Comparison

ChessBot vs Improve your chess

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

Improve your chess

Features
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Learning to spot mates is the simplest way to improve your chess and win more games. Players often miss opportunities involving unusual mates because it's easy to overlook something that is unfamiliar. The wide range of exercises will help increase your repertoire of mating pat­terns and give you a better chance of mating your next opponent! Enjoy solving these wonderful deadly checkmates puzzles, checking the solutions and totalling your points.

Screenshots

ChessBot4 screens
Improve your chess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ChessBot at none against Improve your chess's shown. ChessBot also leads on device support (5 vs 3). Improve your chess's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (14.1 vs 18.0). On price 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 Improve your chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChessBot ships an update every 2 months, Improve your chess every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 29, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ChessBot versus Improve your chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessBotImprove your chess
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.014.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHengyu Zhou丽娜 夏

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

Improve your chess

One-time1
  • You will pay to remove ads.$1.99

Questions

Is ChessBot free?
ChessBot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Improve your chess free?
Improve your chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChessBot or Improve your chess have ads?
Improve your chess shows ads; ChessBot does not.
Which is updated more often, ChessBot or Improve your chess?
ChessBot ships an update every 2 months, and Improve your chess every 2 weeks. Most recently, ChessBot was updated on August 29, 2026 and Improve your chess on September 10, 2026.

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