Mini Chess vs Chess Online·
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mini Chess
Enjoy a simplified, faster version of chess on your mobile device. Play against AI or a friend on a smaller board with fewer pieces. Ideal for beginners and quick matches.
- Simplified 6x6 chessboard
- Fewer pieces (no knights/bishops)
- Play against 3 AI levels
- Local multiplayer mode
- Quick matches
- Beginner-friendly
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The traditional game of chess made easier and quicker, perfect for iPhone and iPad. Download it now for free and start play in just 1 tap! Mini Chess is a modern simplified version of classic chess, perfect for playing on your phone and tablet, on your own, with 3 level of Artificial Intelligence, or with a friend on the same device (multiplayer). Play on a smaller chessboard (6x6), with less pieces (no knights and bishops) and have fun on more speedy matches than classic chess. Play straight away, with friends, online or solo, and every match takes just minutes. Mini Chess is also perfect for kids to start play the all-time-favourite classic board game. Kids and beginners will find it so easy to learn and to enjoy in just 1 tap and experts will love the new challenge of playing in a different setting. Thanks for playing!
Chess Online·
Engage in classic chess matches against friends or a challenging AI. Save your progress and resume games later. Offers multiple AI difficulty levels for varied gameplay.
- Unlimited free games
- Play against AI
- Play against friends
- Multiple AI difficulty levels
- Save game progress
- Pass-and-play mode
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Chess by Solitaire Games Free is the best New chess game on the App Store! Challenge your friends to a classic game of chess or play against the computer. Can you beat all the levels of difficulty? Features of Chess: - Play UNLIMITED free games - Challenge the AI or a friend - AI has multiple levels of difficulty - Save game progress and continue later - Pass-and-play against friends with option to flip board every move
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mini Chess at 83% against Chess Online·'s 4%. Mini Chess also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.5). Chess Online·'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Mini Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess Online· asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mini Chess holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 345 and 328 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Mini Chess's written reviews are positive against 4% of Chess Online·'s.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mini Chess | Chess Online· |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (345 ratings) — better | 3.5 (328 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.9% of reviews — better | 3.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 345 — better | 328 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OutOfTheBit Ltd | Solitaire Games Free |
Customer experience
Mini Chess
Chess Online·
User reviews
Mini Chess
From 345 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast-paced, quick gameplay
- 👍 Easy to learn and beginner-friendly
- 🎮 Addictive and fun
- 💡 Innovative simplified chess concept
- ⚙️ Multiple difficulty levels
Room to improve
- 🐛 Check notification animation interrupts gameplay flow
- 😴 Gets repetitive and stale quickly
- 🤖 AI makes too many mistakes, even on hard mode
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive ads
- ⚖️ Unfair perpetual check mechanics
Chess Online·
From 328 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😊 Simple and clean visuals
- 🎮 Decent gameplay mechanics when functioning properly
- ⚖️ Reasonable difficulty levels available
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay every 1-3 moves
- 💰 No option to remove ads with payment
- 🐛 Illegal chess moves by AI (castling through check, moving into check)
- 🐛 Incorrect piece placement (queens on wrong color squares)
- 🐛 Game prevents legal moves (castling, en passant, pawn captures)
Bugs and requests
Mini Chess
Reported bugs
5 issues- Checkmate declared incorrectly with viable moves available
- Queen positioned on wrong color
- AI allows illegal moves to prevent player from winning
- Stalemate not handled correctly
- Perpetual check rules unfairly favor opponent
Requested features
10 requests- Add Knights and Bishops to piece options
- Alternative piece combinations (2 Rooks + 2 Bishops)
- Randomized starting positions
- Landscape mode for iPad
- Random color assignment (white/black alternation)
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- Ability to play full traditional chess
- Create custom board feature
- Extremely hard difficulty level
- Physical board version
- Draw by repetition after 3 moves
Chess Online·
Reported bugs
12 issues- AI makes illegal moves (castling through check, moving into check)
- Queens placed on incorrect color squares
- Castling not recognized as legal move
- En passant not implemented
- Pawns cannot capture pieces correctly
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- Game prevents legal moves without reason
- Stalemate incorrectly declared when player can win
- Move gets stuck on last action, cannot proceed
- App accesses clipboard without user interaction
- Multiplayer matchmaking fails to find opponents
- Pawns only promote to queen, no other options
- Difficulty settings don't scale properly
Requested features
10 requests- Place ads only at game start/end, not during gameplay
- Add premium option to remove advertisements
- Improve AI to follow all chess rules correctly
- Better color scheme for board and pieces
- Add animation to piece movements
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- Implement en passant rule
- Enable castling functionality
- Add chess puzzles feature
- Improve piece promotion options beyond queen only
- Add undo/move retraction feature
In-app purchases
Mini Chess
- Remove Ads$1.99
Chess Online·
No in-app purchases
Questions
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