xFractal vs CUBE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
xFractal
Explore the intricate beauty of fractals with real-time GPU rendering. Zoom infinitely into the Mandelbrot and Julia sets, discover various fractal types, and enjoy smooth coloring with multiple palettes. Replay your explorations as animated movies.
- Mandelbrot, Julia, Newton, and Multibrot fractals
- Deep zoom capabilities
- Multiple classic color palettes
- Julia presets and Multibrot exponents
- Exploration replay as animated movie
- Cross-device continuity
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Explore the infinite beauty of fractals with your fingertips. Pinch to zoom, drag to pan, and dive into the endless detail of the Mandelbrot set and its relatives — rendered in real time on your device's GPU. xFractal, first released in 2008, is back — rebuilt from the ground up for today's iPhone and iPad. FEATURES: • Mandelbrot, Julia, Newton and Multibrot fractals • Deep zoom: magnify the Mandelbrot and Julia sets more than a trillion times • Four classic palettes — Hot, Cold, Gray and Chromatic — with smooth coloring • Julia presets (Dendrite, Spiral, Rabbit, Galaxy, San Marco), Multibrot exponents 2–8, three Newton polynomials • Replay: watch your whole exploration animate back as a short movie • Picks up exactly where you left off • Free and open source Deep zoom uses K. I. Martin's perturbation technique.
CUBE
This free 3D printing application is designed exclusively for users within a single company. It provides access to all of its functionalities without any cost.
- Company-exclusive access
- Completely free
- Full functionality access
- 3D printing application
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1、The application is limited to users belonging to one company 2、Completely free 3D printer application, users can use all the functions of the application
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CUBE at 100% against xFractal's 71%. CUBE also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). 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.
xFractal ships an update every 6 weeks, CUBE weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | xFractal | CUBE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jean Bovet | 珺 陈 |
Customer experience
xFractal
CUBE
In-app purchases
xFractal
No in-app purchases
CUBE
No in-app purchases
