Comparison

Square vs Kintow

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, and team from anywhere in real time. Track sales, manage cash flow, and update schedules with this powerful analytics tool.

Highlights
  • Real-time business monitoring
  • Sales and performance tracking
  • Financial management
  • Team scheduling and payroll
  • Customer management
  • In-app notifications
Read full description

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

Kintow

Streamline restaurant inventory management with voice or swipe input. This tool offers real-time syncing to a dashboard for accurate food cost tracking and automated ordering. Designed for efficiency in busy kitchen environments.

Highlights
  • Voice-activated inventory counting
  • Swipe-based item selection
  • Support for dual units
  • Real-time dashboard syncing
  • Automated ordering integration
  • Food cost tracking
Features
Read full description

Kintow is the copilot for the modern restaurateur. Count inventory fast with voice or swipe — no clipboards, no spreadsheets. Say item names and quantities naturally. Our AI understands "5 cases of oat milk" and saves instantly. Or swipe through items and tap to count — with support for dual units like cases and individual bottles. Counts sync to your Kintow dashboard in real time, so your food cost tracking and automated ordering stay up to date. Designed for walk-in coolers, storage rooms, and busy kitchens where hands-free counting saves time.

Screenshots

Square4 screens
Kintow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kintow at 100% against Square's 25%. Kintow also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Square's advantage is ratings volume (3.3K vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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

Kintow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Square has 3.3K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Square's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kintow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Square ships an update weekly, Kintow every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Square versus Kintow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquareKintow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3.3K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.3K — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size320 MB30 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBlock, Inc.Kintow Inc.

Customer experience

Square

All ratings3,270 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews216 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative63.9%

Kintow

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 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
Show 3 more
  • More detailed reporting and breakdowns
  • iPhone X support
  • Ability to track net sales instead of just gross

Kintow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Square

No in-app purchases

None

Kintow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Square free?
Square is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kintow free?
Kintow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Square or Kintow?
Kintow is rated higher. Square averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3.3K ratings, while Kintow averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Square or Kintow have ads?
Neither Square nor Kintow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Square or Kintow?
Square ships an update weekly, and Kintow every 10 days. Most recently, Square was updated on September 23, 2026 and Kintow on September 9, 2026.

Other comparisons