ChessBot vs Berlin Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Berlin Chess
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Berlin Chess is a map of everywhere in the city you can sit down at a board. More than eighty places: the traditional clubs with their Tuesday evenings, the cafés with a standing Saturday meetup, the park tables, and the Späti with boards on the pavement from seven. Each one with its address, what actually happens there, and a route from where you are. And a calendar of what is on. Tournaments, club nights and blitz evenings from across Berlin, gathered from the Berliner Schachverband's own calendar and from the public calendars the clubs publish themselves — then read by a person before anything appears here. Grouped by when they happen: today, tomorrow, next week. Multi-day tournaments show on every day they run, not just the day they open. Save the places you actually play at. Berlin has eighty; you will use four. Tap the star and they are on your profile, one tap from the map and from directions. Free. In English and German. No advertising, no tracking, no analytics. WHAT IT IS NOT You cannot play chess in this app. It tells you where the people are. ABOUT THE DATA Venues were researched one at a time from the Berliner Schachverband's club list. Events come from public calendars and are checked before publication. Something wrong, or a club night missing? Write to berlinchessapp@gmail.com — corrections are welcome and are usually live the same week. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Berlin Chess ist eine Karte aller Orte der Stadt, an denen man sich an ein Brett setzen kann. Über achtzig Orte: die traditionsreichen Vereine mit ihren Dienstagabenden, die Cafés mit festem Samstagstreff, die Tische im Park und der Späti, vor dem ab sieben die Bretter stehen. Jeweils mit Adresse, was dort wirklich läuft, und der Route von deinem Standort. Dazu ein Kalender. Turniere, Spieleabende und Blitzturniere aus ganz Berlin — aus dem Terminkalender des Berliner Schachverbands und den öffentlichen Kalendern der Vereine, geprüft von einem Menschen, bevor etwas erscheint. Sortiert danach, wann sie stattfinden: heute, morgen, nächste Woche. Mehrtägige Turniere stehen an jedem Tag, an dem sie laufen. Speichere die Orte, an denen du wirklich spielst. Berlin hat achtzig; du nutzt vier. Tippe auf den Stern, und sie stehen in deinem Profil. Kostenlos. Auf Deutsch und Englisch. Keine Werbung, kein Tracking, keine Analyse. WAS ES NICHT IST In dieser App kann man nicht Schach spielen. Sie zeigt, wo die Leute sind. Kartendaten © OpenStreetMap-Mitwirkende.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Berlin Chess at none against ChessBot's 3. Berlin Chess also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). ChessBot's advantage is device support (5 vs 1). On price and ads 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. ChessBot sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Berlin Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | ChessBot | Berlin Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (34 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hengyu Zhou | Ozgr Besbudak |
In-app purchases
ChessBot
- ChessBot Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- ChessBot Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Master of Chess$29.99
Berlin Chess
No in-app purchases









