Comparison

SubX vs TimerCubed

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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/

About

TimerCubed

A modern, customizable timer for speedcubing enthusiasts. Track progress with detailed statistics, organize solves with session backups, and generate quality scrambles for various puzzle types. Supports iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch with convenient widget and shortcut integration.

Highlights
  • Customizable timer with inspection and penalties
  • Themes, fonts, colors, and custom backgrounds
  • Detailed statistics and progress insights
  • Session management with import/export
  • Quality scrambles for multiple puzzle types
  • Apple Watch app with iPhone syncing
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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TimerCubed is a modern, customizable speedcubing timer for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, built to be easy to use with lots of features. ----- Some of our features: • Simple but customizable timer with inspection, penalties, and support for mouse and keyboard on iPad • Themes and customization with fonts, colors, and backgrounds, including your own photos • Statistics and insights to show your progress across sessions • Sessions and backups, with import and export options to keep your solves organized and safe • Quality scrambles for 2x2 through 7x7 as well as megaminx, pyraminx, skewb, square-1, clock, and even FTO • Smart timer and typing input support • Apple Watch app with syncing to iPhone • Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen, plus a Control Center button that opens straight to the timer • Siri and Shortcuts support for your stats, scrambles, and logging solves • Designed with iPhone Duo and iPad in mind ----- No tracking, and the only purchase you will make is buying the app. For support/feedback, reach out to timercubedsupport@gmail.com

Screenshots

SubX4 screens
TimerCubed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SubX at Free against TimerCubed's $1.99. TimerCubed's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 15 months). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SubX is free to download; TimerCubed costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TimerCubed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SubX ships an update every 15 months, TimerCubed every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SubX versus TimerCubed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubXTimerCubed
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJesse RubioRobert Wertheimer

Customer experience

SubX

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TimerCubed

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SubX

No in-app purchases

None

TimerCubed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SubX free?
SubX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimerCubed free?
TimerCubed costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SubX or TimerCubed?
TimerCubed is rated higher. SubX averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while TimerCubed averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do SubX or TimerCubed have ads?
Neither SubX nor TimerCubed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SubX or TimerCubed?
SubX ships an update every 15 months, and TimerCubed every 2 months. Most recently, SubX was updated on November 4, 2026 and TimerCubed on November 5, 2026.

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