Comparison

Five Timer vs CubeTime

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

CubeTime

This advanced speedcubing utility app offers an official WCA scrambler for legal solves, including complex 4x4 and blind scrambles. It features refined session support with multiphase and competition simulation modes, alongside detailed performance graphs and integrated tools like an average calculator.

Highlights
  • Official WCA scrambler
  • Random state 4x4 scrambles
  • Blind scramble rotations
  • Multiphase timing
  • Competition simulation
  • Detailed performance graphs
  • Average calculator
Features
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The most advanced speedcubing utility app ever created, all packaged within an incredibly minimal and modern interface. CubeTime is currently the only iOS app that uses the official WCA scrambler. No more illegal or invalid scrambles! This includes WCA-complient random state 4x4 scrambles and rotations for blind scrambles. Not only do we have well-refined session support, we also have different session types, suiting all your solving needs. Special sessions include multiphase – where you can time phases during solves, and comp sim – where you can simulate competitions at home. Aside from showing you basic statistics, we provide detailed (and of course - beautiful) graphs and visuals, to allow you to gain a better understanding of your solving performance. We also provide you tools, all within one app – so don't need to clutter your phone with many single-featured apps! Tools include an average calculator, a batch scramble generator and more.

Screenshots

Five Timer4 screens
CubeTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: CubeTime at Free against Five Timer's $1.99. CubeTime also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Five Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (13.6 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

CubeTime is free to download; Five Timer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CubeTime holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CubeTime has 266 ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Five Timer's written reviews are positive against 93% of CubeTime's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Five Timer ships an update every 3 months, CubeTime every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Five Timer versus CubeTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFive TimerCubeTime
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (34 ratings)4.7 (266 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.9% of reviews92.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings34266 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.6 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperT.WrightB AND X SOFTWARE LIMITED

Customer experience

Five Timer

All ratings34 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive80.9%
Neutral8.8%
Negative10.3%

CubeTime

All ratings266 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral1.5%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews259 reviews
Positive92.7%
Neutral2.7%
Negative4.6%

User reviews

Five Timer

From 34 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • ✨ Nice UI
  • ⚙️ Customizable shortcuts
  • 💰 Worth the money
  • 🚀 Fast and fluid experience

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Overlapping UI on newer iPhones
  • 🐛 Incompatible with Dynamic Island
  • 🐛 Top bar inaccessible on newer iPhones
  • 🐛 Buttons covered by Dynamic Island
  • 🐛 Reset button easy to accidentally press

CubeTime

From 266 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Amazing timer
  • 👍 Clean and simple UI
  • 👍 Lots of features
  • 👍 No ads
  • 👍 Great statistics and data visualization

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes on certain devices
  • 🐛 Issues with entering times manually
  • 🐛 Problems with session management and switching
  • 🐛 Scramble display issues for larger puzzles
  • 💡 Lack of Bluetooth support for external timers

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)

CubeTime

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when deleting solves in certain sessions
  • Inconsistent behavior when switching between events
  • Issues with the average calculator function

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to import/export solve data
  • Horizontal mode and two-handed timer start/stop
  • More customization options (color themes, etc.)
  • Improved iPad support and layout
  • Algorithm trainer or practice tools
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  • Inspection time countdown with audio cues

In-app purchases

None

Five Timer

No in-app purchases

None

CubeTime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Five Timer free?
Five Timer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CubeTime free?
CubeTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Five Timer or CubeTime?
CubeTime is rated higher. Five Timer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while CubeTime averages 4.7 from 266 ratings.
Do Five Timer or CubeTime have ads?
Neither Five Timer nor CubeTime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Five Timer or CubeTime?
Five Timer ships an update every 3 months, and CubeTime every 9 days. Most recently, Five Timer was updated on September 12, 2026 and CubeTime on September 23, 2026.

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