Comparison

Erwin vs Cubini

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

Head to head
About

Erwin

Experience a unique 3D sliding puzzle on a cube's six faces. Merge tiles, rotate the cube, and discover quantum effects like superposition and entanglement. Play with friends in multiplayer mode.

Highlights
  • 3D cube sliding puzzle
  • Tile merging and scoring
  • Quantum effects (superposition, entanglement)
  • Cube rotation for multiple faces
  • Local multiplayer via Game Center
  • Universal app purchase
Features
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Erwin is a sliding puzzle played on the six faces of a cube, a unique 3D experience with spatial audio and holographic depth effects. Swipe to slide and merge tiles, or swipe the background to rotate the cube and work the other sides. Tiles have a value that doubles when they merge, and each merge adds to your score. Play long enough and quantum effects begin to appear: some tiles are in superposition, alternating between two values, some entangled and move together, and some even teleport. Play together with friends via Game Center Multiplayer: take turns on a shared cube, watch each other's moves in real time, and climb the cooperative leaderboard. Universal purchase with Family sharing: pay once, and play Erwin on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with up to six family members. Erwin respects your privacy and your wallet. This is an app I wanted for myself without compromise or dark patterns: pay once and it's yours, on all your devices, with no ads, no nagging in-app purchases, no tracking, no profiling.

About

Cubini

Features
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A dice game you learn in minutes and keep playing for months. Roll two dice, mark your board and complete lines: think bingo, but you choose every move. Play solo for free, pass the phone around, or play online with friends. No ads, no subscription. A game takes about 10 minutes. How it plays - two dice with the values 0 through 5, and the 0 on die A is the Nexus die: a golden star that counts as any value from 0 to 5 - five rows with a fixed sequence, each with its own color and its own symbol - every row runs left to right, and whatever you skip is gone - points for full rows, full columns and the two diagonals - the golden Nexus star in the center counts toward four lines at once - the roller throws and marks two squares, the riders mark one on the sum Modes - Solo against 1 to 3 virtual players, on three levels - Pass and play with 2 to 6 players on one device - Online with 2 to 6 players, public or behind a room code - Single round, best of 3, or a tournament over 5 rounds - Two game types: Original, and Vertical with columns from top to bottom (with the unlock) Also in the app - leaderboards for the week, the month, the year to date, the year and all time - the rules on eight pages, with examples - color blind accessible: every row carries its own symbol - full VoiceOver and Dynamic Type support - fifteen languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish, Indonesian, Japanese and Korean What it costs Cubini is free to download. Solo against virtual players is free to play. Pass and play, online games, tournaments and the leaderboards are free to try for 14 days. After that one purchase of EUR 3.99 unlocks them for good. Buy during the 14-day trial and it costs EUR 2.99. No subscription, no ads. Privacy Cubini collects no personal data for advertising and does not track you across apps. The privacy policy is at www.vibecode-studio.nl/apps/cubini/privacy.

Screenshots

Erwin4 screens
Cubini4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Cubini at Free against Erwin's $4.99. Cubini also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Erwin's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Cubini is free to download; Erwin costs $4.99 up front. Cubini sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Erwin asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Erwin ships an update every 8 days, Cubini every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences ยท 3 level
Erwin versus Cubini: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterErwinCubini
Price$4.99Free โ€” better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
MonetizationPaidโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size43 MB10 MB
Age rating+4+4
DeveloperTamas BartalGert Hoetmer

In-app purchases

None

Erwin

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Cubini

One-time2
  • Cubini Early Unlock$2.99
  • Unlock Cubini$3.99

Questions

Is Erwin free?
Erwin costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cubini free?
Cubini is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Erwin or Cubini have ads?
Neither Erwin nor Cubini shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Erwin or Cubini?
Erwin ships an update every 8 days, and Cubini every 3 days. Most recently, Erwin was updated on October 31, 2026 and Cubini on October 31, 2026.

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