Comparison

回転箱 vs Cube

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

Head to head
About

回転箱

Features
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【概要】 回転箱は箱を回転して6面それぞれを1色に揃えるパズルゲームアプリです。 箱の面の色は6種類あります。(緑、白、青、橙、黄、赤) 6面それぞれを1色に揃えた場合ゲームクリアです。 ゲームオーバーはありません。 【機能】 ・ホーム画面 シャッフル回数、シャッフルスピード、回転スピードを設定できます。 ・ゲーム画面 箱をタップして同じ面内の回転したい方向にある異なる箱までスワイプすると箱を回転できます。箱以外をスワイプするとカメラを回転できます。箱以外をピンチインすると縮小、ピンチアウトすると拡大できます。

About

Cube

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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. ■ iPhone Duo Works with iPhone Duo. Open it all the way for a big cube. Fold it halfway like a laptop, and Real Timer shows the clock on the top screen and the pad for your hands on the bottom. ■ 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 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 ■ Cube Pro Unlocks unlimited Challenge, step-by-step Smart Advice, and AI Battle. ■ 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 MusicFlow Tokyo.

Screenshots

回転箱2 screens
Cube4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 回転箱 at none against Cube's 1. 回転箱 also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Cube's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 months). 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. 回転箱 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

回転箱 ships an update every 5 months, Cube every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
回転箱 versus Cube: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter回転箱Cube
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developertakanori shinnoHaruhiko Kishi

In-app purchases

None

回転箱

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Cube

One-time1
  • Cube Pro: 3x3 Cube Solver$3.99

Questions

Is 回転箱 free?
回転箱 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cube free?
Cube is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 回転箱 or Cube have ads?
Neither 回転箱 nor Cube shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 回転箱 or Cube?
回転箱 ships an update every 5 months, and Cube every 2 days. Most recently, 回転箱 was updated on October 25, 2026 and Cube on October 27, 2026.

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