Cube Timer vs BNStopwatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cube Timer
Time your cube solves, track personal bests, and analyze your progress with average times. Generate scramble codes, learn to solve, and manage multiple user profiles and cube types. This app is designed for both beginner and experienced cubers.
- Cube solve timing
- Personal best tracking
- Average time calculation
- Random scramble generation
- Cube solving tutorials
- Multiple user profiles
- Time history management
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Simple and easy to use cube timer. Whether you have just started cubing or you're an experienced speed cuber, this app will time you solve the cube, save your best time, allow you to tweet your times, give you your averages times, provide you with randomly generated scramble codes, it can even teach you how to solve a cube, whether your stuck with a particular part of your solve or even if you've never tried before! With up to four user profiles, each able to store times for up to 4 cubes, and the ability to remove individual times from your history! The highest rated free cube timing iPhone and iPad app on the app store! Join us on Twitter! - www.twitter.com/eiientertains Join us on Facebook! - www.facebook.com/eiientertains Check out our website! - www.eiientertains.com The highest rated free cube timing iPhone and iPad app on the app store. Please note this is not a cubing game! It's a utility to allow you to record your speed cubing times - Thanks for all the supportive comments - let us know if you want more changes!!!
BNStopwatch
This digital stopwatch features a large, clear display with oversized numbers for easy readability from afar. It supports lap time recording, color customization, and is available across multiple Apple devices, making it ideal for various timing needs.
- Large, clear display
- Lap time recording
- Color customization
- Multi-device support (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch)
- Ideal for group activities and sports
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A digital stopwatch with big, bold numbers. Simple and easy to use. ■ Large, Clear Display The oversized numbers fill the screen, making them easy to read even from a distance. Perfect for group activities, parties, games, and sports timing. ■ Lap Time Recording Record and view lap times in a list. Great for sports training and performance tracking. ■ Color Customization Change the background and text colors to suit your style. ■ Multi-Device Support Available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Use the iPad's large screen for meetings and events. Check your time at a glance with Apple Watch. ■ Perfect For ・Lightning talk (LT) time management ・Party and board game timers ・Sports timing and training ・Cooking and experiment timing ・Meeting and presentation time tracking
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cube Timer at none against BNStopwatch's 1. Cube Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (81% vs 57%). BNStopwatch's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating 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. BNStopwatch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cube Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Cube Timer against 4.4 for BNStopwatch. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cube Timer has 209 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Cube Timer's written reviews are positive against 57% of BNStopwatch's.
Cube Timer ships an update every 2 months, BNStopwatch every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cube Timer | BNStopwatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (209 ratings) | 4.4 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.1% of reviews — better | 57.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 209 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Codedcognition Ltd | MOLABO |
Customer experience
Cube Timer
BNStopwatch
Bugs and requests
Cube Timer
Reported bugs
2 issues- Timer issues (skipping, not stopping)
- Deleting/losing saved times
Requested features
3 requests- Add support for other puzzle types (2x2, 4x4, etc.)
- Customizable timer settings (inspection time, etc.)
- Option to remove ads
BNStopwatch
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Cube Timer
No in-app purchases
BNStopwatch
- Upgrade$0.99
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