CubePlay vs NexCube
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CubePlay
This 3x3 puzzle cube game offers intuitive controls for rotating and shuffling. Track your progress with elapsed time and save your best records. Enjoy a flexible gaming experience with portrait and landscape support on iOS devices.
- 3x3 puzzle cube gameplay
- Rotate and drag controls
- Shuffle puzzle function
- Elapsed time tracking
- Save best records
- Portrait/Landscape support
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CubePlay is a 3x3 puzzle cube game. The app supports: • Rotating & dragging the cube • Shuffling the puzzle • Showing elapsed time • Saving your best records • Portrait/Landscape support on iPhone and iPad Enjoy solving the puzzle, and stay tuned for the next version!
NexCube
This app allows users to time their puzzle cube solves, track personal bests, and analyze performance with detailed statistics. It features a unique competition mode for head-to-head battles and solo modes for various cube sizes.
- Official puzzle cube timing
- Competition Mode for battles
- Solo Mode for 2x2, 3x3, 4x4
- Unique scrambles
- Detailed solve time statistics
- Performance trend analysis
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Now available: the Official NexCube App to measure, store and analyse your best solve times. Unique is the Competition Mode in the app! You can instantly start a battle on your phone and record both times. PUZZLE CUBE TIMING ◆ The Official NexCube App ◆ Competition Mode: Battle with friends on one phone! ◆ Solo Mode: record your best 2x2, 3x3 and 4x4 cube times. ◆ Scrambles: get unique scrambles each time you play. STATISTICS & LEADERBOARDS ◆ Review your best times ◆ Replay specific scrambles. ◆ See average times, 3 out of 5, 10 out of 12, last 50 and more statistics. ◆ See if you are improving over time with trends icons.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NexCube at 50% against CubePlay's 0%. NexCube also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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.
NexCube holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of CubePlay's written reviews are positive against 50% of NexCube's.
CubePlay ships an update every 3 months, NexCube monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CubePlay | NexCube |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CHUL HYUN LEE | Goliath BV |
Customer experience
CubePlay
NexCube
In-app purchases
CubePlay
No in-app purchases
NexCube
No in-app purchases
