Comparison

SquareGlow vs Taptic d/Deaf Support

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

Head to head
About

SquareGlow

Easily manage your smart lights by organizing them into rooms, setting schedules, and transforming your space with custom scenes and millions of colors. Automate your lighting for waking up, going to sleep, or when you're away from home.

Highlights
  • Organize lights into rooms
  • Remote control for home/away
  • Transform rooms with scenes
  • Millions of color options
  • Automated wake/sleep routines
  • Share device access
  • Real-time safety alerts
Features
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1.Control your lights with Ease – With the SquareGlow App, you can easily organize your individual lights into rooms. Switch rooms on/off or change the color or brightness of all your lights to match your mood or your activity. It’s easy to control no matter how many lights you have. 2.Home and Away – Set it and forget it. Your lights will allow you to turn on or off when you are home or when you are not home. 3.Add and control SquareGlow devices at once simultaneously with SquareGlow App control. 4.Transform rooms with one tap – Enjoy the dusk in Bermuda or a night out at the Champ de Maris in Paris. Simply tap the scene to transform your room. The SquareGlow App features 8 scene with unique effects. 5.Play with a million colors – transform your lighting into an extraordinary experience with our color palette. Effortlessly choose from the million colors or any shade of white light. 6.Wake up and Go to Sleep – Configure your lights to help you fall asleep at night and wake up energized. Create your own personal sleep routine to automatically off the light in the evening. 7.Easily share devices among family members. 8.Receive real-time alerts to ensure safety.

About

Taptic d/Deaf Support

This app provides customizable alerts for sound-based notifications, offering vibration, flashlight, or standard notifications. It also features a text-to-speech and speech-to-text function for communication, with real-time transcription and the ability to save conversations.

Highlights
  • Customizable sound alerts
  • Vibration, notification, and flashlight alerts
  • Text-to-speech communication
  • Real-time speech transcription
  • Save conversation transcripts
  • Alerts when phone is off
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Sound Tab: Select the sounds you want to be notified by. Customize alerts: vibration, notification, flashlight. Receive alerts even when your phone is off. Text Tab: Type a message. Typed responses are displayed in a flipped orientation and automatically spoken out loud. Press record to listen to speech and receive accurate real-time transcriptions. Save transcripts. https://www.tapticapp.com/terms-and-conditions https://www.tapticapp.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

SquareGlow4 screens
Taptic d/Deaf Support4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SquareGlow at none against Taptic d/Deaf Support's 2. SquareGlow also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (106 vs 11). Taptic d/Deaf Support's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 42 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Taptic d/Deaf Support sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. SquareGlow asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SquareGlow holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SquareGlow has 106 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of SquareGlow's written reviews are positive against 40% of Taptic d/Deaf Support's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SquareGlow ships an update every 42 months, Taptic d/Deaf Support weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and June 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
SquareGlow versus Taptic d/Deaf Support: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquareGlowTaptic d/Deaf Support
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (106 ratings) — better4.4 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings106 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 42 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size174 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJulio RodriguezMicah Roberson

Customer experience

SquareGlow

All ratings106 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Taptic d/Deaf Support

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

SquareGlow

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Taptic d/Deaf Support

Subscriptions2
  • Taptic +$4.991 Month
  • Taptic +$49.991 Year

Questions

Is SquareGlow free?
SquareGlow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Taptic d/Deaf Support free?
Taptic d/Deaf Support is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SquareGlow or Taptic d/Deaf Support?
SquareGlow is rated higher. SquareGlow averages 4.8 out of 5 from 106 ratings, while Taptic d/Deaf Support averages 4.4 from 11 ratings.
Do SquareGlow or Taptic d/Deaf Support have ads?
Neither SquareGlow nor Taptic d/Deaf Support shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SquareGlow or Taptic d/Deaf Support?
SquareGlow ships an update every 42 months, and Taptic d/Deaf Support weekly. Most recently, SquareGlow was updated on September 13, 2026 and Taptic d/Deaf Support on June 4, 2026.

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