Square vs PerDiem Org
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Square
Monitor your business performance, finances, and team from anywhere in real time. Track sales, manage cash flow, and update schedules with this powerful analytics tool.
- Real-time business monitoring
- Sales and performance tracking
- Financial management
- Team scheduling and payroll
- Customer management
- In-app notifications
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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.
PerDiem Org
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Delight your franchise customers with a personalized ordering experience that reflects your brand’s identity across every location. Customize your app with your franchise’s colors, logos, and imagery to give it a million-dollar digital presence. Showcase recent orders, personal recommendations, and favorites right on the home screen so customers can quickly reorder, pay with Apple Pay or a saved card, and check out in seconds. Offer your customers flexibility: free in-person pickup at their nearest franchise location, or on-demand delivery with professional DoorDash couriers automatically dispatched when a delivery order is placed. Orders are delivered quickly and reliably—without marketplace commissions eating into your revenue. The app integrates seamlessly with Square Loyalty to reward repeat customers across all your locations, keeping them coming back. It also redeems both online and physical Square Gift Cards, and lets you sell eGift cards right inside the app—perfect for scaling customer rewards across your franchise network. Check us out at https://tryperdiem.com Are you a franchise owner looking to launch your own branded mobile app? Sign up here: https://onboarding.tryperdiem.com Do you want me to make it more corporate and B2B-focused (for franchise executives) or keep it light and customer-centric (so a local franchise owner feels it’s approachable)?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Square at weekly against PerDiem Org's every 3 weeks. PerDiem Org's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Square ships an update weekly, PerDiem Org every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Square | PerDiem Org |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (3.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 25.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 321 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Block, Inc. | Per Diem Subscriptions, Inc. |
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
PerDiem Org
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Square
No in-app purchases
PerDiem Org
No in-app purchases









