iCube Pro vs XCube Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iCube Pro
This utility app functions as a pocket timer for speedcubing, speedstacking, and Flying Cup challenges. It offers a straightforward and polished interface for timing your puzzle-solving or cup-stacking endeavors.
- Speedcubing timer
- Speedstacking timer
- Flying Cup timer
- Pocket timer
- Simple interface
- Elegant design
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iCube Pro is a speedcubing/speedstacking/Flyingcup timer in your pocket! It's a simple and elegant timer app that you must have!
XCube Timer
This app provides a distraction-free timer for speedcubers to track their solves, organize practice sessions, and analyze performance with detailed statistics. It helps users improve consistency and focus on achieving personal bests.
- Distraction-free timer
- Track and manage solves
- Organize practice by sessions
- Detailed performance statistics
- Analyze trends and consistency
- Export and import data
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XCube Timer is a clean and focused cube timer built for speedcubers who want a simple way to track solves, review progress, and train with better insights. Track every solve with a fast and distraction-free timer, organize your practice into sessions, and explore detailed stats to understand your performance over time. Review recent solves, averages, trends, time distribution, and session comparisons in a clear interface designed for everyday practice. With XCube Timer, you can: - Save and manage your solves with ease - Organize training by sessions - Track averages and personal progress - Analyze trends and consistency - Review solve details and history - Export and import your data Upgrade to Pro to unlock advanced statistics and a deeper view of your training. Whether you are learning, getting faster, or chasing your next personal best, XCube Timer helps you stay consistent and focused.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: XCube Timer at Free against iCube Pro's $0.99. XCube Timer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). iCube Pro's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
XCube Timer is free to download; iCube Pro costs $0.99 up front. XCube Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. iCube Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
iCube Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
iCube Pro ships an update every 2 months, XCube Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iCube Pro | XCube Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 佳敏 周 | Bruno Morgan |
Customer experience
iCube Pro
XCube Timer
In-app purchases
iCube Pro
No in-app purchases
XCube Timer
- Remove Ads$1.99
- XCube Timer Pro$7.99
