Square Go vs Security Protex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Square Go
Discover and manage your favorite local businesses. Reorder services, rebook appointments, and track your history with ease. Find new spots with personalized recommendations and communicate directly with businesses.
- Search businesses by name and map
- Explore 250K+ local businesses
- Rebook and reschedule appointments
- Track order and appointment history
- Personalized recommendations
- Direct business messaging
- Leave verified reviews and ratings
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Become a regular. Reorder, rebook, and track your favorite businesses. - Search by business and map: Easily find businesses near you and search across 2 million services - Explore 250K+ local businesses on Square - Convenient appointment and order management: Easily rebook, reorder, reschedule, without the phone tag - Track your appointment and order history, easily look up your favorite staff members, and get reminders - Get personalized recommendations based on your history - Communicate directly: message your favorite business in one tap - Share your Go-to spots: leave verified reviews and ratings for your favorite people and places
Security Protex
This professional platform helps security personnel and building managers in gated communities efficiently manage operations. It offers real-time visitor verification, a detailed event log, and instant security alerts for enhanced community safety and control.
- Visitor access management with QR codes
- Real-time permit verification
- Digital event log for entries/exits
- Security alert notifications
- Incident reporting
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Protexa Security is the comprehensive solution designed for security personnel and building management in gated communities. Our professional platform empowers you to manage security operations efficiently: • Access Management: Real-time verification of permits and QR codes for visitors, service providers, and residents. • Event Log: Detailed digital ledger of all entries, exits, and security alerts for complete traceability. • Critical Notifications: Instant reception of security alerts and incident reports within the complex. Optimize your community’s operational control with a tool built for modern security management.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Square Go at fortnightly against Security Protex's every 4 months. Square Go also leads on ratings volume (185K vs 1) and chart position (#48 vs unranked). Security Protex's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Square Go against 5.0 for Security Protex. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square Go has 185K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Square Go ships an update fortnightly, Security Protex every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Square Go | Security Protex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (185K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 185K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #48 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Block, Inc. | SOLUTIONS PROTEXA TECHNOLOGY S.R.L |
Customer experience
Square Go
Security Protex
Bugs and requests
Square Go
Reported bugs
4 issues- Constant loading screen, app never loads
- Inability to confirm appointments
- Calendar view issues (scrolling, month navigation)
- Sign-up flow problems
Requested features
5 requests- Favorite/bookmark frequently used businesses
- Ability to restrict search to specific locations
- In-app tipping functionality
- Seamless calendar integration (write-only access)
- Improved notification and reminder system
Security Protex
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Square Go
No in-app purchases
Security Protex
No in-app purchases
