Comparison

CircleSquare vs Smart Hello

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

Head to head
About

CircleSquare

Organize club activities, circles, and communities with essential tools. Features include scheduling, email, photo albums, and more for seamless member communication and management.

Highlights
  • Calendar & scheduling
  • Email delivery
  • Photo album
  • File sharing
  • Online polls
  • BBS
  • Todo list
Features
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- Full of usefull tools for managing club activities Provides useful features to manage your club activities, circles and communities, including calendar & scheduling, email delivery, and photo album. By creating "Circles" and inviting members, sharing schedules and ideas could be done among right members with in a safe way. - 15 selectable features Build your own community-ware, by choosing features from: Calendar & scheduling, email delivery, photo album, file sharing, online polls, bbs, tweet, todo list, address book, accounting management, bookmarks, own page, notification feature, blog and grouping feature.

About

Smart Hello

Receive facility announcements via push notifications, manage reservations, and display your membership card. Check your application details on your personal page.

Highlights
  • Push notifications for announcements
  • In-app reservation management
  • Digital membership card
  • Personal information viewing
  • Cancel reservations
Features
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【Smart Helloの主な機能】 ■お知らせ機能 施設からのお知らせをプッシュ通知でお知らせします。 ■予約機能 予約が必要な施設様の場合はアプリからご自身で予約の登録・キャンセルを行なっていただくことができます。 ■会員証機能 施設様へご来場するために必要な会員証をアプリ上で表示します。 ■マイページ機能 ご自身の申込情報をご確認いただけます。

Screenshots

CircleSquare4 screens
Smart Hello4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CircleSquare at 11.0 against Smart Hello's 16.4. On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
CircleSquare versus Smart Hello: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCircleSquareSmart Hello
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews4.0% of reviews10.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB43 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperXITYZ Inc.株式会社システム ディ

Customer experience

CircleSquare

Written reviews50 reviews
Positive4.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative84.0%

Smart Hello

Written reviews20 reviews
Positive10.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative65.0%

In-app purchases

None

CircleSquare

No in-app purchases

None

Smart Hello

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CircleSquare free?
CircleSquare is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Smart Hello free?
Smart Hello is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CircleSquare or Smart Hello have ads?
Neither CircleSquare nor Smart Hello shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CircleSquare or Smart Hello?
CircleSquare ships an update every 2 months, and Smart Hello every 2 months. Most recently, CircleSquare was updated on October 2, 2026 and Smart Hello on October 8, 2026.

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