Comparison

Square vs Buzzshot

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

Head to head
About

Square

Monitor your business performance, finances, team, and customer interactions in real time from anywhere. Gain insights into sales, manage cash flow, and streamline operations with essential tools.

Highlights
  • Real-time business monitoring
  • Sales and financial tracking
  • Team management tools
  • Customer connection features
  • In-app notifications
  • Multilocation reporting
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Have peace of mind with the new Square Dashboard app. Get a unified look at your business and manage essential tasks from anywhere in real time. Track business performance, monitor your finances, manage your team, and connect with your customers, all while you’re on the go. Stay on top of your business. Get alerts with in-app notifications. Track your business with multilocation reporting and sales reports. Plus, get data on your top sellers and performers. Understand and control your cash flow. Integrate your sales and spend reports, automate your budgeting, pay your bills, and manage your linked credit cards. Maintain smooth operations with team management tools. Make updates to schedules, view and edit timecards, and run payroll all in real time.

About

Buzzshot

Streamline your escape room business with tools for player check-in, branded photo capture, and automated post-game messaging. Enhance customer experience, drive social media sharing, and manage online reviews from multiple platforms in one place.

Highlights
  • Player check-in and registration
  • Branded photo capture
  • Automated post-game email/SMS
  • Social media posting and uploads
  • Review aggregation from multiple platforms
Features
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Escape Room Software: Powering Business Growth, Player Marketing, and Customer Experience. Player Check-In! ============ Painless check-in and registration workflows to collect the data and waiver agreements your business needs. Branded Photos ============ Capture game stats and take multiple team photos that your players want to receive and share, instantly. Player Messaging ============= Personalised post-game Email & SMS to encourage social media sharing and get you even more player reviews! Social Media ========== Hassle-free social media posts and facebook uploads. Plus integrations to make marketing easy. Amazing Reviews ============= Search and find all your player reviews – Tripadvisor, Google, Facebook, Yelp, Morty – everything in one place.

Screenshots

Square4 screens
Buzzshot3 screens

Verdict

The call

Square and Buzzshot both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Buzzshot's written reviews are positive against 26% of Square's. Buzzshot also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.1). Square's advantage is ratings volume (3.6K vs 6) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Buzzshot holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square has 3.6K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of Square's written reviews are positive against 100% of Buzzshot's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Square ships an update weekly, Buzzshot fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Square versus Buzzshot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquareBuzzshot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.6K ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.6K — better6
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.113.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size315 MB21 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBlock, Inc.Thomas Parslow Limited

Customer experience

Square

All ratings3,587 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews218 reviews
Positive25.7%
Neutral11.0%
Negative63.3%

Buzzshot

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Square

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes after updates
  • Login issues after updates
  • Widget stopped working after updates
  • Freezing and not loading data

Requested features

8 requests
  • Make 52 weeks the default comparison
  • Add iPad version
  • Projections and estimated future income
  • Ability to control what clients see
  • Sound notifications for orders
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  • More detailed reporting and breakdowns
  • iPhone X support
  • Ability to track net sales instead of just gross

Buzzshot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Square

No in-app purchases

None

Buzzshot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Square free?
Square is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Buzzshot free?
Buzzshot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Square or Buzzshot?
Buzzshot is rated higher. Square averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.6K ratings, while Buzzshot averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Square or Buzzshot have ads?
Neither Square nor Buzzshot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Square or Buzzshot?
Square ships an update weekly, and Buzzshot fortnightly. Most recently, Square was updated on November 8, 2026 and Buzzshot on November 6, 2026.

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