SubX vs Cuber Timer Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SubX
This app provides a modern and intuitive timer for speedcubing enthusiasts. It allows users to log and track solves, view results and averages, and share best times with friends. Customize your experience with different cube types, sessions, and haptic feedback options.
- Log and track solves
- View results and averages
- Share best solves with scrambles
- Select cube type for scrambles
- Create multiple sessions
- Pre-inspection countdown
- Haptic and confetti feedback
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Get faster. Understand every solve. SubX is a modern speedcubing timer built for cubers who want more than a stopwatch. Time your solves with a fast, distraction-free interface, then turn your results into meaningful insights that help you improve. BUILT FOR SPEED Hold to ready, release to start, and tap to stop. SubX combines responsive controls, haptic feedback, scramble generation, inspection, +2 and DNF penalties, and Zen Mode into a timer designed to stay out of your way. UNDERSTAND YOUR SOLVES Go beyond basic averages with detailed performance analytics. Follow your personal bests, explore trends and solve distributions, and see how your performance changes over time. SET GOALS. CHASE SUB-X. Create performance goals and track your progress toward faster singles and averages. COMPARE YOUR TRAINING Compare sessions to see how different cubes, routines, or practice styles affect your speed and consistency. PRACTICE LIKE IT COUNTS Competition Mode gives you a focused average-of-five experience with inspection, penalties, individual results, and competition-style averaging. YOUR CUBING HISTORY Organize solves into sessions, review your history, track PB progression, and keep your practice organized in one place. Filter your solves by personal bests, penalties, date, and speed to quickly find the results that matter. SHARE YOUR PROGRESS Turn your solves into polished SubX share cards. Share individual results, Ao5s, and Ao12s with times, penalties, dropped solves, PBs, and scramble details beautifully presented. GAN HALO TIMER SUPPORT Connect a compatible GAN Halo smart timer over Bluetooth for hardware timing while keeping your solves and analytics inside SubX. SUBX PRO The core SubX experience is free. SubX Pro unlocks advanced training tools including deeper trends and distributions, goal tracking, PB progression, session comparison, and advanced performance insights. SubX Pro is available as a one-time lifetime purchase. No subscription. Whether you're chasing your first sub-30, sub-20, sub-10, or your next personal best, SubX gives you the tools to measure your progress and keep improving. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.jesserubio.com/subx/privacy/
Cuber Timer Pro
A clean and simple speedcube timer designed for cubers. It offers professional timing features, comprehensive statistics, and beautiful themes without overwhelming menus or feature bloat. Track progress and improve times with ease.
- WCA-compliant inspection mode
- Full-screen tap mode
- Dynamic timer colors
- Ao5 and Ao12 averages
- Solve history and trends
- Export solve history to CSV
- Multiple theme options
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Cuber Timer Pro is a beautifully simple speedcube timer for people who just want to solve. No overwhelming menus. No feature bloat. Just a clean, modern timer with everything you actually need to track your progress and improve your times. PROFESSIONAL TIMING - WCA-compliant inspection mode (Countdown with audio alerts) - Full-screen tap mode—tap anywhere to start and stop - Dynamic timer colors show your performance at a glance COMPREHENSIVE STATISTICS (Pro) Track your improvement over time with powerful yet simple analytics: - View Ao5 and Ao12 averages with one tap - See your best times, daily trends, and solving patterns - Visual charts show when you solve best and how you're improving - Complete solve history organized by year, month, and day (export to CSV!) BEAUTIFUL DESIGN Choose from 5 carefully crafted themes: - Basic (clean default) - Zen Cool - Zen Warm - Retro Cube - Greyscale Every theme adapts seamlessly across all charts, stats, and interface elements. SIMPLE PRICING Free timer with full functionality. Unlock comprehensive statistics with a one-time purchase—no subscription, ever. BUILT FOR CUBERS Whether you're just learning F2U or chasing sub-10 times, Cuber Timer Pro gives you exactly what you need without the clutter. Open the app, start solving, and let the clean interface fade into the background where it belongs. Stop fighting complicated timers. Just cube.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SubX at none against Cuber Timer Pro's 1. SubX also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). Cuber Timer Pro's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, 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. Cuber Timer Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SubX asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cuber Timer Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SubX has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | SubX | Cuber Timer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jesse Rubio | Areveo |
Customer experience
SubX
Cuber Timer Pro
In-app purchases
SubX
No in-app purchases
Cuber Timer Pro
- Pro Statistics$4.99









