Magic Cube Timer vs Qubo
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
Qubo
This app provides a distraction-free timer for puzzle cube enthusiasts to track and improve their solving times. It features precision timing, automatic personal best tracking, and a clean interface to help users focus on their performance.
- Precision timing to hundredths of a second
- Hold-to-start system
- Automatic personal best tracking
- Clean, minimalist interface
- Progress saving for all records
- Supports multiple cube types
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Qubo is a speedcubing timer that stays out of the way. Long-press to ready it, release to start, then tap anywhere on the screen to stop — no aiming for a small button while the clock is running. COMPETITION SCRAMBLES Scrambles for 3×3, 2×2 and Pyraminx are drawn at random from every state the puzzle can reach — the same standard used at official competitions. 4×4 and Windmill get random-move scrambles with redundant turns filtered out. Tap the scramble to see it as a full sequence of moves. SESSION STATS See how a practice run actually went: your personal best, a trend line across the session, and Ao5 and Ao12 averages for each puzzle. Every solve is kept with the scramble it was given and any +2 or DNF, stored on your device. PERSONAL BESTS Each puzzle tracks its own record, and your bests follow you across devices through iCloud. New records get the celebration they deserve. PUZZLES 3×3 is free, always. 2×2, 4×4, Windmill and Pyraminx each unlock with a one-time purchase — no subscriptions, ever. Curious about a locked puzzle? Watch a short video to earn free solves and try it before you buy. Whether you're learning your first algorithm or chasing sub-10, Qubo gives you competition-grade timing without the clutter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Qubo at 4.7 against Magic Cube Timer's 4.2. Qubo also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 31 months). Magic Cube Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). 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. Qubo sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Magic Cube Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Qubo holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Magic Cube Timer has 67 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Magic Cube Timer's written reviews are positive against 75% of Qubo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Magic Cube Timer ships an update every 31 months, Qubo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Cube Timer | Qubo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (67 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 2 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 |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emrah Kavak | DigitalSandbox |
Customer experience
Magic Cube Timer
Qubo
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
Qubo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic Cube Timer
No in-app purchases
Qubo
- Unlock 2×2 Cube$0.99
- Unlock Pyraminx Cube$0.99
- Unlock 4×4 Cube$0.99
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- Unlock Windmill Cube$0.99
- Unlock All Cubes$2.99
