Comparison

Squaready 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

Squaready

Easily post full photos to Instagram without cropping. This free app transforms rectangle images into square "Insta-size" formats and offers a powerful photo editor with filters, color splash, and tilt-shift blur.

Highlights
  • Post entire photos without cropping
  • Create square "Insta-size" photos
  • Support for Instagram's rectangle format
  • Colorful background options
  • Built-in photo editor with filters
  • Direct sharing to Instagram
Features
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*** For all Instagram Lovers !! *** It's a completely FREE App! No in-app purchases to unlock features. Squaready is the EASIEST, FASTEST and most FLEXIBLE way to post entire photos on Instagram without cropping. Millions of people are actually using this app everyday. ► highly recommend Instagram users! ‣ Post Entire Photos on Instagram Without Cropping !! ‣ Make a rectangle photo into square shape "Insta-size". ‣ Support for the Instagram-specific new Rectangle format. ‣ Choose a Colorful Background. ‣ Directly Sharing Posting to Instagram. ► Built-in Full-featured and Poweful Photo Editor ‣ Various Stylish Filters with level control ‣ Color Splash ‣ Tilt-Shift Blur ‣ Vignette ‣ Draw Lines ‣ Crop and Straighten ‣ And many other features! ► Other Great Features ▹ High-res export. ▹ EXIF/GPS Location data ready ▹ Load a image from Clipboard at startup. ▹ One-touch Easy cropping ▹ Easily correct centering. ▹ Support for Instagram, Facebook and X(Twitter).

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

Squaready4 screens
Square Sized4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Squaready at none against Square Sized's 10. Square Sized's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (8.2K vs 700). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Squaready asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Squaready against 4.2 for Square Sized. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square Sized has 8.2K ratings behind it against 700, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Squaready's written reviews are positive against 60% of Square Sized's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Squaready ships an update every 3 months, Square Sized every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Squaready versus Square Sized: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquareadySquare Sized
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (700 ratings)4.2 (8.2K ratings)
Positive reviews55.4% of reviews59.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7008.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size176 MB81 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperFANG Inc.Daneco Ltd.

Customer experience

Squaready

All ratings700 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative16.6%
Written reviews392 reviews
Positive55.4%
Neutral11.5%
Negative33.2%

Square Sized

All ratings8,154 ratings
Positive78.9%
Neutral9.0%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews581 reviews
Positive59.9%
Neutral11.0%
Negative29.1%

Bugs and requests

Squaready

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

Squaready

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 Squaready free?
Squaready 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, Squaready or Square Sized?
Squaready and Square Sized are both rated 4.2 out of 5 on the App Store, from 700 and 8.2K ratings respectively.
Do Squaready or Square Sized have ads?
Squaready shows ads; Square Sized does not.
Which is updated more often, Squaready or Square Sized?
Squaready ships an update every 3 months, and Square Sized every 2 months. Most recently, Squaready was updated on September 27, 2026 and Square Sized on September 30, 2026.

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