Comparison

Square FX with Shape Overlay 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

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

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

Square FX with Shape Overlay4 screens
Square Sized4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Square Sized at 4.2 against Square FX with Shape Overlay's 3.0. Square Sized also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (8.2K vs 23). Square FX with Shape Overlay's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and review sentiment (75% vs 60%). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 FX with Shape Overlay sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Square Sized sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Square Sized holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square Sized has 8.2K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Square FX with Shape Overlay's written reviews are positive against 60% of Square Sized's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Square FX with Shape Overlay ships an update every 9 months, Square Sized every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Square FX with Shape Overlay versus Square Sized: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquare FX with Shape OverlaySquare Sized
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (23 ratings)4.2 (8.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better59.9% of reviews
Number of ratings238.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB81 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperKi Tat ChungDaneco Ltd.

Customer experience

Square FX with Shape Overlay

All ratings23 ratings
Positive39.1%
Neutral17.4%
Negative43.5%
Written reviews92 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral7.6%
Negative17.4%

Square Sized

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

User reviews

Square FX with Shape Overlay

From 23 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Fast processing
  • ✨ Simple interface
  • ✅ Does what it says
  • 🖼️ Good for Instagram

Room to improve

  • 😠 Ads after purchase
  • 💸 Paid upgrade ineffective
  • 🔗 Broken support link
  • 📉 Low resolution saves
  • 🚫 Video cropping not supported

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

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

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

10 purchases

Square FX with Shape Overlay

One-time10
  • 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
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
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  • 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 Square FX with Shape Overlay free?
Square FX with Shape Overlay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Square Sized free?
Square Sized is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Square FX with Shape Overlay or Square Sized?
Square Sized is rated higher. Square FX with Shape Overlay averages 3.0 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Square Sized averages 4.2 from 8.2K ratings.
Do Square FX with Shape Overlay or Square Sized have ads?
Square FX with Shape Overlay shows ads; Square Sized does not.
Which is updated more often, Square FX with Shape Overlay or Square Sized?
Square FX with Shape Overlay ships an update every 9 months, and Square Sized every 2 months. Most recently, Square FX with Shape Overlay was updated on October 4, 2026 and Square Sized on October 14, 2026.

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