Stack Trainer vs CubeSnap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stack Trainer
This app provides a realistic card deck experience for close-up magicians to train their memory of card stacks. It offers various challenge modes and filters to aid learning and practice, with a focus on a clean, distraction-free interface.
- Realistic card deck simulation
- Multiple mnemonic training approaches
- Customizable stack filters
- Lorrayne's peg words integration
- Interactive quick-touch analyzer
- Display and whisper modes
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Stack Trainer forms part of a comprehensive suite of apps that dedicate to technical learning tools for Close-up magicians. Stack Trainer addresses those who are familiar with the concepts related to Aronson, Tamariz, Nikolas. If you know what these names relate to, and you apply the according techniques, then this app will help you stay tuned and inspired. Stack Trainer provides a most realistic card deck experience. It sets the golden standard for mnemonic deck training. A radical slim design. Cycle through the logical phases of the challenges at hand. Name it the "virtual spectator" concept. Approaches: - Next Card: Sequentially displayed, name the next card - Each Card: Name each card's position in a shuffled stack - Each Position: Name each position's card in a shuffled stack - Get Position: Name the position of a given card - Get Card: Name the card at a given position - Next Suit: Name the distance to the next of the same suit - Wrong Card: Identify the one card that is displaced in the face-up spread stack - Missing Card: Find the missing card in the face-up spread stack - Spot: Spot a specific card in the face-up spread stack - Highest Card: Identify the high and low cards of a random sub-stack - Four of a Kind: Name the distance to the next of the same kind Filters: Filters can be set to reduce the actual stack to a substack of lower size addressing and supporting the gradual progress during the early learning phase of a stack. Filters also provide different perspectives onto a stack to inspire and engage expert users. These filters, applied to the chosen approach, can be set: - ranges 1-13, 14-26, 27-39, 40-52, and a custom range - pair and impair positions - red and black cards - any of the four suits - court and number cards Some Features: - Aronson, Tamariz and user defined stacks - Lorrayne's peg words for the 52 cards and 52 positions, plus 3 user defined sets - display and whisper modes - includes the quick-touch interactive analyser visualising the solution path and allowing for self imposed problem statements with decadic and tridecadic layouts - feedback driven development - feels almost like a true deck of cards. Practicing card magic you don't want no complicated, overloaded and distracting user interface. Less is more. - probably the most complete, and straightforward solution available. A card, the one downwards (or upwards), maybe its mates, maybe the next one of the same suit. Either on random walk, or deliberate choices on the complete map. Touch swipe, swipe. Swipe and again. To experience the look and feel of 'Stack Trainer' load the free 'Random Input' app available by this developer. Additional information: - License agreement - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy policy - https://yeahgic.com/pge_PrivacyStack.htm
CubeSnap
This app solves your cube by analyzing two photos. It provides a step-by-step solution with interactive 3D turns and adjustable speed. A demo is available, and solutions can be optimized for fewer moves.
- Solves cube from two photos
- Interactive 3D step-by-step solutions
- Adjustable solution speed
- Flattened net tracking steps
- Demo mode available
- Optimized solutions for fewer moves
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CubeSnap solves your cube from two photos. Point the camera at your scrambled cube with the white center facing up. Snap. Flip it over so the yellow center faces up. Snap again. CubeSnap reads all 54 stickers and plays back a step-by-step solution on an interactive 3D cube. WATCH IT, DO NOT DECODE IT Your solution plays as smooth 3D turns with the current move highlighted, adjustable speed, and a flattened net that tracks every step. Step forward and back through each turn until it clicks. NO CUBE? TRY THE DEMO The home screen solves a sample cube the moment you open the app. No account, no setup. GOD'S NUMBER Every scramble can be solved in 20 moves or fewer, a bound nicknamed God's number. The gold badge celebrates when your solution meets it, and Tighten hunts for something even shorter. FAIR AND SIMPLE Reading your cube is free. Unlock your first solution with a single purchase, or go unlimited with CubeSnap Unlimited. No ads, ever. PRIVACY FIRST Your photos are used to read the cube and nothing else. No account required. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CubeSnap at Free against Stack Trainer's $3.99. CubeSnap also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months). Stack Trainer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
CubeSnap is free to download; Stack Trainer costs $3.99 up front. Stack Trainer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 3 months and CubeSnap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CubeSnap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Stack Trainer ships an update every 3 months, CubeSnap every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stack Trainer | CubeSnap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ralph Cos | Jeffrey Huber |
Customer experience
Stack Trainer
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In-app purchases
Stack Trainer
- 3 Months Subscription7 Days trial$1.993 Months
- Annual Subscription$2.991 Year
CubeSnap
- CubeSnap Unlimited$4.991 Month
- CubeSnap Unlimited$49.991 Year
- Solve This Cube$0.99
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