TierCreator vs TimerCubed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TierCreator
Easily create and customize ranking lists for any topic. Add images, text, and colors to organize your thoughts. Share your creations with others in just a few taps.
- Create up to 2,000 tiles and 50 tiers
- Integrate images via search, paste, camera, or gallery
- Add multiple text labels to tiles
- Pinch-to-zoom for resizing
- Full color picker for customization
- Utilize pre-made tier templates
- Share lists easily
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Create and customize tier lists effortlessly with TierCreator—the easiest way to rank anything and everything! Features: • Completely Free & Ad-Free – Enjoy all features with no cost and no interruptions. • Massive Tier Lists – No fixed limits on tiers or tiles per list (device limits may apply). • Seamless Image Integration – Add images via in-app search, paste, drag-and-drop (iPad), camera, or photo gallery. • Enhanced Text Options – Add multiple text labels to tiles for better organization and clarity. • Pinch-to-Zoom – Easily resize and position text and images with a simple pinch gesture. • Custom Colors – Personalize your tier lists with a full color picker for vibrant customization. • Tier Templates – Start faster with pre-made tier templates for quick and easy setup. • Effortless Sharing – Share your tier lists with friends and on social media in just a few taps. Start ranking today with TierCreator! Some icons in this app are provided by Icons8.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TierCreator at Free against TimerCubed's $1.99. TierCreator also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (491 vs 4). TimerCubed's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
TierCreator is free to download; TimerCubed costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TimerCubed holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TierCreator has 491 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of TierCreator's written reviews are positive against 100% of TimerCubed's.
TierCreator ships an update every 3 days, TimerCubed every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TierCreator | TimerCubed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (491 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 491 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Orlowski | Robert Wertheimer |
Customer experience
TierCreator
TimerCubed
Bugs and requests
TierCreator
Reported bugs
2 issues- Trouble uploading images
- Compatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Expand category wording
- Allow multiple items per tier
- Improve image search quality
- Add ability to view/share tier lists
TimerCubed
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TierCreator
No in-app purchases
TimerCubed
No in-app purchases
