Five Timer vs Byte Cube
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five Timer
This app provides a modern and powerful timer for solving puzzles, supporting all WCA puzzles with customizable sessions and random scramblers. It offers innovative features like drop-to-stop and time tinting, along with detailed statistics and universal compatibility for iPhone and iPad.
- Universal App for iPhone and iPad
- WCA puzzle support with custom sessions
- Random state scramblers for multiple puzzles
- Innovative 'Drop to stop' timer control
- Time tinting for performance comparison
- Optional 15-second inspection
- Detailed statistics and averages
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FiveTimer is your cube timer with all the strength where it matters. Modern and updated regularly, FiveTimer has been developed and maintained since 2011. Today, it's full of power-user features you won't see in any other timer including: • Universal App for the iPhone and iPad. • Puzzle support for all WCA puzzles across multiple sessions and custom sessions you can configure yourself. - Random state scramblers include 2x2, 3x3, Square-1, Pyraminx, and Skewb. - Blindfold scrambles* • Drop to stop, an innovative and natural way to stop the timer. • Time tint, times colored based on how they fare to time compares to the session* • Hold to start or tap to start with an optional 15 second inspection. • Landscape support for iPhones* • Statistics for averages of 5, 12, 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 • Supports SplitView on iPads • Voice options to read the times of give inspection alerts* • Hardware keyboard shortcuts including start and stop with spacebar. * feature exclusive to FiveTimer
Byte Cube
Track your cube-solving times, analyze your progress with detailed statistics, and learn new algorithms. This app offers realistic 3D graphics and customization options to enhance your puzzle-solving experience.
- Cube timer with best time, Ao 5, Ao 12
- Random scrambles
- Solves history and graph
- Download/upload algorithms
- Realistic 3D graphics
- Customizable puzzle colors
- Cloud sync for solves
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- Cube Timer - Best time, Ao 5, Ao 12 - Random scrambles - Solves history and graph - Download / Upload cube algorithms - Realistic 3D graphics and animation - Customize the color of the puzzles - Sync solves - WCA Verification An app that helps you learn the puzzles everywhere you go! If you upgrade to become a Byte Cube Premium, you'll get unlimited access to everything Byte Cube has to offer: - Store data in the cloud and synchronize in real time(solves, sessions, tags, color template etc) - 3d puzzle model - Add more algorithm colors - Unlock hint(Cross, EOLine, First Block) - Remove Ads - and more All for $0.99/month or $5.99/year Your Byte Cube Premium will automatically renew each month, and you will be charged $2.99 through your iTunes account within 24-hours prior to the end of the current monthly cycle. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings up until 24-hours before the end of the current period, but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Please visit our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for more information: Privacy Policy: https://bytecubeapp.com/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://bytecubeapp.com/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Byte Cube at Free against Five Timer's $1.99. Byte Cube also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Five Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Byte Cube is free to download; Five Timer costs $1.99 up front. Byte Cube sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Five Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Byte Cube holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 34 and 61 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 81% of Five Timer's written reviews are positive against 79% of Byte Cube's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Five Timer ships an update every 3 months, Byte Cube weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five Timer | Byte Cube |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (34 ratings) | 4.7 (61 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.9% of reviews — better | 78.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 34 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — 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, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | T.Wright | 巍 赵 |
Customer experience
Five Timer
Byte Cube
Bugs and requests
Five Timer
Reported bugs
23 issues- Application and screen display not compatible with iPhone 17
- Setting tools overlapping with time and battery on iPhone 17 Pro
- Top control bar overlaps system status bar on newer iPhones with Dynamic Island
- Top bar inaccessible unless in landscape mode on iPhones with Dynamic Island
- Buttons at the top are at the same height as the dynamic island, making them unpressable
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- Buttons on the top are obstructed by the notch and unpressable
- Very easy to reset session, accidentally resetting all solves
- Settings take forever to load after many solves
- App crashes when trying to click on 'best avg'
- App crashes upon opening
- Tabbing out of the program causes it to refuse to tab back in
- App crashes after one time on iOS 6
- Drop to stop feature does not work while hiding solve time
- App crashes upon opening, even after reinstall
- Update issue: touch screen no longer stops timer as well
- Drop to stop does not stop as well after update
- Timer will just stop when not near phone
- Starting a solve before 10 secs of inspection left results in DNF
- App crashes every time upon opening
- App won't open after update
- Keeps displaying dnf instead of timing properly even with drop to stop turned off
- Reset button barely works, often starts timer instead
- Spacebar use with keyboard causes other buttons to start timer again
Requested features
19 requests- FTO scrambles for new WCA event
- Show expected end result of scramble
- 3x3 OH session
- Date and time for export reports
- Scramble graphic included
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- Show date/time for each solve
- 3x3 OH stock session
- Add custom notation for custom puzzles
- Preview scramble option on stock puzzles
- Random state clock scrambles
- Generate drawing of scramble
- Average of 100
- Bigger text for time on iPad
- Option to disable red flash during inspection
- Graph on iPad version
- Ability to internally save sessions
- Support for Megaminx
- Customization of colors or font sizes
- 15 sec countdown (like iiTimer)
Byte Cube
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Five Timer
No in-app purchases
Byte Cube
- Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium 1 Month$1.991 Month
- 6 Months Premium$3.996 Months
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- Premium Yearly$5.991 Year
- Premium 6 Months$6.996 Months
- Premium 12 Months$7.991 Year
Questions
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