Finger Timer vs subX Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Finger Timer
This app functions as a speedcubing and speedstacking timer, offering a simple and elegant interface. It allows users to time their solves, track statistics like averages, and even connect to a display device for shared viewing. The app offers both free and full versions with varying features and limitations.
- Speedcubing timer
- Speedstacking timer
- Automatic statistics tracking
- Display connection
- Scramble generation
- Ao5 and Ao12 calculation
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Finger Timer is a speedcubing/speedstacking timer in your pocket! It's a simple and elegant timer app that you must have! [HOW TO USE] 1. Put your fingers on the left and right pads, and hold. 2. When the red and green lights are both on, the timer is ready, and then you can release your fingers to start the timer. 3. When you want to stop the timer, put your fingers back on the left and right pads. 4. If you want to restart the timer, press "RESET" and do the steps 1 to 3. [DISPLAY CONNECTION] 1. Connect your Timer device (with this app) and Display device (any computer or mobile device with a web browser) to the same Wi-Fi network. (Sometimes Internet also works.) 2. In Timer device, tap the top-right icon, and check "Allow display connection" checkbox. 3. In Display device, enter the Timer address into the address bar of your browser, and then press "START". 4. Enjoy it! [Stats] When you using the timer, stats are generated automatically. The average time, Ao5 and Ao12 (full version only), are displaying the summary in the LED panel, and you can also get the details in About page. In About page, you can clear the stats or copy them to show off! Free version: > The maximum time is 10 minutes. > Display connection. (max 10 mins) > Scramble for only cube 2x2x2 and 3x3x3. > Showing Ao5 (average of 5) only. > With ads Full version: > The maximum time is 60 minutes. > Display connection. (max 60 mins) > Scramble for cube 2x2x2, 3x3x3, 4x4x4, and 5x5x5. > Showing both Ao5 (average of 5) and Ao12 (average of 12). > No ads, no distractions! Subscribe our YouTube channel to watch the latest cubing videos: https://youtube.com/omgcrafts Like us on Facebook for the latest news: https://facebook.com/omegastudiopage
subX Timer
This app provides a modern and intuitive timer for speedcubing enthusiasts. It allows users to log and track solves, view results and averages, and share best times with friends. Customize your experience with different cube types, sessions, and haptic feedback options.
- Log and track solves
- View results and averages
- Share best solves with scrambles
- Select cube type for scrambles
- Create multiple sessions
- Pre-inspection countdown
- Haptic and confetti feedback
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SubX! Simple, elegant and intuitive speed cube timer. Features: - Log, track your solves while a new scramble is provided upon finishing a solve. - View all of your results and averages. - Share any of your best solves with the scramble via text message to your friends to challenge them. - Choose your cube for the scramble to update accordingly. - Create multiple sessions with an identifier. - Pre-inspection timer count down to practice for competitions. - Turn on and off haptic feed back. - Turn on and off confetti celebration after beating your best time. - Dark mode compatable. An app that will help you get faster on the go. More features to come! Stay tuned.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: subX Timer at 5.0 against Finger Timer's 4.2. subX Timer also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Finger Timer's advantage is ratings volume (345 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
subX Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Finger Timer has 345 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Finger Timer | subX Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (345 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 345 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yu-Mao Feng | Jesse Rubio |
Customer experience
Finger Timer
subX Timer
Bugs and requests
Finger Timer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer not stopping/resetting properly
- Scrambles not displaying correctly
- App crashing or freezing during use
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to save/view past times and averages
- Expand to support more puzzle types (4x4, 5x5, etc.)
- Improve timer responsiveness and reliability
- Provide an ad-free paid version
subX Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Finger Timer
No in-app purchases
subX Timer
No in-app purchases
