Dual vs Cuboo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dual
Transform your goals and habits into an engaging adventure. Create a character, set quests, and earn rewards to stay motivated on your personal growth journey. Track your progress and build skills with a gamified approach to productivity.
- Character profile with customizable attributes and skills
- Journey, milestone, and quest system for goal setting
- Attribute system to track intangible qualities
- Focus timer linked to skill progression
- Personalized reward shop for motivation
- Skill tree visualization
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Start Your Journey Create a unique character profile with customizable attributes and skills. Design your adventure by setting milestones and quests to guide your progress. Collect coins and gems as you achieve milestones and quests, and use them to unlock personalized rewards that keep you motivated. Features Journey, Milestone, and Quest System - Journey: Define a long-term direction you want to work toward. - Milestone: Journeys can feel too far away to keep you engaged. Setting milestones helps you recognize your progress and shorten the positive feedback loop. Earn gems when you achieve a milestone—fully customizable based on its significance. - Quest: Focus on meaningful habits that drive your journey forward. Each quest represents an action or habit you commit to for growth. Attribute System - Attributes represent intangible qualities like health, creativity, or leadership. - Set attributes that matter to you and link them to quests. - Completing quests will increase linked attributes based on their difficulty. For instance, quests tied to "vitality" or "charisma" help you see progress in those areas. Focus Timer & Skill System - Link the built-in focus timer to your skills. Each minute spent focusing is converted into XP. - The rule says mastering a skill requires approximately 10,000 hours. In Dual, reaching Level 100 reflects this milestone. - As your level increases, the difficulty to level up grows, mirroring the real-life challenge of skill mastery. - Categorize your skills and build a unique skill tree to visualize your growth. 100% Personalized Reward Shop - Design rewards that excite and motivate you in real life, like a movie night, boba, or a new gadget. - Unlock special rewards tied to milestones, such as earning a new pair of running shoes after breaking a personal record. Upcoming Features - Customizable loot boxes for added excitement - Advanced stats to track quest completion and focus time Is Dual for You? Dual is perfect for those who value both the journey and the destination. It’s ideal if you enjoy building a highly customizable reward system that motivates you in the long term. Note: The app requires some initial setup to tailor the experience to your needs, but the payoff is worth it! This app is subject to Apple's standard end user license agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Cuboo
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Cuboo turns focus into a journey, built around the hyperfocus technique. Start a session and you board a train. As you work, it glides across Europe in real time — forests, mountains, and coastline drifting past your window. Stay on track and you arrive at a new capital, earning a stamp for your passport. Get distracted, and the train waits. THE HYPERFOCUS TECHNIQUE Hyperfocus is the state of complete, single-task immersion — where time falls away and your best work happens. Cuboo is designed to pull you into it and keep you there: one task, one train, one destination, with no notifications to break the spell. Instead of a timer counting down, you have somewhere to be. HOW IT WORKS • Pick what you're focusing on — deep work, study, reading, creating, anything. • Choose how far you're going, and board. • Block the apps that pull you away for the length of the ride. • Focus. Watch the world go by. Arrive. WHAT'S INSIDE • A live train window with real moving scenery • An ambient sound mixer — train clatter, rain on the glass, forest, and lo-fi • App blocking that holds while you focus, powered by Screen Time • 24 European capitals to travel to, each with its own collectible stamp • A departures board, boarding pass, and passport that make focus feel like travel • Simple stats so you can watch your focused hours add up Whether you're studying for an exam, writing, coding, or just trying to stay off your phone for an hour, Cuboo gives your focus a destination. All aboard. ——— Cuboo Pro Cuboo offers an optional subscription that unlocks unlimited journeys and every feature: • Monthly — $3.99 / month • Annual — $18.99 / year (includes a 3-day free trial) • Lifetime — $34.99, one-time Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. The lifetime option is a one-time purchase with no renewal. Terms of Use: https://cuboo.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://cuboo.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Cuboo at every 5 days against Dual's fortnightly. 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. Dual sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Cuboo sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Dual ships an update fortnightly, Cuboo every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dual | Cuboo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (139 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 139 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pei-Tzu Huang | STEFAN-ANDREI HATEGAN |
In-app purchases
Dual
- Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$24.991 Year
Cuboo
- Cuboo Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Cuboo Pro Annual3 Days trial$18.991 Year
- Cuboo Pro Lifetime$34.99









