Simple Cubing Timer vs Minimal Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Cubing Timer
A straightforward timer designed for speedcubing enthusiasts. It offers a clean interface for accurately timing your cube solves. Perfect for practice and competition.
- Speedcubing timer
- Simple interface
- Accurate timing
- Practice tool
- Competition use
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Simple Cubing Timer is a timer for speed cubers that is... well... simple.
Minimal Notepad
A free, minimalist application for creating, editing, and deleting notes. It offers a straightforward and uncluttered interface for quick note-taking.
- Create new notes
- Edit existing notes
- Delete notes
- Minimalist interface
- Free to use
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MiNo is a free minimal app for taking notes. Simply create new notes and edit or delete them with this minimal notepad.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Minimal Notepad at Free against Simple Cubing Timer's $0.99. Minimal Notepad also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 10 months). Simple Cubing Timer's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 1). On 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
Minimal Notepad is free to download; Simple Cubing Timer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Minimal Notepad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Cubing Timer has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Simple Cubing Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Minimal Notepad's.
Simple Cubing Timer ships an update every 10 months, Minimal Notepad every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Cubing Timer | Minimal Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skyler Kelly | Julian Lau |
Customer experience
Simple Cubing Timer
Minimal Notepad
In-app purchases
Simple Cubing Timer
No in-app purchases
Minimal Notepad
No in-app purchases
Questions
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