PAYMENTS * Turn tables faster and keep lines moving. Increase staff efficiency with an easy-to-use, intuitive interface. * Empower servers to get every order right with the ability to enter orders the way people talk. * Take orders even when you’re short-staffed with QR codes. ONLINE ORDERING * Create a free, customizable online ordering site. * Manage all orders from your POS, including in-person, online, and third-party delivery orders. * Reach more diners with Google, Instagram, and Facebook selling integrations. MENU MANAGEMENT * Create and customize your menus from the office, remotely, or directly from your POS. * Keep service running smoothly with your staff always in the know of what’s selling and what’s about to sell out. FLEXIBLE PAYMENTS * Accept all major credit cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay so you never have to turn a diner away. * Set up automatic tipping, move or assign checks to your staff, reopen closed checks, and manage voids with just a few taps. * Never miss a sale with offline payments. Learn more at https://squareup.com/us/en/payments/offline-payments-guide.  * Square handles all PCI compliance fees or chargebacks on your behalf. * Get deposits in your bank account as fast as the next business day or access your sales instantly with a Square Checking account. Learn more at squareup.com/us/en/banking.  FLOOR MANAGEMENT * Customize your floor plan with intuitive click-and-drag layouts. * Tip out staff, close out the cash drawer, manage comps and voids, and run close-of-day reports all from the POS. * Keep tables turning by monitoring their real-time status. * Stay on pace with coursing — letting the kitchen know when to hold or start firing dishes. SUPPORT * Customer support available to guide you through any questions. Learn more about Square for Restaurants and set yourself up from Square Dashboard before activating this app on an iOS device: https://squareup.com/us/en/point-of-sale/restaurants

About

KioskBuddy

Streamline customer service and reduce wait times with a customizable self-order kiosk solution. Easily manage menus and checkout processes to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Highlights
  • Self-order kiosks
  • Customizable menus
  • Streamlined checkout
  • Reduced wait times
  • Branding control
  • Payment integration
Features
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Your ticket to shorter wait times and happier customers! Keep your lines moving with self-order kiosks. Easily customize your menu and create an ultra streamlined checkout experience. Use KioskBuddy to cut down on wait times, keep your lines flowing, and deliver excellent customer service. Best-in-class customization lets you control everything from branding, ordering, payments, and more.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: KioskBuddy at 83% against Square's 34%. KioskBuddy also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Square's advantage is ratings volume (4.2K vs 15) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KioskBuddy holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square has 4.2K ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Square's written reviews are positive against 83% of KioskBuddy's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Square ships an update every 6 days, KioskBuddy fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Square versus KioskBuddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquareKioskBuddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (4.2K ratings)4.7 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews34.4% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.2K — better15
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS17.116.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size775 MB141 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBlock, Inc.KioskBuddy, LLC

Customer experience

Square

All ratings4,198 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral4.1%
Negative13.2%
Written reviews93 reviews
Positive34.4%
Neutral7.5%
Negative58.1%

KioskBuddy

All ratings15 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

Square

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Orders not processing correctly
  • Transactions not completing
  • Inventory updates not syncing
  • Shift reports not printing properly
  • Card reader disconnection issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to split items across checks
  • Hold/save orders functionality
  • Improved inventory management
  • Better reporting and analytics
  • Mobile app for managing the restaurant

KioskBuddy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Square

No in-app purchases

None

KioskBuddy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Square free?
Square is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KioskBuddy free?
KioskBuddy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Square or KioskBuddy?
KioskBuddy is rated higher. Square averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4.2K ratings, while KioskBuddy averages 4.7 from 15 ratings.
Do Square or KioskBuddy have ads?
Neither Square nor KioskBuddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Square or KioskBuddy?
Square ships an update every 6 days, and KioskBuddy fortnightly. Most recently, Square was updated on November 8, 2026 and KioskBuddy on November 2, 2026.

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