Chesskers vs Play960
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chesskers
This game offers a simplified experience blending chess and checkers. It's designed to help beginners learn chess piece movements or provide experienced players with a quick, chess-like challenge.
- Chess and checkers hybrid gameplay
- Learn chess piece movements
- Quick chess-like game for pros
- Suitable for novices
- Cross-platform support
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A simple cross between chess and checkers to help novices learn how to move chess pieces or give pros a quick chess-like game.
Play960
Generate random Chess960 positions for over-the-board play. You can view positions by number, reverse lookup using a piece keyboard, and customize the display. Easily copy FEN notation to other apps.
- Generate random Chess960 positions
- View positions by number
- Reverse lookup with piece keyboard
- Customizable display options
- Copy/paste FEN notation
- Full-screen mode
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This is a Chess960 (Freestyle Chess, a.k.a. Fischer Random) position generator for over-the-board (OTB) play. With this app you can: • Generate a random Chess960 position. • Show position as white, black, or FEN. • Find a Chess960 position by entering a number between 0 and 959. • Reverse Lookup: Use a piece keyboard to obtain the position number. Select each piece, or use the "1" or fast-forward button to randomize either the next square or remainder of the position. • Full Screen Mode: Show the position for both white and black in setup or board view. • Configure the display: Auto full-screen, square colors, figurines or letters, FEN castling symbols. • Copy/paste the position or FEN into another app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Play960 at every 3 months against Chesskers's every 38 months. Play960 also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chesskers against 5.0 for Play960. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Chesskers ships an update every 38 months, Play960 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chesskers | Play960 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Server Corporation | Claude Banta |
Customer experience
Chesskers
Play960
In-app purchases
Chesskers
No in-app purchases
Play960
No in-app purchases
