Comparison

CubiksRube vs Cube

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

Head to head
About

CubiksRube

Experience the classic 80s toy on your mobile device. Challenge yourself to solve the puzzle in under 10 minutes and track your personal best times.

Highlights
  • Classic 80s toy simulation
  • Solve the cube challenge
  • Time tracking for personal bests
  • Playable on mobile devices
Features
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Play the most popular toy from the 80s on your phone. Solve the cube in less than 10 mins. What is your min time?

About

Cube

Features
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Every Friday, the same cube goes out to everyone in the world. Solve that one scramble and compare your time on the leaderboard. Scan your real 3x3 cube with the camera, and Cube reads its state and guides you move by move until it is solved. For first-timers who just want to solve all six faces, and for cubers chasing a faster time. ■ Weekly Cube One scramble per week, identical for everyone. Your solve time is recorded on the leaderboard so you can measure yourself against other players. Register a public nickname to join the leaderboard — it carries over to new devices and reinstalls via iCloud Keychain. ■ Features • Cube Scanning Read all six faces with the camera and analyze the cube state • Real Advice Analyze the cube in your hands and guide you through the next move, step by step • Virtual Cube Practice freely with a 3D cube, no physical cube needed • Challenge Time attack on the virtual cube • Shared Cube Send a cube you solved to a friend as a link and race on the same scramble • AI Battle Solve against a calm AI opponent in real time ■ Free Scanning, cube analysis, the Virtual Cube, a taste of Challenge and Advice, and the battle intro are all free. ■ Cube Pro (one-time purchase) Unlocks unlimited Challenge, step-by-step Smart Advice, and AI Battle. No subscriptions. ■ Design • Fast Apple-native performance • Minimal and focused interface • Calm interaction design • Built for both beginners and experienced solvers • No ads ■ Philosophy Recognize. Understand. Flow. Not just a solver, but an experience for recognizing, understanding, and entering flow. Created during the space between music production and software engineering. Created by Haru (Haruhiko Kishi) at MusicFlow Tokyo.

Screenshots

CubiksRube3 screens
Cube4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CubiksRube at none against Cube's 1. CubiksRube also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CubiksRube asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CubiksRube versus Cube: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCubiksRubeCube
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNihit K SaxenaHaruhiko Kishi

In-app purchases

None

CubiksRube

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cube

One-time1
  • Rinen CUBE Pro$3.99

Questions

Is CubiksRube free?
CubiksRube is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cube free?
Cube is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CubiksRube or Cube have ads?
Neither CubiksRube nor Cube shows ads.

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