Square Go vs The Barkstead
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
The Barkstead
Manage your pet's care with ease. Schedule appointments, receive real-time updates and photos of your pet, communicate directly with staff, and handle payments seamlessly. Experience top-tier pet services.
- Schedule appointments
- Receive pet status updates
- Get pet pictures
- Chat with staff
- Contactless payments
- Pet care services
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The Barkstead offers the very best in pet care! Use our app to schedule appointments, receive status updates & pet pictures, chat with us, make contactless payments, and much more! Come see us at The Barkstead where we delight you and your pets!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Square Go at 187K against The Barkstead's 9. Square Go also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and chart position (#37 vs unranked). 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 The Barkstead. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square Go has 187K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Square Go ships an update fortnightly, The Barkstead every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Square Go | The Barkstead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (187K ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 187K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #37 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Block, Inc. | iTrust Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Square Go
The Barkstead
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
The Barkstead
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Square Go
No in-app purchases
The Barkstead
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Square Go free?
Is The Barkstead free?
Which has better reviews, Square Go or The Barkstead?
Do Square Go or The Barkstead have ads?
Which is updated more often, Square Go or The Barkstead?
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