Comparison

Cubic vs Stash

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

Head to head
About

Cubic

Transform passive reading into active learning by saving articles, organizing content, and creating reviewable flashcards from your highlights. Discover new material through RSS feeds or curated collections and track your learning progress over time.

Highlights
  • Discover content via RSS feeds and curated collections
  • Save articles and organize into a personal library
  • Add notes and highlights to saved content
  • Convert highlights into reviewable flashcards
  • Track reading habits and learning trends
  • Organize content for recall
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Cubic - Turn what you read into what you remember Cubic helps you move from passive browsing to active learning. Discover great content, save what matters, and revisit it in a way that actually sticks. DISCOVER WITH INTENT Follow RSS feeds or explore curated collections across topics like tech, design, and business. COLLECT WHAT MATTERS Save articles, organize them into your personal library, and add notes or highlights as you read. REFLECT TO REMEMBER Your highlights become reviewable flash cards, helping you retain ideas over time. A SMOOTHER READING FLOW Swipe through articles and uncover interesting ideas without juggling tabs. BUILD YOUR KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM All your content, notes, and insights—organized for recall, not just storage. TRACK YOUR LEARNING See reading habits and trends to understand what you consume and how you grow. If you read a lot but forget most of it, Cubic gives you a simple system: discover → collect → reflect. ---- Support: Check out https://cubic.surf/faq or contact feedback@cubic.surf Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://cubic.surf/privacy

About

Stash

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You saved it because it mattered. Then it sat there. Stash gets you through it. Save an article, and Stash reads it aloud on your iPhone while you cook, commute, or walk the dog. The pile gets smaller in the hours you already have. NO METER Other readers sell you minutes. Stash has no server, so there is nothing to meter. Save two articles or two hundred. Listen to all of them. No word counts, no monthly minutes, no upgrade wall. READY BEFORE YOU ARE Audio is generated in the background the moment you save. Put in your earbuds and it is already waiting. No buffering, no spinner. WORKS WHERE PODCASTS DO NOT The reader, the voice, and the queue all live on your phone. Airplane mode, the subway, a dead zone in the hills. Nothing changes. THE QUEUE EMPTIES ITSELF Finish an article and it moves to the archive on its own. Favorite the ones you want to keep. No tidying, no ritual. NO NONSENSE No account. No onboarding. No ads. No tracking. No subscription. No limits. Download it, share an article from Safari, press play. That is the whole setup. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Stash from the share sheet, a pasted link, or plain text - Listen to a natural on-device voice, or read along with the text - Drag to reorder the queue, or send something to the top - Speed and a sleep timer. Nothing else to configure. - Export any article. It is your data. - Sync across your devices with iCloud. No iCloud? Stash still works. BUILT TO LAST We build every version as if it is the last one we will ever ship. There is no server, so nothing leaves your phone, and the Stash on your phone keeps working without us. One purchase. Every update included, including better voices when better open models land. Made by two people who wanted a read-later app that respects them. SUPPORT / FEEDBACK / CONTACT Questions or feedback? Email xoxo@lucas.love. A human reads every message. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Cubic4 screens
Stash4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cubic at Free against Stash's $19.99. Cubic also leads on iOS requirement (18.5 vs 26.1). Stash's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On update cadence, 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

Cubic is free to download; Stash costs $19.99 up front. Cubic sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Stash asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cubic ships an update every 6 days, Stash daily. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Cubic versus Stash: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCubicStash
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.5 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB155 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperARPIT MATHURLucas Fischer

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Cubic

Subscriptions2
  • Cubic Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Cubic Pro Yearly$14.991 Year
None

Stash

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cubic free?
Cubic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stash free?
Stash costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cubic or Stash have ads?
Neither Cubic nor Stash shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cubic or Stash?
Cubic ships an update every 6 days, and Stash daily. Most recently, Cubic was updated on October 14, 2026 and Stash on October 2, 2026.

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