The Cube App Pro vs Tempo
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.
Tempo
This app transforms countdown timers into clear visual progress indicators, helping you stay focused on tasks like work, study, or cooking. It offers multiple visualization options and a distraction-free interface, working reliably offline without requiring an account.
- Multiple visualization options
- Clean, distraction-free interface
- Works offline
- No account setup
- Reliable background operation
- Privacy-focused
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If you have ever looked up and lost an hour, you do not need another number counting down. You need to see time move. Tempo turns time into something you can watch. A dandelion loses its seeds. An eclipse closes over. A snowman gives in to the sun. Glance at your phone from across the room and you know how much is left — no reading, no math. BUILT FOR TIME BLINDNESS Numbers are abstract. If your brain does not track elapsed time on its own, "20 minutes" means nothing until it is already gone. Tempo makes time spatial instead, so you feel it draining rather than having to calculate it. FROM ONE MINUTE TO ONE YEAR Most timers stop at an hour. Tempo has six scales: • MINUTE — a focus sprint or a short break • HOUR — the meeting, the work block • DAY — how much of today is actually left • MONTH — the deadline that still feels far away • SEASON (Pro) — the three months you keep meaning to use • YEAR — the one nobody shows you The longer scales run live against the real calendar. Open Tempo in October and the year is already most of the way gone. That is not a gimmick — for anyone who loses whole weeks, seeing it is the point. SEVEN VISUALIZATIONS Dandelion, Dots, Eclipse, Ember, Sand, Snowman, and Thunderstorm. Pick the one your brain actually reads, and set it as your default. ON YOUR WRIST AND LOCK SCREEN An Apple Watch app and Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets keep your current scale in view without opening anything — so checking the time stops being the distraction. BUILT TO STAY QUIET • No account, no sign-up, no email • Works entirely offline • No streaks, no badges, no guilt mechanics • No ads, ever Tempo will not fix your relationship with time. It just makes time visible, so the hours stop disappearing without warning. Free: the Dots visualization and five of the six scales — MINUTE, HOUR, DAY, MONTH, and YEAR. A one-time Pro purchase adds Dandelion, Eclipse, Ember, Sand, Snowman, Thunderstorm, and the SEASON scale. No subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tempo at Free against The Cube App Pro's $3.99. Tempo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). The Cube App Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (18 vs 2). On update cadence, ads, 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
Tempo is free to download; The Cube App Pro costs $3.99 up front. Tempo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Cube App Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tempo 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Cube App Pro ships an update every 8 days, Tempo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Cube App Pro | Tempo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ludvig Sandh | Foundry24 LLC |
Customer experience
The Cube App Pro
Tempo
In-app purchases
The Cube App Pro
No in-app purchases
Tempo
- Tempo Pro$4.99
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