Comparison

ChessBot vs SUPER CHESS BOARD

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

Head to head
About

ChessBot

This app offers a comprehensive chess experience, allowing you to play against AI with adjustable difficulty, challenge friends, and analyze your games. It includes a detailed guidebook with lessons, openings, and puzzles to improve your skills.

Highlights
  • Play vs. AI with scalable ELO
  • Human vs. Human mode
  • Game management and sharing
  • PGN import/export
  • Board analysis and statistics
  • Chess openings, puzzles, and lessons
  • Play with friends via iMessage
Features
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ChessBot is an elegant chess app designed for Apple platforms — play, learn, and analyze on iPhone and iPad. Whether you are picking up your first pawn or refining a tournament repertoire, ChessBot pairs a strong chess engine with a clean, focused board. KEY FEATURES • Play against the computer or a friend — Human vs Human and Human vs Computer modes. • Strong engine hints — get the best next move whenever you are stuck, powered by a modern NNUE engine. • Encyclopedia of Chess Openings — explore and learn named openings from the full ECO catalog. • Classic or 3D board — switch between a crisp 2D board and a real-time 3D board. • Import & export PGN — bring in your games or share them anywhere, and preview PGN files right in the Files app. • Save & share games — keep your games organized and send positions to friends. • Play over iMessage — challenge friends to a game without leaving Messages. • Beautiful, native design — thoughtfully built for iPhone and iPad. Questions or suggestions? We would love to hear from you at chessbotapp@outlook.com.

About

SUPER CHESS BOARD

This application allows users to view and create chess games in PGN format, visualizing moves from notation. It includes a training mode for memory testing and the ability to add comments and variations to games. Users can also import and review openings.

Highlights
  • View and create PGN chess games
  • Visualize moves from notation
  • Training mode for memory testing
  • Add comments and variations
  • Import and review openings
  • Create and save PGN files
  • Edit chess positions
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SUPER CHESS BOARD, iPGNViewer & Maker is a iOS application which allows to view and create PGN format chess games and visualizes moves from its notation. It has training mode. You can play on the board, you can create and save your own chess PGN files with PGN Maker. App can Show comments if the PGN file including comments, and Insert comments when you create PGN file. App can insert and open the variations of other moves. This app helps in the reviewing of openings that you import into it. And then you can use training mode to test your memory. You can add your chess PGN files to iPGNViewer's documents, then use iPGNViewer to open those files and visualizes chess moves. How to load local PGN file to your iPhone/iPad (1) First, connecting your device t your iMac, (2) If your macOS is earlier than Catalina, Open iTunes, click file sharing find the app, add your playlist to its file share document. (3) If your macOS is Catalina or Big Sur or later, use Finder, you can drag your playlist to app’s file share document. Features 1) Multiple games per PGN file. 2) Displaying PGN Game Contents. 3) Visualizing Chess Moves From Notation. 4) Training Mode. 5) Flip board and change board color. 6) Paste Move History string into the textview, then visualizes moves, and save the string. 7) Create and save your own chess PGN files. 8) Support edit chess position for middle or ending game when you play on the board. 9) Show comments if the PGN file including comments. 10) Insert comments when you create PGN file. 11) App includes thousands of game collection. 12) Insert and Open the variations of other moves. After more than 10 thousands of chess PGN file test, the App (version 7.5 and later) can read most of those PGN files normally. And if you find some issues in reading PGN file, please send the PGN file to me by email, I will try to fix the bug.

Screenshots

ChessBot4 screens
SUPER CHESS BOARD4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ChessBot at 4.0 against SUPER CHESS BOARD's 2.0. ChessBot also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 25%) and ratings volume (34 vs 3). SUPER CHESS BOARD's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads 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. ChessBot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and SUPER CHESS BOARD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ChessBot holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChessBot has 34 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of ChessBot's written reviews are positive against 25% of SUPER CHESS BOARD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChessBot ships an update every 2 months, SUPER CHESS BOARD fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
ChessBot versus SUPER CHESS BOARD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessBotSUPER CHESS BOARD
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (34 ratings) — better2.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings34 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHengyu Zhou丽娜 夏

Customer experience

ChessBot

All ratings34 ratings
Positive73.5%
Neutral5.9%
Negative20.6%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral6.1%
Negative27.3%

SUPER CHESS BOARD

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ChessBot

Subscriptions2
  • ChessBot Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • ChessBot Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Master of Chess$29.99
1 purchases

SUPER CHESS BOARD

One-time1
  • Pay to unlock all functions.$2.99

Questions

Is ChessBot free?
ChessBot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SUPER CHESS BOARD free?
SUPER CHESS BOARD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ChessBot or SUPER CHESS BOARD?
ChessBot is rated higher. ChessBot averages 4.0 out of 5 from 34 ratings, while SUPER CHESS BOARD averages 2.0 from 3 ratings.
Do ChessBot or SUPER CHESS BOARD have ads?
Neither ChessBot nor SUPER CHESS BOARD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChessBot or SUPER CHESS BOARD?
ChessBot ships an update every 2 months, and SUPER CHESS BOARD fortnightly. Most recently, ChessBot was updated on August 29, 2026 and SUPER CHESS BOARD on June 1, 2026.

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