Square FX with Shape Overlay vs Shable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Square FX with Shape Overlay
Easily fit full-size photos into a square format for social media without cropping. Customize your images with a variety of background options, including colors, gradients, and patterns, and fine-tune your photos with intuitive editing tools.
- Fit full-size photos without cropping
- Move, rotate, scale, and flip photos
- Customizable color backgrounds
- Gradient and pattern backgrounds
- Automatic full-size fitting
- Touch and drag editing
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You can easily fit full-size photo in square and post it to Instagram with SquareFX without cropping it. SquareFX also allows you easily move, rotate, scale, or flip the photo. You may also change the background of the photo to make it looks even more beautiful and awesome! You have different kinds of backgrounds to choose from the app including tons of color backgrounds, gradient backgrounds, and beautiful patterns. Try it now. you will like it! Features * Touch and drag the photo to move * Pinch to scale and rotate * Fit full-size photo automatically * Fit to the width / to the height of the photo * Flip & Rotate * Color Backgrounds * Gradient Backgrounds * Pattern Backgrounds Support Any of Your Photos Portrait Landscape Panorama
Shable
Easily crop your photos into various shapes and customize the background with transparent, blurred, or colored options. Adjust zoom and blur intensity for precise control over your image edits.
- Crop photos into various shapes
- Customize background with transparent, blurred, or colored options
- Adjust blur intensity
- Toggle zoom mode for image and shape resizing
- Select colors with a picker
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Crop photos with different shapes in Shable, customize the background of your photos with transparent, blurred, and colored backgrounds. ** HOW TO USE 1. select an image and choose a shape to automatically crop your photo. 2. Toggle the zoom mode to enlarge or reduce the size of the image and shape. 3. select Blur from the Background tab to give your photo a blurred background. You can change the amount of blur in the controls below. 4. On the Background tab, you can choose a color with the picker or set it to a transparent background color.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Shable at every 6 days against Square FX with Shape Overlay's every 9 months. Shable also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Square FX with Shape Overlay's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Square FX with Shape Overlay sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Shable sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Square FX with Shape Overlay ships an update every 9 months, Shable every 6 days. Both last shipped on September 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Square FX with Shape Overlay | Shable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ki Tat Chung | Toktilab |
Customer experience
Square FX with Shape Overlay
Shable
Bugs and requests
Square FX with Shape Overlay
Reported bugs
6 issues- Ads still present after purchase
- Black line appears on saved photos
- App no longer allows picking photos after iOS upgrade
- Random black line on bottom and right side of pictures
- Green line next to photo after cropping
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- Icon image not displaying on iPad
Requested features
5 requests- Make Settings gear icon do more
- Options for sizing (pinch & zoom, vectors, pixels, percentages)
- Add holiday shape pack
- Allow selecting background image from camera roll
- Use eyedropper tool for background color selection
Shable
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Square FX with Shape Overlay
- Love Pack$0.99
- Animal Pack$0.99
- Frame Pack$0.99
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- Art Pack$0.99
- Flag Pack$0.99
- Arrow Pack$0.99
- Letter Pack$0.99
- Weather Pack$0.99
- Nature Pack$0.99
- Pro Feature Pack$1.99
Shable
- Shable AD Free$1.99
Questions
Is Square FX with Shape Overlay free?
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