- Hosted widget: content depends on Common Ninja's servers and your subscription
- Free plan has a monthly view cap and branding
- Shows Google Play reviews only
- Adds a third-party script to the page
Overview
Common Ninja's Google Play Reviews widget pulls the real reviews and ratings your Android app has earned on Google Play and displays them on your Squarespace site. It is a hosted SaaS widget, not a Squarespace plugin: you design it in Common Ninja's editor, then paste one line of embed code into a code block. There is a free tier and paid plans, and the free plan covers one widget with a monthly view limit.
What it includes
Slider, grid, list and carousel layouts, a library of pre-built skins, and custom CSS for finer control. Every review is queued for manual approval so you decide what appears. You can set a minimum star rating, require or exclude keywords, and sort by newest, oldest, highest or lowest. The widget is responsive from narrow phone screens up, inherits its container width, and updates automatically: approve a new review in the dashboard and every embed changes without touching the code. It reads reviews only; it does not post, edit or generate anything on Google Play.
Who it suits
Anyone with an Android app and a Squarespace landing page: indie developers, studios, and businesses whose app is part of the offer. Reviews next to the download button are the single most useful bit of social proof an app page can carry, and this is the least effort way to get them there.
Trade-offs
Honest caveats: because it is hosted, the widget loads from Common Ninja's servers, which adds an external script to your page and means the reviews vanish if you stop paying or the service is down. The free plan has a view cap and Common Ninja branding, so a busy page will need a paid plan. And it displays only Google Play reviews; if you also need App Store, Google Business or Trustpilot reviews, Common Ninja's All in One Reviews widget covers several sources in one embed.
How it installs
Create a free Common Ninja account, open the Google Play Reviews editor, connect your app's reviews, approve and style them, then copy the embed snippet. In Squarespace, add a code block to the page and paste the snippet. It works on any Squarespace plan because code blocks do not need code injection. Squarespace's own AJAX page loading can occasionally stop embeds initialising; Common Ninja's support has a fix if that happens.
Related guide: see our roundup of the best free Squarespace plugins in 2026, or the beginner's guide on how to add plugins to Squarespace.
- Slider, grid, list and carousel layouts
- Manual approval per review
- Minimum star rating and keyword filters
- Pre-built skins and custom CSS
- Auto-updates every embed from the dashboard
Full specifications
Specifications
Manual approval per review
Minimum star rating and keyword filters
Pre-built skins and custom css
Auto-updates every embed from the dashboard
Studios with an app landing page
Businesses whose app is part of the offer
Squarespace sites on any plan
Free plan has a monthly view cap and branding
Shows google play reviews only
Adds a third-party script to the page