Comparison

Lucid Chess vs Chess

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

Head to head
About

Lucid Chess

Engage in a focused single-player chess experience with AI opponents. Analyze your games with move-quality feedback and compare candidate moves highlighted by color. Customize your play with various themes and helpful controls.

Highlights
  • AI opponent levels 1-9
  • Lucid Lens candidate move highlighting
  • Recent game review panel
  • Move-quality feedback
  • Multiple board themes
  • Undo and hint controls
  • Blunder alerts
Features
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Lucid Chess is a focused single-player chess game built for mobile play. Choose white or black, set the AI level from 1 to 9, and start a match on a clear 8x8 board. When you select a piece, Lucid Lens marks candidate moves with colors so you can compare good, stable, and risky options before moving. The recent game panel lets you replay the latest saved move record in a read-only review mode and check accuracy with move-quality feedback. The game also includes Classic, Ocean, Forest, and Mono board themes, plus new game, undo, hint, and blunder alert controls.

About

Chess

Engage in classic chess matches with a user-friendly interface. Play against AI or challenge friends in local multiplayer mode. Enjoy tactical gameplay with or without time limits.

Highlights
  • Classic board game
  • AI opponent
  • Local multiplayer
  • Play with or without timer
  • Nice graphics
Features
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Chess 2 Multiplayers is the best classic board touch the screen, move the pieces, checkmate, Winner!!! Features: - Nice graphic and user interface - 2 Mode Classic - One Player vs AI - Two Multiplayers can pay with friend and bro. - Play with time or none

Screenshots

Lucid Chess4 screens
Chess3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lucid Chess at 5.0 against Chess's 1.0. Chess's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lucid Chess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lucid Chess versus Chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLucid ChessChess
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeori LabsArnon Kreethawate

Customer experience

Lucid Chess

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chess

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Lucid Chess

No in-app purchases

None

Chess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lucid Chess free?
Lucid Chess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chess free?
Chess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lucid Chess or Chess?
Lucid Chess is rated higher. Lucid Chess averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Chess averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Lucid Chess or Chess have ads?
Lucid Chess shows ads; Chess does not.

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