Photo Measures vs SquareCoil
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Photo Measures
Easily measure and annotate dimensions directly onto your photos. Perfect for home improvement, real estate, or any project requiring precise measurements. Save, organize, and share your annotated images with ease.
- Draw measures directly on photos
- Zoom for precision
- Add text comments
- Support for angles
- Imperial or metric units
- Organize photos by category
- Export as PDF or JPG
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Photo Measures is the most elegant and the easiest way to save measures on your own photos on iPhone and iPad! Architectural Digest - "Very useful when shopping or meeting with contractors" Tuaw.com - "It's perfect for your own work around the house, and handy for creating plans to bring to a contractor" AppSafari - "So incredibly convenient" Featured on the front page of the AppStore under New & Noteworthy and Staff Favorites in more than 70 countries, including the US, France, Germany and Canada. Recommended by many reference magazines, websites and blogs all around the world: Architectural Digest, Tuaw.com, This Old House, AppOfTheDay.com, AppSafari.com, etc... ◆◆◆◆◆ Constructing a house? Engineering a new project? Moving to a new place? Take some photos and note down the dimensions on the photos to remember the exact layout, and to make sure that everything will fit easily. Need to keep in mind the exact dimensions of an object? Just take a photo and quickly write them on it. Are you decorating? Want to buy a new frame or a new furniture but not sure it will fit? No problem since you can have all your house dimensions always with you! ◆◆◆◆◆ You are a real estate agent? A contractor? An engineer? A designer? Working in the construction industry? Someone who wants to keep his house's measure easily accessible? Whenever you need to save dimensions, sizes, angles or write down a detail you need to remember, Photo Measures will help you to be more efficient and more accurate. ◆◆◆◆◆ Photo Measures helps you to: . Take a photo and directly draw measures on it . Zoom into and out of your photo when you need more precision . Edit your measures with a very intuitive interface . Quickly add text as comments when measures are not enough . Native support for angles . Save your measures in imperial or metric units . Easily organize your photos by category . Export your dimensions in high resolution by email or to the photo library . Export as PDF or JPG . Import photos of any size and aspect ratio . Support Retina display Keep posted, a lot of new features are planned for the next versions!
SquareCoil
Access your company's Square Coil Software system from your mobile device. Log in with your credentials to reach the dashboard and navigate any part of the system. Requires prior setup of the Square Coil Software system.
- Mobile access to company software
- Instant system access
- Secure login with credentials
- Dashboard navigation
- Requires system setup
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Keeping you within a finger’s touch of your company, this app will log you into Square Coil Software. Bringing you onto the dashboard to instantly access any part of the system with your credentials. Must have Square Coil Software system setup with your company prior to the app working.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SquareCoil at Free against Photo Measures's $6.99. Photo Measures's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (528 vs 6). On ads, in-app purchases 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
SquareCoil is free to download; Photo Measures costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Photo Measures holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Photo Measures has 528 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Photo Measures's written reviews are positive against 67% of SquareCoil's.
Photo Measures ships an update every 3 months, SquareCoil every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Photo Measures | SquareCoil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (528 ratings) — better | 2.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 528 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #35 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cubent | Square Coil, Inc |
Customer experience
Photo Measures
SquareCoil
Bugs and requests
Photo Measures
Reported bugs
3 issues- Measurements not aligning properly with photos
- App crashing or freezing
- Inability to edit or delete measurements
Requested features
5 requests- Sync across devices (iCloud, Google Drive, etc.)
- Ability to import/export PDFs
- Integration with laser measuring tools
- More advanced drawing/annotation tools
- Improved photo organization and management
SquareCoil
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Photo Measures
No in-app purchases
SquareCoil
No in-app purchases
Questions
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