Cubeling vs SchoolRoom
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cubeling
Design and construct cube-based structures with a 3D view and multiple projection options. Add or remove cubes by touch or code. Explore your creations by rotating the 3D model.
- 3D cube building
- Multiple projection views (plan, orthographic, isometric)
- Code view for cube creation (iPad)
- Interactive 3D model rotation
- Add/remove cubes by touch
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With this app you can build cube buildings. Simultaneously to a three dimensional view you can show a building plan, a multiview orthographic projection, a cavalier projection or an isometric projection view and even a code view (on iPad). You can add or remove cubes by touching them or creating them with the code view. Look at your buildings and rotate the three dimensional view. More teacher's material can be found on the support page.
SchoolRoom
Manage your school schedule with this powerful and flexible timetable app. Create unlimited timetables, customize lesson durations, and add notes with reminders. Easily share your schedule via various export options or print it out.
- Unlimited timetables
- Customizable lesson times
- Notes and reminders per subject
- Multiple sharing options (PDF, AirDrop)
- Printable schedules
- Today Widget and Siri integration
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You are looking for a clear school timetable, powerful and flexible, but not overloaded? Stop searching and give SchoolRoom a try! SchoolRoom offers the following features: • Unlimited number of timetables • Variable start / end days and period durations • Display time or start / end times of lessons as row headers • Up to four alternating weeks • Notes / tasks per subject with optional reminders • Many options to share timetables as graphics • Send timetables by email as PDF or export files • Export files can be used e.g. for web downloads • Share timetables with others by AirDrop • Print tables with a week per page via AirPrint • Today Widget displaying current and next lesson of the first timetable • Siri actions for current and next lesson, and upcoming subjects • Portrait and landscape mode on all devices • Designed for iPhone / iPod Touch and iPad, incl. Dark Mode • No ads, no registration, no hidden costs (donations welcome) Please leave a rating / review in the App Store and tell your friends if you like SchoolRoom!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cubeling at none against SchoolRoom's 1. Cubeling also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.5). SchoolRoom's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 4). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. SchoolRoom sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cubeling asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Cubeling against 4.4 for SchoolRoom. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 12 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 82% and 81% positive.
Cubeling ships an update every 3 months, SchoolRoom every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cubeling | SchoolRoom |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better | 4.4 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 81.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heiko Etzold | Matthias Arndt |
Customer experience
Cubeling
SchoolRoom
Bugs and requests
Cubeling
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SchoolRoom
Reported bugs
13 issues- The 'Fertig' symbol turns grey after entering rooms and times.
- Widget does not work or shows incorrect times.
- App crashes when pressing the back button.
- Timetable is blank after inputting information.
- App glitches and closes when trying to add periods, classrooms, and subjects.
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- Cannot change time slots within a timetable.
- Widget does not update or shows wrong information.
- App is laggy and unresponsive.
- Cannot edit timetable entries.
- App crashes frequently.
- Widget does not show up to be added.
- Cannot add lessons to the actual timetable.
- Unclear how to add hours and subjects to the timetable.
Requested features
27 requests- Adapt app for university schedules
- Notifications or reminders
- Make days/periods different durations
- Allow individual time settings for modules/subjects
- Add Siri integration for timetable queries
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- Copy timetables feature
- Push notifications for lessons or daily brief
- Subscribe to external calendars or import from iPhone calendar
- MacBook version with sync
- Add teacher names or abbreviations
- Add to home screen as a widget
- Ability to share app contents directly (not just image)
- Add a To-Do list feature integrated with subjects
- Allow changing the starting week
- View future weeks and schedule accordingly
- Option for 12-hour AM/PM format
- Set half term and full term dates
- Allow setting a duration of time instead of start/end
- Display lesson number on the left edge
- Adapt display for iPhone X
- Ability to double book hours
- Allow reordering of timetables
- Show multiple timetables in home screen overview
- Widget customization for Week A/B
- Notifications on locked screen for lesson starts
- Configure second week similar to first for A/B schedules
- Sync timetable with MacBook
In-app purchases
Cubeling
No in-app purchases
SchoolRoom
- Voluntary Donation$0.99
