Comparison

Brain Trainer vs OpenChess

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Brain Trainer

Sharpen your memory and boost your brain strength with this engaging game. It features progressively challenging levels and intuitive gameplay designed for the whole family. Remember patterns and repeat them to test your cognitive abilities.

Highlights
  • Boost brain strength
  • Sharpen memory power
  • Pattern recall challenges
  • Progressive difficulty levels
  • Simple and intuitive interface
  • Fun for the entire family
Features
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Brain Trainer is one of the best game to boost your brain strength,Sharp your memory power. - Brain Trainer main factor is that affect to your Memory. - More levels uploaded periodically. Prepare yourself for a new challenge every time. - Remember the pattern and repeat it by tap on block - Different types of difficulties while you progress in the game. - Fun for the entire family! - Brain Trainer Game Design is simple and intuitive interface which is easy to use and Play. - With MatchUp Exercise your mind

About

OpenChess

Master chess openings by playing against a specialized AI. Explore specific defenses or move sequences, and gain insights into positional advantages and piece values. Improve your game from the very first moves.

Highlights
  • Learn specific chess openings
  • Play against AI focused on opening lines
  • Analyze positional advantages
  • Evaluate piece values and mobility
  • Understand pawn structure
  • Track defended and attacked pieces
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Learn chess openings with OpenChess: An Opening Explorer. Play against the computer, or play as both sides, and be shown the lines that are within any opening that you are interested in learning. Want to learn the Sicilian Defense or the Queen’s Gambit? Choose that category and play against that a computer that only follows lines within that opening category. Wany to focus on learning all of the openings that start with a specific move, such as pawn to “e4”? This category can also be selected, and you can play against a computer that only plays lines that start with “e4”. The chess engine in this app is not Stockfish, and it does not look very far ahead. It is meant to provide a decent base evaluation and allow the majority of the reason behind the evaluation of the current position to be shown to the user. The following information can be shown to the user: • Positional advantages for each piece type (pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen and king) • Piece value advantages for each color • Mobility scores for each piece where mobility plays a big role (bishop, rook, queen, king) • Pawn advantages and disadvantages (passed pawns, isolated pawns, backwards pawns, doubled pawns) • Total value of pieces attacked by each color as well as total value of pieces defended by each color A lot of chess games are won and lost within the opening moves, this app was designed to help players learn solid openings that either help them gain a winning advantage out of the opening, or at the very least help them not lose due to the opening moves played. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Brain Trainer4 screens
OpenChess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Brain Trainer at none against OpenChess's 10. Brain Trainer also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. OpenChess sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Brain Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Brain Trainer against 5.0 for OpenChess. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brain Trainer ships an update every 3 weeks, OpenChess fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Brain Trainer versus OpenChess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrain TrainerOpenChess
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersamona limitedDavid Bryant

Customer experience

Brain Trainer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

OpenChess

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Brain Trainer

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

OpenChess

One-time10
  • Tarrasch Defense Opening$0.99
  • Trompowsky Attack Opening$0.99
  • Scandinavian Defense Opening$0.99
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  • Three Knights Opening$0.99
  • Zukertort Opening$0.99
  • Van't Kruijs Opening$0.99
  • Vienna Game Opening$0.99
  • Ware Opening$0.99
  • Opening Explorer$4.99
  • OpenChess Premium$19.99

Questions

Is Brain Trainer free?
Brain Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OpenChess free?
OpenChess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Brain Trainer or OpenChess?
Brain Trainer and OpenChess are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Brain Trainer or OpenChess have ads?
Neither Brain Trainer nor OpenChess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brain Trainer or OpenChess?
Brain Trainer ships an update every 3 weeks, and OpenChess fortnightly. Most recently, Brain Trainer was updated on October 12, 2026 and OpenChess on October 15, 2026.

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