CubeCure vs CommuniCube
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CubeCure
This app uses your phone's camera to scan a physical puzzle cube, reconstruct it in 3D, and provide step-by-step instructions to solve it. It offers unlimited free scanning and solving for the 3x3 cube, with options to unlock more sizes and features.
- Camera-based cube scanning
- Interactive 3D cube reconstruction
- Step-by-step solving instructions
- Easy scan correction
- Unlimited 3x3 solving
- Unlockable 2x2 and 4x4 solving
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Stuck on your cube? Scan it. Solve it. CubeCure uses your iPhone camera to scan your puzzle cube, reconstruct it in 3D, and guide you through the solution step by step. Start with a 3×3 cube completely free. Scan each face, confirm that the reconstructed cube matches the one in your hands, and CubeCure calculates the solution. If a color didn’t scan correctly, there’s no need to start over. Simply tap individual squares to correct them or rescan that face. FREE • Unlimited 3×3 scanning and solving • Interactive 3D cube reconstruction • Step-by-step solving instructions • Easy scan correction and face rescanning UNLOCK CUBECURE Upgrade once to unlock the complete CubeCure experience: • Remove ads • 2×2 scanning and solving • 4×4 scanning and solving • Cube timer • Scramble generator • No subscription Whether you’re solving a scrambled cube for the first time or want useful tools for practicing and improving, CubeCure puts everything you need in one simple app. Scan. Solve. Learn. Repeat.
CommuniCube
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Stuck on a twisty puzzle? Point your iPhone or iPad at it. CommuniCube reads every face with the camera, lets you fix any sticker with a tap, and then walks you through the solution one move at a time on an animated 3D model — in plain English, not just notation. Puzzles it solves (all on your device, no internet needed): - 3×3 Cube — a near-optimal solution of about 20 moves, or the Learn mode that solves YOUR cube with the beginner layer-by-layer method so you understand every stage. - 2×2 Pocket Cube — the shortest possible solution, 11 moves or fewer. - 4×4 and 5×5 cubes — solved step by step by reduction: centres, then edges, then finish like a 3×3, with parity handled for you. - Pyraminx — optimal, 11 layer turns or fewer plus up to four tip turns. Skewb — optimal in 11 moves or fewer. - Ivy Cube — optimal, 8 moves or fewer. Dino Cube — solved one edge at a time. - Tower 2×2×3 and Domino 2×3×3 cuboids — optimal within their own moves. - Megaminx and Kilominx — the twelve-sided puzzles, solved piece by piece with sequences that move only three pieces at a time. - Mirror Cube (entered by block depth) and Void Cube. Scanning that just works: - Guided capture of each face with a live overlay showing what the camera reads; it snaps automatically when the picture is steady. - Colours are worked out from all the faces together, so warm lamps and shadows don't fool it. - A check screen shows the whole puzzle as an unfolded net. Tap any sticker to recolour it, and if the pattern is impossible the app tells you exactly why: wrong sticker counts, a piece that can't exist, or a corner that was reassembled twisted. Follow along with confidence: - Every move is written out plainly ("Turn the right face up, away from you") beside a 3D model with a direction arrow, and the standard notation if you want it. - Play, pause, step back and forth, change the speed, and jump between stages on the big cubes. - Timer with scrambles for thirteen of the puzzles — random-state on the 3×3 and the Void Cube, random-move on the rest — plus inspection, ao5/ao12 and a chart of your times. - A Learn tab with animated notation for twelve of the puzzles and the full beginner method. - Colour themes and a colour-blind mode that puts a letter on every sticker. CommuniCube is 100% free for everyone, supported by ads. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no puzzles locked behind a paywall — every solver, the timer and every lesson are available to every user from day one. Want another puzzle or have an idea? Request features and suggest improvements right from the in-app CommuniDev tab — we keep the app free for everyone, forever.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CommuniCube at none against CubeCure's 1. CubeCure's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. CubeCure sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CommuniCube asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | CubeCure | CommuniCube |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher Page | CommuniDev LLC |
In-app purchases
CubeCure
- CubeCure Pro$3.99
CommuniCube
No in-app purchases





