Byline vs Cubex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Byline
Collaborate with others to create unique stories, one line at a time. Each participant only sees the previous line, fostering surprising and creative narratives. Share your finished tales with friends or the wider community.
- Collaborative story creation
- Line-by-line writing
- Public story posting
- Private group invitations
- Story titling and sharing
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Byline is a modern take on exquisite corpse. Serendipitous stories come together one line at a time, with each writer only seeing one line before theirs. Create the weirdest, funniest, spookiest, strangest story you can. POST DIRECTLY TO BYLINE Write the first line to your story and post on the site for strangers to finish. INVITE YOUR FRIENDS Write the first line to your story and then send it to a specific group of people you know. Once finished, you decide who can view. Once everyone has written their line, it's your turn to title and share the result in all its glory!
Cubex
This app guides you through solving a 3x3 cube with step-by-step instructions. Enter your cube's colors and receive a compact, move-by-move solution with a 3D visualizer. Follow the solution at your own pace with playback and navigation controls.
- 3x3 cube solving
- Guided face-by-face color entry
- 3D cube playback
- Step, back, and play controls
- Compact move-by-move solutions
- No account required
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Cubex helps you solve twisty cubes without guesswork. Pick 3x3, 2x2, or 4x4, enter the colors of your physical cube, and Cubex returns a compact move-by-move solution. The 3D cube view lets you step forward, go back, or play the whole sequence so you can follow the answer at your own pace. Built for quick solving: - 3x3 (Kociemba two-phase), 2x2 corner-first, 4x4 reduction-based - Guided face-by-face color entry for every puzzle size - Clear 3D cube playback with step / back / autoplay controls - Random scramble demos to try the solver without a physical cube - No account required - No ads Cubex focuses on a simple flow: match your cube, solve it, and follow the moves.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Byline at 86% against Cubex's 0%. Byline also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.9 vs 4.4). Cubex's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Byline is free to download; Cubex costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Byline holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Byline's written reviews are positive against 0% of Cubex's.
Byline ships an update every 2 weeks, Cubex daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Byline | Cubex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better | 4.4 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | App't | Pipln |
Customer experience
Byline
Cubex
In-app purchases
Byline
No in-app purchases
Cubex
No in-app purchases
