Smart Player Pro vs Cube Rivals
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 Rivals
This app is a speedcubing timer designed to help users improve their puzzle-solving skills. It offers features like multiple session management, scramble generation, and detailed performance statistics with real-time graphs.
- Multiple sessions and categories
- Official puzzle scramble generation
- Real-time graphs
- Detailed statistics
- Personal coach and motivator
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Cube Rivals is a speedcubing timer that helps you get faster, one solve at a time. Time your solves, watch your averages drop, drill the algorithms that slow you down, and race the same scrambles as cubers around the world. TIME EVERY SOLVE • WCA-style timer with inspection, +2 and DNF • Official scrambles for 17 WCA events: 2x2 to 7x7, megaminx, pyraminx, skewb, square-1, clock, one-handed and blindfolded • Separate sessions for every puzzle and every goal WATCH YOUR TIMES DROP • ao5, ao12, ao50, ao100 and personal bests after every solve • A clear progress chart for each session, with every PB marked • Sub-X tracking, time distribution and the days you practise best TRAIN ALGORITHMS • 600+ algorithms: F2L, OLL, PLL, COLL, CMLL, ELL, Winter and Summer Variation and more • A trainer that drills your slowest cases in rounds and shows what you've mastered PLUG IN A SMART CUBE • Connect a Bluetooth smart cube (GAN, MoYu WeiLong AI) and it times itself • Cross, F2L, OLL and PLL splits, TPS and move count for every solve • Your slowest PLL cases and your recognition time THE WEEKLY CHALLENGE • 5 scrambles a week, the same for everyone • One attempt each, on any day, with WCA inspection • Global, country and friends leaderboards, and your place on every scramble LEVEL UP • Levels, streaks, daily quests and achievements • Build your own cuber and unlock cube items • Add friends and compare your bests YOUR TIMES ARE SAFE • A free account syncs your solves across your devices • Import and export your times (csTimer and Twisty Timer formats) • The timer works offline Join the Cube Rivals community on Discord from the app's menu.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cube Rivals at 5.0 against Smart Player Pro's 3.4. Cube Rivals also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 40%) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Smart Player Pro's advantage is ratings volume (16 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Cube Rivals holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Player Pro has 16 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Smart Player Pro's written reviews are positive against 75% of Cube Rivals's.
Smart Player Pro ships an update fortnightly, Cube Rivals every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Player Pro | Cube Rivals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (16 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wanxin Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | Rafal Nawojczyk |
Customer experience
Smart Player Pro
Cube Rivals
In-app purchases
Smart Player Pro
No in-app purchases
Cube Rivals
No in-app purchases









