Kim's Game vs Pocket Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kim's Game
Test your memory and observation skills by memorizing a set of shapes within a time limit. This classic game, inspired by Rudyard Kipling, is suitable for all ages and helps improve cognitive abilities.
- Memorize shapes
- Timed challenges
- Brain training
- Observation skills
- Suitable for all ages
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Kim's Game is a fun and addictive brain trainer. You are given a short time to memorize a set of shapes, and then enter what they were. Originally invented by Rudyard Kipling to be played with gems, it has since been used widely to teach memory and observation skills to everyone from pre-school children to the military. How many shapes can you remember?
Pocket Chess
Enhance your chess skills with hundreds of challenging chess problems and puzzles. This app focuses on simplified boards to help you quickly recognize chess patterns and improve your game.
- Hundreds of chess problems
- Checkmate in 2 and 4 puzzles
- Simplified boards for pattern recognition
- Improve chess game
- Learn chess patterns faster
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Pocket Chess helps you improve and brush up on your Chess by offering hundreds of thought provoking Chess problems and Chess puzzles. From Checkmate in 2 to Checkmate in 4 and much more! Pocket Chess is a new way to learn and improve at Chess. Featuring boards that are small and simple, important pieces are in focus so that you can learn to recognise Chess patterns faster and quicker. Improve your Chess Game and Download Now for free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Chess at 4.6 against Kim's Game's 2.3. Pocket Chess also leads on review sentiment (61% vs 30%) and ratings volume (15K vs 32). Kim's Game's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) 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. Pocket Chess sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Kim's Game asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pocket Chess holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Chess has 15K ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 30% of Kim's Game's written reviews are positive against 61% of Pocket Chess's.
Kim's Game ships an update every 8 months, Pocket Chess every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kim's Game | Pocket Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (32 ratings) | 4.6 (15K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.0% of reviews | 61.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 15K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #112 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clostra | Lessmore GmbH |
Customer experience
Kim's Game
Pocket Chess
Bugs and requests
Kim's Game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pocket Chess
Reported bugs
3 issues- Progress data loss
- Incorrect checkmate solutions
- Game freezing after certain moves
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to review past puzzles
- More advanced puzzles and levels
- Option to disable audio/music
- Sync progress across devices
In-app purchases
Kim's Game
No in-app purchases
Pocket Chess
- Small Coin Bundle$1.99
- Remove Ads2 variants$4.99
- Starter Package2 variants$4.99
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- Event Offer$4.99
- Medium Coin Bundle$5.99
- Large Coin Bundle$11.99
- Super Coin Bundle$25.99
Questions
Is Kim's Game free?
Is Pocket Chess free?
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Do Kim's Game or Pocket Chess have ads?
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