Comparison

Cube Timer vs Splits

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

Head to head
About

Cube Timer

This app provides a fast and modern timer for speedcubing practice. It generates official WCA scrambles and allows users to track their solve history to improve performance. The design is clean, minimal, and distraction-free.

Highlights
  • Fast instant start/stop timer
  • Official WCA scrambles
  • Solve history tracking
  • Clean, minimal design
  • Customizable themes
  • Scramble previews
Features
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Tesseract is a fast and modern cube timer for speedcubers that uses the official WCA scrambler. Practice, track, and improve your solves with accurate timing. Features: * Fast cube timer with instant start/stop * WCA Scrambles/Scramble previews * Solve history * Awesome Fonts * Clean, minimal, and distraction-free design * Colorful Themes Built for speedcubers who want a simple but powerful tool to train and improve.

About

Splits

Features
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A timer built for speedcubers. Splits times to the thousandth of a second, generates a real scramble for every solve, and gives you the averages that actually tell you whether you are getting faster. No account, no ads, and nothing to set up — open it and hold. TIMING THAT GETS OUT OF THE WAY Hold to arm, release to start, tap to stop. Optional 15-second WCA inspection, an optional hold delay, and a full-screen face that stays readable across the room. Mark any solve +2 or DNF after the fact. ELEVEN PUZZLES, PROPER SCRAMBLES 3x3, 2x2, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, Pyraminx, Skewb, Megaminx, Square-1 and Clock — each with scrambles generated for that event, and a preview of the scrambled cube so you know you turned it right. AVERAGES THAT MEAN SOMETHING Ao5 and Ao12 as you solve, with the best and worst dropped the way the WCA does it. Pro keeps every solve with the scramble it was solved on, and turns that history into a rolling trend chart and a distribution of your times — so a good day is something you can see rather than something you remember. SESSIONS — PRO Keep a warm-up apart from a serious run, or one-handed apart from two. An average over a session is a number you can use; an average over everything you have ever done is not. CHALLENGE A FRIEND Share a solve as a link. They get your exact scramble and your time to beat, and they can race it in a browser without installing anything. No account on either end. SPLITS PRO An optional auto-renewing subscription that adds saved solve history, sessions, Ao50 and Ao100, hiding the running time while you solve, and backup of your history to your own iCloud — not to us. There is no Splits server, and your solves never pass through one. $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year, after a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. PRIVACY Your solves are written to your device and stay there. No accounts, no ads, no advertising identifiers, and nothing sold or shared, ever. The app reports crashes and performance so bugs can be fixed; that is described in full at splitscubetimer.com/privacy.html. Free to use, with an optional Pro subscription. iPhone and iPad. Terms of Use: https://splitscubetimer.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://splitscubetimer.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

Cube Timer4 screens
Splits4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cube Timer at none against Splits's 2. Splits's advantage is update cadence (daily vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Splits sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Cube Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cube Timer ships an update monthly, Splits daily. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cube Timer versus Splits: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCube TimerSplits
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlim ErkinovForrest Grant

In-app purchases

None

Cube Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Splits

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Cube Timer free?
Cube Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Splits free?
Splits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cube Timer or Splits have ads?
Neither Cube Timer nor Splits shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cube Timer or Splits?
Cube Timer ships an update monthly, and Splits daily. Most recently, Cube Timer was updated on October 3, 2026 and Splits on October 2, 2026.

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