Comparison

XCubes vs Sum List

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

Head to head
About

XCubes

This app offers a multidimensional spreadsheet system for creating and editing data cubes. It simplifies data analysis and visualization with interactive charts and easier formula maintenance compared to traditional spreadsheets. Users can import data from Excel files.

Highlights
  • Multidimensional data cubes
  • Drag-and-drop dimension exploration
  • Simplified formula maintenance
  • Automatic dimension resizing
  • Interactive 2D and 3D charts
  • MS Excel file import
Features
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XCubes is a multidimensional spreadsheet system allowing you to create and edit cubes the easy way. Compared to spreadsheets cubes can store larger amounts of data and enable data exploration/analysis by dragging and dropping the cube's dimensions. Cubes use less formulas which makes their maintenance much easier than spreadsheets. You can use the provided dimensions or create your own to build your cubes. Cubes will automatically grow or shrink when adding or removing dimensions or when adding or removing items in dimensions. Real names are used in formulas and across the system instead of traditional cell references. XCubes generates a large variety of fully interactive 2D and 3D business charts for a new experience of data visualization. You can open MS Excel files directly in the app to copy/paste data into cubes. *** Stay tuned for new features to come.

About

Sum List

Features
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Create lists with quantities, calculate the sum: - Simple table for budget or any similar calculation. - User can choose a currency, measurement or custom unit - Marking of completed items is possible. Folder structure for easy organizing - On device folders are used for storing lists. - Lists can be created in a folder or without a folder. - Lists can be duplicated, moved or deleted. - Deleted lists can be recovered from Recently Deleted folder. - iCloud folders enabled in-app-purchases. - iCloud folders are private, and can be accessed by only the user. They can be accessed by only the devices using the same Apple ID. List structure - Contains rows - Each row is formed of a title and and a multiplication of two quantities. - Rows can be marked as complete. List has a title and notes section. - Title can be edited. - Notes about the list can be entered. Notes can be shown or hidden. - Decimal places shown is 2 by default, but can be adjusted. - Calculations can be hid, only title and a value can be shown at each row for simplicity. - At the bottom, the sum of all list items is shown. - The sum can be copied to clipboard. - The list can be exported as a CSV file in the share menu.

Screenshots

XCubes2 screens
Sum List4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: XCubes at Free against Sum List's $1.99. XCubes also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

XCubes is free to download; Sum List costs $1.99 up front. Sum List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. XCubes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XCubes ships an update every 6 weeks, Sum List every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
XCubes versus Sum List: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXCubesSum List
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.5 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarc braunErdem Met

In-app purchases

None

XCubes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sum List

One-time1
  • iCloud Extension$1.99

Questions

Is XCubes free?
XCubes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sum List free?
Sum List costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do XCubes or Sum List have ads?
Neither XCubes nor Sum List shows ads.
Which is updated more often, XCubes or Sum List?
XCubes ships an update every 6 weeks, and Sum List every 3 months. Most recently, XCubes was updated on October 1, 2026 and Sum List on October 14, 2026.

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