XCube Timer vs Rubik's Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XCube Timer
This app provides a distraction-free timer for speedcubers to track their solves, organize practice sessions, and analyze performance with detailed statistics. It helps users improve consistency and focus on achieving personal bests.
- Distraction-free timer
- Track and manage solves
- Organize practice by sessions
- Detailed performance statistics
- Analyze trends and consistency
- Export and import data
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XCube Timer is a clean and focused cube timer built for speedcubers who want a simple way to track solves, review progress, and train with better insights. Track every solve with a fast and distraction-free timer, organize your practice into sessions, and explore detailed stats to understand your performance over time. Review recent solves, averages, trends, time distribution, and session comparisons in a clear interface designed for everyday practice. With XCube Timer, you can: - Save and manage your solves with ease - Organize training by sessions - Track averages and personal progress - Analyze trends and consistency - Review solve details and history - Export and import your data Upgrade to Pro to unlock advanced statistics and a deeper view of your training. Whether you are learning, getting faster, or chasing your next personal best, XCube Timer helps you stay consistent and focused.
Rubik's Clock
This app serves as a specialized stopwatch for speedcubing enthusiasts. It tracks your performance with detailed statistics and provides algorithms to help improve your solving times.
- Speedcubing stopwatch
- Performance statistics
- Algorithm library
- Skill improvement tools
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Rubik's cube stopwatch, statistics and algorithms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Rubik's Clock at 100% against XCube Timer's 50%. Rubik's Clock also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and monetization model (free vs freemium). XCube Timer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. XCube Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Rubik's Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Rubik's Clock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of XCube Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rubik's Clock's.
XCube Timer ships an update weekly, Rubik's Clock every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | XCube Timer | Rubik's Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bruno Morgan | Uliana Gritchina |
Customer experience
XCube Timer
Rubik's Clock
In-app purchases
XCube Timer
- Remove Ads$1.99
- XCube Timer Pro$7.99
Rubik's Clock
- Remove ads$0.49
