Rubik's Connected vs MindBenchmark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rubik's Connected
This app transforms the classic cube into a smart, connected experience. It offers interactive tutorials for beginners, advanced analytics for experienced players, and competitive online leagues. Enjoy casual games using the cube as a controller, making it accessible and fun for everyone.
- Interactive solving tutorials
- Advanced performance statistics
- Online cubing league and competitions
- Casual games using cube as controller
- Real-time feedback and guidance
- Multiplayer matches and leaderboards
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Rubik's Connected is the classic cube reimagined and redesigned for the 21st century - a Smart and Connected Cube. With its new technology, the Smart Cube offers a new and exciting playing experience for all levels of players, all ages and all capabilities. Including fun interactive tutorials for beginners, statistics and challenges for players who wish to level up their game, and the world's first online cubing league and competition, turning the Rubik's Cube into a social connected world. More than that, Rubik's Connected offers casual games that use the cube as a controller, enabling anyone to enjoy the classic toy, even if they are not interested in learning how to solve it. Learn (for beginners) - A fun interactive tutorial will safely guide you through the world's most known puzzles secrets. The tutorials breaks the complex solving challenge into small fun mini-steps, and includes videos, tips and real time feedback (from the Rubik's in your hands, to the virtual one on your screen). Improve (for intermediates & pros) - Practice and monitor your progress with advanced stats and analytics. The App measures your play down to the milliseconds. It provides accurate data for your solve time, speed, and moves. The App will automatically identify your solving algorithm, and will provide you the relevant measurement for each individual step in it. Compete (for all levels) - The App matches include various playing modes, from fun scrambling competitions (spaceship racing for all levels) to pro's versus battle matches. Get into the world's first leaderboard, and join live competitions. Play against your friends or vs strangers. To ensure a fair match, The App recognizes the starting position of each player and guides them through a unique set of moves to reach a common starting position. Play- Mini-games, missions and third party games incorporate various aspects of cubing in order to improve handling skills, instincts, or simple games for pure fun. Rubik's Connected is a one-of-a-kind smart connected speed cube, for many hours of fun! Connect your Smart Rubik's to your iPhone or iPad, and start cubing NOW! * Be sure that your device meets the following minimum requirements: iPhone 6s or higher Bluetooth version 4.1 or higher.
MindBenchmark
Measure your cognitive abilities with a variety of short, repeatable tests including reaction time, memory, focus, and mental math. Track your progress, compare your scores anonymously with others, and challenge yourself daily.
- 20 cognitive tests
- Unlimited plays
- Performance tiers
- Personal bests and trends
- Daily challenges
- Anonymous score comparison
- Offline play
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How fast are you, really? MindBenchmark measures your performance across 20 short, repeatable tests: reaction time, memory span, focus, typing, aim, mental math and more. Then it shows you where you land. WHAT YOU GET • All 20 tests, unlimited plays, free • Your score the moment you finish, with a performance tier • Personal bests and recent-run trends for every test • Achievements as you work through all four categories • A new Daily challenge every day, the same test for everyone HONEST NUMBERS Turn on score sharing and your results are compared against a pool of real attempts, validated on our servers with rate limits, plausibility checks and trust scoring. No bot-filled leaderboards. No inflated numbers. Sharing is optional, anonymous, and off until you switch it on. BUILT TO RESPECT YOU • No ads, ever • No account, no sign-up, no email • Works offline. Comparing scores is the only thing that needs a connection • A random device ID you can reset any time. No name, no tracking across apps THE TESTS Speed: Reaction Time, Click Speed, Aim Trainer, Typing Speed, Number Reaction, Visual Reaction Time Memory: Sequence Memory, Number Memory, Visual Memory, Verbal Memory, Paired Memory, Chimp Test Focus: Stroop, Attention Span, Task Switching, Hidden Numbers, Peripheral Vision Reasoning: Pattern Recall, Mental Math, Spatial Reasoning MindBenchmark is for measurement and entertainment. It does not diagnose, treat or screen for any condition.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MindBenchmark at 5.0 against Rubik's Connected's 4.4. MindBenchmark also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). Rubik's Connected's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
MindBenchmark holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rubik's Connected has 1.1K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Rubik's Connected's written reviews are positive against 100% of MindBenchmark's.
Rubik's Connected ships an update every 4 months, MindBenchmark every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rubik's Connected | MindBenchmark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.1K ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 484 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Particula Ltd | RandomFuse LLC |
Customer experience
Rubik's Connected
MindBenchmark
Bugs and requests
Rubik's Connected
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when low battery notification appears
- Incorrect solve detection even when the cube is solved
- Scramble mismatch between physical cube and app
- Sync issues causing the app to show the wrong cube state
Requested features
5 requests- Add tutorials for advanced solving methods (e.g. CFOP)
- Improve the matching system to pair players of similar skill levels
- Implement a landscape mode for better visibility on tablets
- Allow users to view and practice specific algorithms
- Provide an offline mode for solo practice
MindBenchmark
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rubik's Connected
No in-app purchases
MindBenchmark
No in-app purchases
Questions
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