Magic Cube Puzzle vs Nathan's Cube Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Cube Puzzle
Experience the classic magic cube puzzle on your mobile device. This app offers various cube sizes, practice modes, and a solver to help you learn and master the puzzle. Enjoy realistic graphics, customizable skins, and ambient sounds for a relaxing cubing experience.
- Multiple cube sizes (2x2 to 5x5)
- Cube solver and learning modes
- Practice modes and cube timer
- Customizable cube and background skins
- Realistic 3D graphics and animations
- Ambient sounds and fun sound effects
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The popular magic cube puzzle on your phone, Magicube! Play with this cube as you solve the puzzle with logic, concentration and patience. Play this game, which features magic cubes puzzles scrambled and waiting to be solved. Magicube - Cube Solver Features; - Cubes featuring the 2x2, to 5x5x5 cube. - Solve and Learn with new modes. - Game Modes to practice cubing, a standalone cube timer, a tutorial as well as a pattern-matching game mode. Learn exciting cool patterns. - Skins for cubes and backgrounds. - Ambient Sounds to give a relaxing environment for cubing. - Realistic 3D graphics and animation - Fun sound effects to boost the gameplay - Simple swipe controls to control the cube - Solve and Learn to solve the cube with the cube solver.
Nathan's Cube Trainer
This app helps cubers improve their Rubik's Cube solving skills through flashcard-style practice. It focuses on algorithm recall, consistency, and pattern recognition with custom diagrams and weak-case tracking. Features include timers, solve tracking, and Apple Watch support.
- Flashcard-style algorithm training
- Weak-case tracking and review
- Solve count tracking
- CFOP segmented timer
- OLL and PLL training
- F2L animations
- Apple Watch companion app
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Nathan’s Cube Trainer is a recognition-focused Rubik’s Cube training app designed to help cubers improve algorithm recall, consistency, and pattern recognition through focused flashcard-style practice. Train PLL, OLL, F2L, two-sided OLL/PLL recognition, and more with custom diagrams, weak-case tracking, and Apple Watch support. Features: • Flashcard-style algorithm training • Weak-case tracking and review • Solve count tracking • Timer with saved solves and progress graphs • CFOP segmented timer to track time spent in each step of your solve • Simple OLL and PLL training (10 OLLs and 6 PLLs) • Full OLL and PLL training (72 OLLs including mirrored cases, and 28 PLLs) • Two-sided PLL and OLL recognition drills • F2L animations (37 cases) • Advanced F2L animations (91 cases) • Mirror F2L cases left/right and front/back to train all four positions • Continuous F2L practice with progression tracking • 4x4 parity training • Megaminx training • Apple Watch companion app for quick solve-count tracking without pulling out your phone, plus PLL/OLL recognition practice • Import/export support for backups The app is built around the training methods I personally developed and use every day to improve recognition, recall, and consistency while solving. Learn the algorithms, improve recognition, and watch your speed improve!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Magic Cube Puzzle at 3.9 against Nathan's Cube Trainer's 2.0. Magic Cube Puzzle also leads on review sentiment (28% vs 0%) and ratings volume (328 vs 1). Nathan's Cube Trainer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Magic Cube Puzzle sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Nathan's Cube Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Magic Cube Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Cube Puzzle has 328 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of Magic Cube Puzzle's written reviews are positive against 0% of Nathan's Cube Trainer's.
Magic Cube Puzzle ships an update every 5 weeks, Nathan's Cube Trainer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Cube Puzzle | Nathan's Cube Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (328 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 328 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 183 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kofi Austin | Nathaniel Garrett Davis |
Customer experience
Magic Cube Puzzle
Nathan's Cube Trainer
Bugs and requests
Magic Cube Puzzle
Reported bugs
10 issues- Cube glitches and distorts during rotations
- Pieces fly outside cube boundaries
- Colors get messed up when moving cube
- Pattern recognition fails despite correct input
- Cube breaks or becomes scrambled after solving
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- Turning system only rotates front face
- Spots disappear when rotating cube
- App crashes or shows black screen
- Cube gets squashed during fast solving
- Cube rotates without user input
Requested features
8 requests- Implement cube scanning feature instead of manual color input
- Add ability to rotate/view all sides of cube freely
- Reduce or remove ads from experience
- Make all cube sizes (2x2, 4x4, 5x5) free
- Improve turning system mechanics
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- Add more gameplay modes and variations
- Fix timer functionality
- Provide digital cube solving option
Nathan's Cube Trainer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic Cube Puzzle
- Unlimited Monthly$0.991 Month
- No Ads$2.99
- Skin Pack$2.99
- Ambience Pack$2.99
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- Solver Pack$3.99
- Pro Pack$3.99
- Puzzle Pack$3.99
- Master Pack$5.99
- Super Pack$5.99
- Ultimate Pack$7.99
- Lifetime Access$9.99
Nathan's Cube Trainer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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