IBM Verify vs TimerCubed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IBM Verify
Enhance your online security with multi-factor authentication. Confirm your identity using various methods like biometrics, one-time passcodes, or simple confirmations to protect your accounts from unauthorized access.
- Two-step verification
- Biometric authentication (fingerprint, face)
- One-time passcodes (OTP)
- QR code sign-in
- Supports multiple devices
- Offline OTP generation
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IBM Verify adds an extra layer of security to your online services. Two-step verification helps protect your accounts from the bad guys, even if they steal your password. With IBM Verify, you can confirm your identity with a simple yes or no, your fingerprint or face, or a secure one-time password right from your registered mobile device. Features: • Verify using a one-time passcode, even without a data connection • Works with services that require a password for login • Verify using Touch ID or Face ID • Verify with a simple Yes or No • Sign-in into services with a QR code scan • Supports multiple devices
TimerCubed
A modern, customizable timer for speedcubing enthusiasts. Track progress with detailed statistics, organize solves with session backups, and generate quality scrambles for various puzzle types. Supports iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch with convenient widget and shortcut integration.
- Customizable timer with inspection and penalties
- Themes, fonts, colors, and custom backgrounds
- Detailed statistics and progress insights
- Session management with import/export
- Quality scrambles for multiple puzzle types
- Apple Watch app with iPhone syncing
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
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TimerCubed is a modern, customizable speedcubing timer for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, built to be easy to use with lots of features. ----- Some of our features: • Simple but customizable timer with inspection, penalties, and support for mouse and keyboard on iPad • Themes and customization with fonts, colors, and backgrounds, including your own photos • Statistics and insights to show your progress across sessions • Sessions and backups, with import and export options to keep your solves organized and safe • Quality scrambles for 2x2 through 7x7 as well as megaminx, pyraminx, skewb, square-1, clock, and even FTO • Smart timer and typing input support • Apple Watch app with syncing to iPhone • Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen, plus a Control Center button that opens straight to the timer • Siri and Shortcuts support for your stats, scrambles, and logging solves • Designed with iPhone Duo and iPad in mind ----- No tracking, and the only purchase you will make is buying the app. For support/feedback, reach out to timercubedsupport@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TimerCubed at 100% against IBM Verify's 35%. TimerCubed also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.2) and device support (4 vs 2). IBM Verify's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (64 vs 4). On 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
IBM Verify is free to download; TimerCubed costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TimerCubed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IBM Verify has 64 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of IBM Verify's written reviews are positive against 100% of TimerCubed's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IBM Verify | TimerCubed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.2 (64 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IBM | Robert Wertheimer |
Customer experience
IBM Verify
TimerCubed
In-app purchases
IBM Verify
No in-app purchases
TimerCubed
No in-app purchases
