Last Layer vs NexCube
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Last Layer
This app provides a comprehensive reference for practicing CFOP algorithms to solve speed cubes. It includes tools for learning and testing patterns, a scramble generator, and a timer with note-taking capabilities. Favorites and edits sync across devices via iCloud.
- CFOP algorithm reference
- Pattern editing
- Favorite patterns
- 25-move scramble generator
- Solve timer with notes
- iCloud sync
- Dark mode
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Clean and simple reference app for practicing CFOP patterns for solving your speed cube. Easily and quickly access the prime tools needed when practicing and learning new patterns. Features include: • Test your knowledge and practice the moves you know • Full OLL and PLL patterns • Pattern editing! Change the pattern text to anything you want. • Favorite the patterns you are currently learning. • Randomly generated 25 move scramble • Timer results include the scramble and the ability to add notes. • Native iPad support • iCloud support. Favorites, pattern edits, and solve times will sync between devices • Automatic dark mode. Amazing tool to learn the OLL and PLL patterns of the CFOP method. We take privacy very seriously, we do not collect any Personably Identifiable Information, not even location. All our metrics are anonymous and only track feature usage so we can determine which features are popular(or not), so we can spend more time focusing on the right areas.
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 Last Layer's 0%. NexCube also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Last Layer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Last Layer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Last Layer's written reviews are positive against 50% of NexCube's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Last Layer ships an update every 3 weeks, NexCube monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Last Layer | NexCube |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brandon Harris | Goliath BV |
Customer experience
Last Layer
NexCube
In-app purchases
Last Layer
No in-app purchases
NexCube
No in-app purchases
