Smart Player Pro vs Cube Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Player Pro
Connect to a smart toy to guide and train its use through digital twin technology. Features performance analysis, online battles, and timed competitions for various puzzles.
- Digital twin technology for toy guidance
- Performance analysis and training
- Online battles and rankings
- App timer for competitions
- Physical timer pairing
- Smart cube integration
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This is an app that can be connected to an smart toy. After connecting to the smart toy, the app display, guide, and train the use of the toy using digital twin technology. It also provides functions such as performance analysis, online battles, and rankings. 1. App Timer: Used for timed competitions with regular Rubik's cubes, stacking cups, and sliding puzzles. 2. Physical Timer: Paired with a self-developed Smart Timer. 3. Smart Cube: Paired with a self-developed Smart Cube.
Cube Timer
This app provides a timer for speedcubing enthusiasts, offering both simple and advanced modes that replicate real-world timers. It generates scrambles and tracks your performance for various cube sizes.
- Speedcubing timer
- Simple and advanced modes
- Scramble generation
- Session recording
- Supports 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, Pyraminx
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Try our timer for speedcubers! You can use it in 2 modes: simple and advanced. Advanced mimics the way the real speedcubing timer works. The app also generate scrambles and records all your sessions. Currently supported cubes are 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 and Pyraminx. privacy policy: https://mrjohn10.github.io/cubee/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://mrjohn10.github.io/cubee/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart Player Pro at 3.6 against Cube Timer's 3.0. Smart Player Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Cube Timer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Smart Player Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
Smart Player Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Player Pro has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Player Pro | Cube Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (13 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wanxin Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | Jan Augustyniak |
Customer experience
Smart Player Pro
Cube Timer
In-app purchases
Smart Player Pro
No in-app purchases
Cube Timer
- Pro2 variants$2.997 Days
- Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Access to all features3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Pro$19.991 Year
- Pro$0.99
