Square FX with Shape Overlay vs SelfieX
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
SelfieX
Take high-quality selfies using your iPhone's rear camera. This app provides audio cues to guide your framing, automatically capturing the photo when you're perfectly positioned. Easily edit and share your enhanced self-portraits.
- Rear camera selfie capture
- Audio framing guidance
- Automatic photo capture
- Quick editing tools
- Save and share functionality
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The app lets you take selfies with the better rear camera of the iPhone. The problem is, when you turn the screen away, you can’t see if your face is framed the way you want it to be. This app voices directions to guide your framing: right, left, up or down. When you aim the iPhone at your face at the right angle, the app automatically takes a photo. Turn your phone back to make quick edits (crop and tune brightness, contrast, saturation) and share. How it works: 1. Aim your iSight camera at yourself 2. Listen to the instructions while catching the angle 3. Turn your device back 4. Edit, save and share
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SelfieX at 3.8 against Square FX with Shape Overlay's 3.0. SelfieX also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Square FX with Shape Overlay's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 57%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 SelfieX sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SelfieX holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 27 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Square FX with Shape Overlay's written reviews are positive against 57% of SelfieX's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Square FX with Shape Overlay | SelfieX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (23 ratings) | 3.8 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 56.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 27 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 9 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ki Tat Chung | Vito Technology Inc. |
Customer experience
Square FX with Shape Overlay
SelfieX
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
SelfieX
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
SelfieX
- Vinny$0.99
- Abigail Plumbington$0.99
- Brother Man$0.99
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- Doctor Tomm$0.99
- Don Juan$0.99
- Dusky Roads$0.99
- Diane Boyer AM$0.99
- Diane Boyer PM$0.99
- Lucky Li$0.99
- Lorenzo Conte$0.99
- Sexy Sid$0.99
Questions
Is Square FX with Shape Overlay free?
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Which has better reviews, Square FX with Shape Overlay or SelfieX?
Do Square FX with Shape Overlay or SelfieX have ads?
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