Comparison

Finger Timer vs Wurfel

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Speedcubing timer
  • Speedstacking timer
  • Automatic statistics tracking
  • Display connection
  • Scramble generation
  • Ao5 and Ao12 calculation
Features
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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

About

Wurfel

This app uses your device's camera to scan and solve various cube puzzles, or it can teach you step-by-step how to solve them yourself. It supports 2x2, 3x3, and 4x4 cubes and allows for custom color recognition.

Highlights
  • Camera-based cube scanning
  • 3D step-by-step solving guidance
  • Learn to solve yourself
  • Supports 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 cubes
  • Custom color recognition
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Wurfel reads your scrambled cube with the camera, then does one of two things: it solves the cube for you, move by move in 3D, or it teaches you to solve it yourself. It works with the 2x2, the classic 3x3 and the 4x4. Hold up each of the six faces and Wurfel fills in the colors. Prefer to do it by hand? Pick a color and tap it onto the stickers of a 3D cube you can spin any way you like. LEARN TO SOLVE IT YOURSELF Always wanted to know how to solve a cube on your own? Learn to solve teaches you the beginner method, step by step, on your real cube. You build it layer by layer, in small chapters, and a short intro shows how it all works the first time. After that, every piece takes three steps: • Find: the piece has a white frame on screen, so you can spot it on your cube • Watch: the cube on screen turns it into place, and the view swings around so you see both the piece and its spot. Pause, step back and forth, or replay them • Do: make the same turns on your cube After each chapter, you check that your cube matches the screen. If it doesn't, nothing is lost: turn the chapter back, or rescan and pick up where you left off. The steps are written so a child can follow them. No cube with you? Scramble one on screen and practice there. OR JUST SOLVE IT Tap Solve and Wurfel works out a short solution, about 20 turns for a 3x3. Every move plays out on the 3D cube and is named in plain words, like "Right clockwise." Play it all the way through, or step forward and back at your own pace. YOUR OWN CUBE'S COLORS Are your cube's shades a little different? Set its real colors in Own cube with the color picker, or let the camera read them off your solved cube, one face at a time. The scanner and the guide then use your cube's colors and their names. High contrast and Color-blind palettes are built in, too. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Scan and solve the 2x2, 3x3 and 4x4 • Scan with the camera, face by face, or enter the colors by hand • Learn to solve it yourself with the beginner method, one piece at a time • Watch every move in 3D, with each turn spelled out in words • Color checks catch a wrong sticker before you solve • Switch between solving and Learn to solve with one button on the home screen WORKS ANYWHERE • Fully offline, even with no signal • iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, in light or dark mode • Choose a light, dark or automatic app icon • No account, no ads, no subscription, no tracking TRY IT, THEN PAY ONCE Wurfel is free to download, and your first two solves are on us, with everything included: camera scan, 3D playback, every cube size. Solving the same cube again never uses up another solve. A guided solve in Learn to solve counts as one of the two. After that, a single purchase unlocks everything for good. No subscription, no ads, no second bill.

Screenshots

Finger Timer4 screens
Wurfel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Wurfel at 4.7 against Finger Timer's 4.2. Wurfel also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 16 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Finger Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (348 vs 6). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. Wurfel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Finger Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wurfel holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Finger Timer has 348 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Finger Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Wurfel's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Finger Timer ships an update every 16 months, Wurfel weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Finger Timer versus Wurfel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFinger TimerWurfel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (348 ratings)4.7 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings348 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYu-Mao FengFlorian Preusner

Customer experience

Finger Timer

All ratings347 ratings
Positive78.1%
Neutral6.6%
Negative15.3%
Written reviews228 reviews
Positive75.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative18.4%

Wurfel

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Wurfel

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Finger Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wurfel

One-time1
  • Unlock every solve$2.99

Questions

Is Finger Timer free?
Finger Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wurfel free?
Wurfel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Finger Timer or Wurfel?
Wurfel is rated higher. Finger Timer averages 4.2 out of 5 from 348 ratings, while Wurfel averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Finger Timer or Wurfel have ads?
Neither Finger Timer nor Wurfel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Finger Timer or Wurfel?
Finger Timer ships an update every 16 months, and Wurfel weekly. Most recently, Finger Timer was updated on November 1, 2026 and Wurfel on November 9, 2026.

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