Launch Bay vs Five Minute Mystery Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Launch Bay
This app helps players build custom squads for X-Wing The Miniatures Game. It offers a clean interface, frequent updates, and cloud saving for your creations. It's a fan-made tool for enthusiasts of the tabletop game.
- Squadron builder for X-Wing
- Clean user interface
- Frequent updates
- Cloud saving for squadrons
- Fan-made tool
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Launch Bay is a Squadron builder for X-Wing The Miniatures Game with a clean user interface, frequently updated (mostly over the air) and ability to save your squadrons in the cloud in case something happens to your phone! ----------------- Disclaimer: X-Wing: The Miniatures Game is a trademark of Fantasy Flight Games Launch Bay is the work of a fan, and is not in any way endorsed by Fantasy Flight Games, Lucasfilm Ltd., Disney och Twentieth Century Fox and is intended for entertainment and information purposes only. Star Wars, the Star Wars logo, all names and pictures of Star Wars characters, vehicles and any other Star Wars related items are registered trademarks and/or copyrights of Lucasfilm Ltd., and their respective trademark and copyright holders. For mor information on X-Wing: The Miniatures Game please visit http://www.fantasyflightgames.com
Five Minute Mystery Timer
This timer app supports a real-time, cooperative tabletop game. It tracks remaining time for solving mysteries and offers encouraging reminders from the museum's curator.
- Real-time timer
- Cooperative game support
- Mystery solving countdown
- Encouraging reminders
- Curator character interaction
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This timer is a companion app for 5-Minute Mystery, the real-time, co-operative tabletop game set in the fanciful Museum of Everything. This app keeps track of the time you have left to solve each mystery, while providing helpful reminders and encouragement from Scrubbles McBubbledy, the eccentric curator of the museum.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Launch Bay at 4.6 against Five Minute Mystery Timer's 3.7. Launch Bay also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Launch Bay holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Launch Bay's written reviews are positive against 40% of Five Minute Mystery Timer's.
Launch Bay ships an update every 4 weeks, Five Minute Mystery Timer every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Launch Bay | Five Minute Mystery Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21 ratings) — better | 3.7 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andre Lind | Wiggles 3D |
Customer experience
Launch Bay
Five Minute Mystery Timer
In-app purchases
Launch Bay
No in-app purchases
Five Minute Mystery Timer
No in-app purchases
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