Finger Timer vs Magic Cube 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
Magic Cube Timer
This app is a fast and elegant timer designed for speedcubers to track their progress. It logs solves, provides statistics like averages and best times, and allows for customization of inspection time and themes.
- Log and track cube solves
- View solve history with scrambles
- Detailed solve statistics (averages, best/worst times)
- Customizable inspection time
- Multiple themes for design customization
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Magic Cube Timer is a simple, elegant and fast cube timer app developed for speedcubers. Get this timer on your device to solve cubes anywhere and anytime while keeping track of your progression, your averages, your best times, and a lot more. Give a new breath to your solves and start improving like never before with Magic Cube Timer! Features : - Log and track your cube solves. You are provided with a new scramble every solve. - View a list of all your solves. Each solve has information about the date it was timed and what scramble was used. - View statistics about your solves: Best time, Worst time, Average of 5, Average of 10 Average of 12 etc. - Customize inspection time between 0 - 30 seconds. - Select from 8 themes to customize the app's design to your liking
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Magic Cube Timer at free against Finger Timer's free with in-app purchases. Magic Cube Timer also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 75%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Finger Timer's advantage is ratings volume (348 vs 69). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Finger Timer against 4.2 for Magic Cube Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Finger Timer has 348 ratings behind it against 69, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Finger Timer's written reviews are positive against 93% of Magic Cube Timer's.
Finger Timer ships an update every 16 months, Magic Cube Timer every 31 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Finger Timer | Magic Cube Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (348 ratings) | 4.2 (69 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.4% of reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 348 — better | 69 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months — better | Every 31 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yu-Mao Feng | Emrah Kavak |
Customer experience
Finger Timer
Magic Cube Timer
User reviews
Finger Timer
From 348 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Nice timer with no ads
- 🚀 Great portable timer
- 💡 Useful for cubing and speed stacking
- 🚀 Accurate and efficient timer
- 👍 Easy to use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Timer issues (not starting/stopping properly)
- 🔧 Needs more features (save times, averages, etc.)
- 💸 Ads can be intrusive
- 🔧 Compatibility issues on some devices
Magic Cube Timer
From 69 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- ⏱️ Accurate timer functionality
- ✨ Inspection timer feature
- 🔀 Scramble generation
- 📊 Good statistics tracking
Room to improve
- 🐛 Timer screen turns off
- 🐛 Bugs out and quits randomly
- 🐛 Crashing when accessing settings
- 🐛 Timer is too sensitive
- 📱 Screen too small on some devices
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
Magic Cube Timer
Reported bugs
7 issues- Timer screen turns off while solving
- App bugs out and quits at random times
- Some buttons in settings crash the timer
- Timer is too sensitive
- Accidentally starting timer when scrambling
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- Phone turns off while solving
- Timer screen turns off
Requested features
51 requests- Add a way to delete only one time
- Add a beep sound for inspection end
- Save times to specific cube types
- Separate times for different cube types
- Add a plus 2 button
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- Add a DNF button
- Ability to switch cubes
- Add F2L timer
- Add 2x2 and 4x4 options
- More color options for background
- Add a learn feature for algorithms
- Add a picture of scramble result
- Add multiple profiles for different cube types
- Add pause/resume timer functionality
- Add camera option
- Add graphs for record evolution
- Add option to upload times and compare with others
- Add option to record solves for critique
- Add more cubes to time
- Add more features for kids
- Add dark mode
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
- Add algorithm trainer
- Add way to resume timer if distracted
- Add option to delete last solve only
- Add shortcuts to best/worst times
- Add original layout option
- Add a way to save times to a cube type
- Add a feature to pick cube type and keep times separate
- Add a way to delete only one time instead of all
- Make it so the phone doesn't turn off while solving
- Add a beep sound when inspection time ends
- Add a feature to save times to a cube type
- Add a feature that lets you pick what type of cube you're solving
- Add a plus 2 button, DNF button, and ability to switch cubes
- Add a feature to delete one time at a time
- Add a feature where you can time yourself on F2L
- Add an option for 2x2 and 4x4 and more color options for the background
- Add a feature for adding multiple profiles for different types of cubes
- Add a feature where you can pause and resume the time
- Add graphs showing evolution of records
- Add a feature to remove solves
- Add a feature to record yourself to critique
- Add more cubes
- Add more stuff that kids will want to do
- Add an algorithm trainer
- Add a way to resume the timer if there's a distraction
- Add graphs
- Add more cubes
- Add more stuff
- Add an algorithm trainer
In-app purchases
Finger Timer
No in-app purchases
Magic Cube Timer
No in-app purchases
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