Comparison

Square Video Editor 2 vs JPEG XL Toolbox

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

Head to head
About

Square Video Editor 2

Easily create square videos for social media without cropping. Add text, frames, and shapes to make your videos unique and engaging. Import videos from your camera roll or record new ones to fit any canvas.

Highlights
  • Create square videos without cropping
  • Move, rotate, scale, and flip videos
  • Add text overlays
  • Incorporate frames and shapes
  • Use colorful backgrounds and patterns
  • Save to camera roll or share directly
Features
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Square Video Edit is the best and easiest way to post entire videos to Instagram, Facebook and other social medias. Amazing scenes, popular frames and overlay shapes will help make your videos stand out. Most videos from camera roll are landscape or portrait videos. And it’s really annoying that you may miss some great parts of your videos when posting to Instagram. Video Editor for Instagram helps you upload full size videos to Instagram easily and quickly. You can move, rotate, scale or flip the video. Import video from album or take video from camera, then it will fit the entire video to canvas. - Designed layout with simple taps. Move, Rotate, Scale, Fit, Fill and Flip. - The quickest and easiest way to create a square video. - Create a video with our fun shapes collage. - Lots of awesome frames and scenes - Tons of colorful backgrounds and beautiful patterns. - Quickly save to camera roll or share to Instagram, Facebook and etc.

About

JPEG XL Toolbox

This app converts various image formats, including ProRAW DNG, HEIF, and JPEG, to JPEG XL (JXL). It offers lossless and lossy compression options, preserves metadata and 16-bit depth, and supports batch conversions. The app also maintains HDR display effects.

Highlights
  • ProRAW DNG to JXL conversion
  • Lossless and lossy compression
  • Metadata and 16-bit depth preservation
  • HDR display effect support
  • Batch conversion
  • HEIF and JPEG to JXL conversion
Features
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This application offers various JPEG XL (JXL) functionalities. Supports: * ProRAW DNG -> DNG - Lossless compression, about 1/2 of the original size - Lossy compression, about 1/6 of the original size * ProRAW DNG -> JXL - Lossy conversion, about 1/7 of the original size * DNG -> JXL - Lossy conversion, about 1/7 of the original size * HEIF -> JXL - Lossy conversion * JPEG -> JXL - Lossless conversion Features: * Keeps the internal metadata * Preserves 16-bit depth * Preserves HDR display effects in iOS Photos App * Batch conversion capabilities === CHNAGELOG === ### version 0.3.2 * Bumps libjxl to v0.10.2 * Adjusts settings view ### version 0.3.1 * Improves processing speed significantly * Adds lossless mode for ProRAW compression * Uses 7 as the default effort ### version 0.3.0 * Adds ProRAW direct compression ### version 0.2.1 * Settings page adjustment * Some UI improvements ### version 0.2.0 * Adds Pro version purchase * Adds several ProRAW parameters in settings for Pro version * Adds decoding speed in settings * Low memory mode now allows devices with 4GB RAM to convert 48M ProRAW ### version 0.1.2 * Uses lossless encoding for JPEG automatically * Adds Modular mode support * Adds Progressive mode support * Adds Colorspace support * Keeps HDR effect when converting from ProRAW ### version 0.1.1 * Adds support for ProRAW to lossy JPEG XL conversion * Adds Batch conversion * Keeps DNG Metadata in JXL * Adds quality and effort in settings

Screenshots

Square Video Editor 24 screens
JPEG XL Toolbox3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: JPEG XL Toolbox at Free against Square Video Editor 2's $0.99. JPEG XL Toolbox also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Square Video Editor 2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (100 vs 4). On ads, monetization model 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

JPEG XL Toolbox is free to download; Square Video Editor 2 costs $0.99 up front. JPEG XL Toolbox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Square Video Editor 2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JPEG XL Toolbox holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square Video Editor 2 has 100 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Square Video Editor 2's written reviews are positive against 100% of JPEG XL Toolbox's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Square Video Editor 2 versus JPEG XL Toolbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquare Video Editor 2JPEG XL Toolbox
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (100 ratings)4.8 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings100 — better4
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer80 Degree Photo StudioSUIKA LTD

Customer experience

Square Video Editor 2

All ratings101 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral5.9%
Negative7.9%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.9%

JPEG XL Toolbox

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Square Video Editor 2

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

JPEG XL Toolbox

One-time1
  • JPEG XL Toolbox Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Square Video Editor 2 free?
Square Video Editor 2 costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is JPEG XL Toolbox free?
JPEG XL Toolbox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Square Video Editor 2 or JPEG XL Toolbox?
JPEG XL Toolbox is rated higher. Square Video Editor 2 averages 4.5 out of 5 from 100 ratings, while JPEG XL Toolbox averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Square Video Editor 2 or JPEG XL Toolbox have ads?
Neither Square Video Editor 2 nor JPEG XL Toolbox shows ads.

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