Magic Cube Timer vs iCube Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magic Cube Timer
This app is a fast and elegant timer designed for speedcubers to track their progress. It logs solves, provides statistics like averages and best times, and allows for customization of inspection time and themes.
- Log and track cube solves
- View solve history with scrambles
- Detailed solve statistics (averages, best/worst times)
- Customizable inspection time
- Multiple themes for design customization
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Magic Cube Timer is a simple, elegant and fast cube timer app developed for speedcubers. Get this timer on your device to solve cubes anywhere and anytime while keeping track of your progression, your averages, your best times, and a lot more. Give a new breath to your solves and start improving like never before with Magic Cube Timer! Features : - Log and track your cube solves. You are provided with a new scramble every solve. - View a list of all your solves. Each solve has information about the date it was timed and what scramble was used. - View statistics about your solves: Best time, Worst time, Average of 5, Average of 10 Average of 12 etc. - Customize inspection time between 0 - 30 seconds. - Select from 8 themes to customize the app's design to your liking
iCube Lite
This utility app functions as a timer for speedcubing, speedstacking, and Flying Cup challenges. It offers a straightforward and polished interface for timing your puzzle-solving or stacking endeavors.
- Speedcubing timer
- Speedstacking timer
- Flying Cup 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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Magic Cube Timer at none against iCube Lite's 1. Magic Cube Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.2 vs 3.9). iCube Lite's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 31 months). On price 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. iCube Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Magic Cube Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Magic Cube Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Cube Timer has 67 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Magic Cube Timer's written reviews are positive against 78% of iCube Lite's.
Magic Cube Timer ships an update every 31 months, iCube Lite every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Cube Timer | iCube Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (67 ratings) — better | 3.9 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better | 77.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emrah Kavak | 佳敏 周 |
Customer experience
Magic Cube Timer
iCube Lite
Bugs and requests
Magic Cube Timer
Reported bugs
7 issues- Timer screen turns off while solving
- App bugs out and quits at random times
- Some buttons in settings crash the timer
- Timer is too sensitive
- Accidentally starting timer when scrambling
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- Phone turns off while solving
- Timer screen turns off
Requested features
51 requests- Add a way to delete only one time
- Add a beep sound for inspection end
- Save times to specific cube types
- Separate times for different cube types
- Add a plus 2 button
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- Add a DNF button
- Ability to switch cubes
- Add F2L timer
- Add 2x2 and 4x4 options
- More color options for background
- Add a learn feature for algorithms
- Add a picture of scramble result
- Add multiple profiles for different cube types
- Add pause/resume timer functionality
- Add camera option
- Add graphs for record evolution
- Add option to upload times and compare with others
- Add option to record solves for critique
- Add more cubes to time
- Add more features for kids
- Add dark mode
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
- Add algorithm trainer
- Add way to resume timer if distracted
- Add option to delete last solve only
- Add shortcuts to best/worst times
- Add original layout option
- Add a way to save times to a cube type
- Add a feature to pick cube type and keep times separate
- Add a way to delete only one time instead of all
- Make it so the phone doesn't turn off while solving
- Add a beep sound when inspection time ends
- Add a feature to save times to a cube type
- Add a feature that lets you pick what type of cube you're solving
- Add a plus 2 button, DNF button, and ability to switch cubes
- Add a feature to delete one time at a time
- Add a feature where you can time yourself on F2L
- Add an option for 2x2 and 4x4 and more color options for the background
- Add a feature for adding multiple profiles for different types of cubes
- Add a feature where you can pause and resume the time
- Add graphs showing evolution of records
- Add a feature to remove solves
- Add a feature to record yourself to critique
- Add more cubes
- Add more stuff that kids will want to do
- Add an algorithm trainer
- Add a way to resume the timer if there's a distraction
- Add graphs
- Add more cubes
- Add more stuff
- Add an algorithm trainer
iCube Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic Cube Timer
No in-app purchases
iCube Lite
- Remove Ads$0.99
