Comparison

BrainBoxed vs CubeLens

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

Head to head
About

BrainBoxed

Features
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Your ultimate word puzzle companion featuring powerful solvers for popular word games: CROSSWORD SOLVER - Find words matching your pattern with instant results - Advanced anagram solving capabilities - Flexible search with partial letters - Perfect for crosswords and word puzzles WORDLE SOLVER - Get intelligent suggestions for your next guess - Track letter positions and feedback - Hard Mode support for purists - Visual feedback matching the original game - Maintain your winning streak with smart suggestions LETTER BOXED SOLVER - Find complete two-word solutions - Search by specific letters or word length - Save recent puzzle configurations - Get guided hints when stuck - Perfect for the NYT Letter Boxed puzzle With an intuitive interface and powerful solving capabilities, you'll never be stuck on a word puzzle again!

About

CubeLens

This app uses your phone's camera to scan a physical cube and provides guided, step-by-step solutions. It offers multiple solving methods and detailed visual and audio instructions to help you learn how to solve it yourself.

Highlights
  • Camera scanning of physical cubes
  • Guided, narrated step-by-step solutions
  • Multiple solving methods (Beginner, Quick Solve, CFOP)
  • 3D cube visualization for moves
  • Manual color entry option
  • Legality checking for unsolvable states
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Your cube. Your phone. Solved. CubeLens turns the cube on your desk into a guided lesson. Rotate it in front of the camera: any face, any order, any way up. Each face captures automatically, and CubeLens assembles them into your exact cube, verified to be physically possible before you start. EVERYTHING INCLUDED One purchase and all of it is yours: • Beginner course: the classic layer-by-layer method, one narrated move at a time. You end up able to solve it yourself. • Quick solve: the computer-optimized answer in around 21 moves, on every scramble. • CFOP: the method speedcubers use. Cross, F2L pairs, then the last layer, with each stage explained. Pay once. No ads, no subscription, nothing to buy inside the app. A GUIDE THAT KEEPS UP WITH YOU Every move is shown on a 3D cube you can spin, previewed on the exact layer to turn, and spoken aloud in clear studio narration, with four narrators to choose from. Auto-play paces itself to the voice; set the speed from 0.5x to 2x, or step through by hand. SCANNING THAT ACTUALLY WORKS • Reads real-world lighting: white-balance locking, glare rejection, and per-face illumination correction. • Handles non-standard color schemes and rim-style / carbon-fiber cubes, and renders your cube in its true colors. • Legality checking catches misreads and fixes many of them automatically; if a scan is uncertain, CubeLens asks to re-scan just the sides in question, or fix any sticker with a tap. • Prefer to type it in? Full manual color entry is there too. The camera is the fast way, never the only way. • If your cube was reassembled wrong, CubeLens detects that it's physically unsolvable and tells you which kind of piece to fix. BONUS: SEND IT TO YOUR VISION PRO With the companion app Cubed on Apple Vision Pro, one scan drops a life-size copy of your cube, in its real colors, into the room in front of you. No account. No ads. No subscription, and nothing to buy inside the app. Nothing is sent to a server. Voice credits and licenses: https://cubelens.app/credits.html

Screenshots

BrainBoxed4 screens
CubeLens4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BrainBoxed at Free against CubeLens's $9.99. BrainBoxed also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). CubeLens's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

BrainBoxed is free to download; CubeLens costs $9.99 up front. CubeLens sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BrainBoxed asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BrainBoxed ships an update every 3 months, CubeLens every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 3 level
BrainBoxed versus CubeLens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrainBoxedCubeLens
PriceFree — better$9.99
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicholas WarnerKarl Groethe

In-app purchases

None

BrainBoxed

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

CubeLens

One-time1
  • CubeLens Unlimited$2.99

Questions

Is BrainBoxed free?
BrainBoxed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CubeLens free?
CubeLens costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do BrainBoxed or CubeLens have ads?
Neither BrainBoxed nor CubeLens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BrainBoxed or CubeLens?
BrainBoxed ships an update every 3 months, and CubeLens every 4 weeks. Most recently, BrainBoxed was updated on October 1, 2026 and CubeLens on October 16, 2026.

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