InstantSquare vs Remarks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
InstantSquare
Easily post entire photos to social media without cropping. Add text, blur, and colorful backgrounds to your images in seconds. Avoid frustration and preserve your full pictures for sharing.
- Post entire photos without cropping
- Add text to photos
- Add blur backgrounds
- Add colorful backgrounds
- Quick image preparation
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Don't let social media apps crop ruin your pictures!! This app lets you quickly upload your ENTIRE photo onto social media apps without cropping it into the square you're forced to fit your picture in! No more deciding who to crop out in group pictures. No more frustration trying to take pictures in a way that will fit on social media apps. No more throwing out parts of your beautiful pictures! Prepare your image in seconds -- spend less time fussing with editing and more time shooting and sharing! :) AWESOME FEATURES * POST ENTIRE PHOTOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA APPS * ADD TEXT ON PHOTOS * ADD BULR & COLORFUL BACKGROUNDS
Remarks
Easily add text and drawings to your photos and videos. Enhance your images with custom "Remarks" and share them instantly. Integrate with Notification Center and Apple Watch for quick access.
- Add text and drawings to photos
- Built-in camera
- Add watermarks to photos and videos
- Remarks Space for Notification Center
- Apple Watch integration
- Easy sharing via AirDrop, Facebook, Twitter
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Picture is worth a thousand words. Introducing Remarks, an easy way to put "Remarks" on your photos or pictures. Built-in Camera in App ∙Take photo or choose existing photo from library then start put some drawing on it Add Watermark ∙Tap Adjust then Extensions on Photos App to add Watermark to your photos or videos Phone, Car and Standby Widget ∙Display Remarks photo Widget on Phone, Car and also during Phone Standby Notification and Live Activities ∙Set Remarks photo Reminder and also Live Activities countdown SharePlay ∙Start SharePlay with Remarks photo Easy sharing ∙Share with friends via AirDrop and WhatsApp or Post it on X Box integration ∙Add comment and upload Remarks photo to Box
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Remarks at 5.0 against InstantSquare's 4.4. Remarks also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). InstantSquare's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 23 months) and ratings volume (971 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. InstantSquare sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Remarks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Remarks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: InstantSquare has 971 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of InstantSquare's written reviews are positive against 100% of Remarks's.
InstantSquare ships an update monthly, Remarks every 23 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | InstantSquare | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (971 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 971 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 23 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Street Coder LLC | Juiko Ong |
Customer experience
InstantSquare
Remarks
Bugs and requests
InstantSquare
Reported bugs
3 issues- App freezes when saving photos
- Crashes on launch or during use
- Inability to download additional features
Requested features
3 requests- Bring back photo editing tools
- Improve stability and performance
- Add more customization options
Remarks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
InstantSquare
- Top Hashtags$0.99
- Remove Logo$0.99
- Pro for InstantSquare$2.99
Remarks
- Extra Ink$0.99
Questions
Is InstantSquare free?
Is Remarks free?
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