Bubble Flat vs Chess Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bubble Flat
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Enjoy your favorite game of marbles, in the style of Flap. The classic game in the style of three in a row. Your goal - to destroy all the colored balls on the playing field. Shoot, build chains and open up new levels.
Chess Board
Play chess against another person on a digital board. Move pieces by selecting or dragging them. Features include undo, redo, and reversing the board.
- Two-player mode
- Piece selection and dragging
- Undo and redo moves
- Reverse board option
- Start from beginning
- Intuitive icon-based controls
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Your next move, across the table. Clear pixel pieces on a blue and cream board. Use one iPhone or iPad as a chess board and play face to face with family or friends. Tap or drag a piece to move it. Includes promotion, board flipping, coordinates and sound. Go back to an earlier position or move forward again to rethink each move together. Games save automatically on your device. Save, reopen, rename and delete up to 10 games for free, and continue after closing the app. A one-time Additional Features purchase removes ads and unlocks unlimited saved games, move records, comments on each move, and iCloud backup and restore. Existing purchasers receive ad removal at no extra charge. iCloud backups run automatically after changes, with an on/off switch. Offline changes are retried when the app can connect again. Restore is manual and keeps games already on your device. Free, with ads. Playing and saving on your device work offline. Ads, purchases, purchase restoration and iCloud backup need an internet connection. For iOS and iPadOS 15 or later. iPhone portrait and iPad portrait or landscape. Choose from 10 languages in Settings: Japanese, English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Changing the language keeps your current game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Bubble Flat at none against Chess Board's shown. Bubble Flat also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 59 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bubble Flat ships an update every 2 months, Chess Board every 59 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bubble Flat | Chess Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 59 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vadim Shendrikov | Yuki Honda |
In-app purchases
Bubble Flat
No in-app purchases
Chess Board
No in-app purchases
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