The Cube App Pro vs PLL Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Cube App Pro
This app provides cubers of all levels with essential tools for timing, tracking, and learning. It features a competition-style timer, customizable sessions, detailed statistics, and a vast library of algorithms with illustrations. Practice and track personal bests offline.
- Customizable competition timer
- Session tracking and statistics
- Algorithm library with illustrations
- Offline functionality
- Data export and import
- Visual scramble representation
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The perfect app for cubers. Beginners or professionals, speedcubers or not! Every single tool a cuber would ever need, combined into an app that you can bring wherever you go with your cube. Quick awesome feature list: - Customizable timer to record solves with, that behaves just as an official competition timer. - Create and customize sessions to track your timed solves in. - See statistics and graphs of sessions. - Export and import sessions so you can share or backup your data. - Different scrambles to choose from in timer. - Displays visual representation of a scramble. - Simplistic and smart look, easy to navigate through. - Over a thousand algorithms to learn (each having its own illustration). - Algorithms are customizable. - 'Learn' feature that makes learning algorithm sets easy and fun. - Practice lots of algorithms with another learning feature similar to flash cards - Keep track of all your personal bests, either manually or automatically. - Does not require an internet connection. - Completely ad free.
PLL Trainer
Improve your speed in recognizing PLL algorithms with this app. It offers a two-sided recognition trainer and allows you to select a specific color or train neutrally.
- PLL recognition trainer
- Two-sided recognition
- Color-specific training
- Color neutral training
- Fast algorithm recognition
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Get faster at recognizing your PLLs with this two-side recognition trainer. You can choose a specific color for your LL or train as color neutral
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PLL Trainer at Free against The Cube App Pro's $3.99. PLL Trainer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). The Cube App Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (18 vs 3). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
PLL Trainer is free to download; The Cube App Pro costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PLL Trainer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Cube App Pro has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Cube App Pro ships an update every 8 days, PLL Trainer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Cube App Pro | PLL Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ludvig Sandh | Thomas Guilleminot |
Customer experience
The Cube App Pro
PLL Trainer
In-app purchases
The Cube App Pro
No in-app purchases
PLL Trainer
No in-app purchases
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