Comparison

Cube Timer vs What Speed

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

Head to head
About

Cube Timer

This app provides a timer for speedcubing enthusiasts, offering both simple and advanced modes that replicate real-world timers. It generates scrambles and tracks your performance for various cube sizes.

Highlights
  • Speedcubing timer
  • Simple and advanced modes
  • Scramble generation
  • Session recording
  • Supports 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, Pyraminx
Features
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Try our timer for speedcubers! You can use it in 2 modes: simple and advanced. Advanced mimics the way the real speedcubing timer works. The app also generate scrambles and records all your sessions. Currently supported cubes are 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 and Pyraminx. privacy policy: https://mrjohn10.github.io/cubee/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://mrjohn10.github.io/cubee/terms-of-service

About

What Speed

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What Speed - am I doing? This app is designed to tell you how fast you are going, what direction, and your altitude. Cost: Completely free to download and use - you can optionally chip in via in-app support if you’d like to support ongoing development. What Speed shows live GPS speed, altitude, and recent movement in one clean layout - so you can focus on how fast you’re moving and how it changes over time. Pick your average (instant speed or a rolling average over the last few seconds or up to a minute), glance at min and max over the last minute, and use speed and altitude charts when you want the bigger picture. What you can see and control • Live speed from GPS, with optional 3s–60s rolling averages as your main readout • Min / max speed over the last minute next to your primary speed • Optional panels with multiple average windows at once (show or hide when you want less clutter) • Speed-over-time and altitude-over-time charts, with a configurable range (1 min to 1 hour of history on the timeline) • Heading display (compass-style) when you want direction at a glance • Metric or imperial: km/h or mph • Pause to freeze readings and charts, clear to reset stored samples for a fresh session • Keep screen awake while you’re using the app (optional) • Appearance: follow the system, or light / dark • Averages that ignore standstill (optional) - useful if you only care about moving time Settings Choose how averages work, how long charts cover, whether speed and altitude history is saved between launches, and which readout is front and center. Send feedback from the app if you have ideas or run into issues; support options are there if you’d like to help keep development going. Completely optional! Location What Speed needs location access (and GPS-capable hardware) to compute speed and altitude. It’s built for cycling, running, driving, and other outdoor movement - not for turn-by-turn navigation. It does not run in the background if you close the app. A small, focused instrument for “what speed am I doing right now - and how is it changing?” without the noise of a full fitness or navigation suite. It is great at confirming what speed you are actually doing compared to what your speedometer suggests you are doing (car manufacturers especially appear to overestimate how fast you are going!)

Screenshots

Cube Timer4 screens
What Speed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Cube Timer at 16.0 against What Speed's 18.6. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Cube Timer sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and What Speed sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Cube Timer versus What Speed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCube TimerWhat Speed
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJan AugustyniakSix Pine Trees Limited

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Cube Timer

Subscriptions4
  • Pro2 variants$2.997 Days
  • Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Access to all features3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Pro$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro$0.99
4 purchases

What Speed

One-time4
  • Donation - Small$1.00
  • Donation - Medium$5.00
  • Donation - Large$10.00
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  • Donation - Generous$100.00

Questions

Is Cube Timer free?
Cube Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is What Speed free?
What Speed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cube Timer or What Speed have ads?
Neither Cube Timer nor What Speed shows ads.

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