Magic Cube Timer vs My Cube Timer
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
My Cube Timer
Track your cube-solving times with a scramble generator and detailed statistics. Export your records to CSV for easy sharing and cloud storage. Includes an inspection timer and supports multiple languages.
- Scramble generator
- Best and average time calculation
- Inspection timer
- Record export to CSV
- Cloud storage integration
- Multi-language support
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The application records the time for completion of 2x2x2, 3x3x3 or 4x4x4 etc. Features * Scramble generator for 2x2x2 and 3x3x3 * The best time and average time are calculated * Limit 500 results per puzzle * Inspection timer * Exporting records to CSV file * Send CSV via AirDrop * Upload CSV to iCloud Drive (For iOS8 or later) * Support English, German, Trad. Chinese, Simplified Chinese Additional features in Pro version * No limitation * No ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: My Cube Timer at 4.7 against Magic Cube Timer's 4.2. My Cube Timer also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 31 months). Magic Cube Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. My Cube Timer sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Magic Cube Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
My Cube Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 67 and 66 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 93% of Magic Cube Timer's written reviews are positive against 88% of My Cube Timer'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, My Cube Timer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magic Cube Timer | My Cube Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (67 ratings) | 4.7 (66 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.2% of reviews — better | 88.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 66 |
| Update frequency | Every 31 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emrah Kavak | Siu Yuen Ho |
Customer experience
Magic Cube Timer
My Cube Timer
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
My Cube Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Magic Cube Timer
No in-app purchases
My Cube Timer
- Unlock Pro feature$0.99
- Unlock OLL trainer$0.99
- Unlock PLL trainer$0.99
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- Unlock F2L trainer$0.99
- PLL cheat sheet$0.99
- F2L cheat sheet$0.99
- OLL cheat sheet$0.99
- Algorithm converter$1.99
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