Comparison

Photo Crop vs Square Sized

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

Head to head
About

Photo Crop

Easily crop, rotate, and flip your photos without compromising image quality. This application is designed to handle even very large image files efficiently.

Highlights
  • Lossless photo cropping
  • Photo rotation
  • Photo flipping
  • Handles large images
Features
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Crop your photos with no loss in image quality! Rotate or flip photos. Even handles extra large images. The best free cropping app.

About

Square Sized

Easily post entire photos and videos to social media platforms without cropping. Enhance your images with filters, text, shapes, and backgrounds. Offers a free trial period for full access.

Highlights
  • Add borders for social media
  • Import from albums, Facebook, Instagram
  • Add filters, text, and shapes
  • Layering options for text
  • Variety of backgrounds
  • Post full-size photos and videos
Features
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Optimized for iOS 8, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. More than 5 million people worldwide use SquareSized to post entire photos on Instagram! • Add borders on each size of the photo to get them Instagram-ready! Add borders to post full size photos and videos on Instagram. Easily import photos or videos from your albums, Facebook or Instagram accounts or tak it directly on SquareSized. Click the share button and your photo and video ready to be shared on Instagram • Add filters, text and shapes By using the layers option you can easily add awesome filters, overlays and typography to your photos. You can choose from a variety of amazing fonts with the ability to resize and rotate your text! You can also have multiple text layers so that you can have a unique picture! • Add backgrounds Shipped with loads of backgrounds, this feature, combined with text, filters and overlays, allows for many creative combinations SUBSCRIPTION • 1 Year of all features, first Week is completely free • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Terms of Use: http://appholdings.org/termsofuse.html Privacy Policy: http://appholdings.org/privacypolicy.html Enjoy ! Gab from TheAppholes

Screenshots

Photo Crop2 screens
Square Sized4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Square Sized at 4.2 against Photo Crop's 2.0. Square Sized also leads on review sentiment (61% vs 24%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 34 months). Photo Crop's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). 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. Square Sized sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Photo Crop asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Square Sized holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square Sized has 8.2K ratings behind it against 157, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Photo Crop's written reviews are positive against 61% of Square Sized's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Photo Crop ships an update every 34 months, Square Sized every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Photo Crop versus Square Sized: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPhoto CropSquare Sized
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (157 ratings)4.2 (8.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.9% of reviews60.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1578.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 34 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLimit Point SoftwareDaneco Ltd.

Customer experience

Photo Crop

All ratings157 ratings
Positive21.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative74.5%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive23.9%
Neutral8.1%
Negative67.9%

Square Sized

All ratings8,155 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral9.0%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews601 reviews
Positive60.6%
Neutral10.8%
Negative28.6%

User reviews

Photo Crop

From 157 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Works as expected
  • 🚀 Simple and easy to use
  • 💡 Useful for cropping photos

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Freezes when loading photos
  • 🐛 Loses image quality after cropping
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 💸 Intrusive ads

Square Sized

From 8.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Useful for editing photos and videos
  • 🎨 Variety of editing features and filters
  • 🌟 Great for Instagram and social media
  • 👍 Easy to use and intuitive

Room to improve

  • 💰 Paywall for many features
  • 📢 Excessive ads and pop-ups
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔍 Limited access to camera roll

Bugs and requests

Photo Crop

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Save button not working
  • Cropping function not working as expected

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to crop video
  • Allow custom crop sizes
  • Improve image quality after cropping

Square Sized

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App freezes when trying to add text
  • Inability to restore in-app purchases
  • Incompatibility issues with newer devices
  • Watermark reappearing after removal

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free editing tools and filters
  • Ability to remove watermark permanently
  • Improved video editing capabilities
  • Better organization and management of edited photos

In-app purchases

None

Photo Crop

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Square Sized

Subscriptions1
  • 1 year subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time9
  • ad free + remove watermark$0.99
  • Remove Watermark$0.99
  • SquareSized$1.99
Show 6 more
  • Unlock all patterns + lines$2.99
  • Get 47 fonts$2.99
  • Unlock 96 Shapes$2.99
  • Upload longer video$2.99
  • Unlock Music$2.99
  • UnlockAll$4.99

Questions

Is Photo Crop free?
Photo Crop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Square Sized free?
Square Sized is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Photo Crop or Square Sized?
Square Sized is rated higher. Photo Crop averages 2.0 out of 5 from 157 ratings, while Square Sized averages 4.2 from 8.2K ratings.
Do Photo Crop or Square Sized have ads?
Neither Photo Crop nor Square Sized shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Photo Crop or Square Sized?
Photo Crop ships an update every 34 months, and Square Sized every 2 months. Most recently, Photo Crop was updated on October 23, 2026 and Square Sized on October 30, 2026.

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