Chess Alliance vs New Chessnut
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Alliance
This platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools for chess players of all levels to play, practice, learn, and improve. Engage in live games, solve thousands of puzzles, analyze your matches with AI feedback, and join or create chess clubs for community interaction and tournaments.
- Play against similar level opponents
- Challenge friends and chat
- Watch live games and tournaments
- Solve over 100,000 tactics puzzles
- Analyze games with AI feedback
- Create and join chess clubs
- Access learning tools like opening trees and game databases
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Chess Alliance is a professional platform with extensive features designed to help chess players all around the world to play, practice, learn and improve on their chess levels. More than half a million players on Chess Alliance are already studying in chess clubs. Come and join us! Have fun and make friends with players at all levels and in any age group! PLAY CHESS - With players at similar levels - Challenge your friends and chat with them WATCH GAMES - Watch other users play live on Chess Alliance - Watch live games of international tournaments TACTICS PUZZLES - Solve more than 100,000 puzzles - Customized puzzles to match your level and help you improve ANALYSE - Analyse each game and get feedback reports after playing - E-coach system helps you to improve with Big Data analysis CLUB - Players can create chess clubs and invite others to join - Club members can post threads and communicate in the club - Club admins can host online tournaments within the club LEARNING TOOLS - Computer players - Opening trees - Position search engine - Game database - Master database - Mini-games for beginners OTHER TOOLS - Notebook - Clocks - Local database - Themes AND MORE TO EXPLORE!
New Chessnut
Connect your electronic chessboard to a redesigned mobile interface for enhanced gameplay. Experience improved features and a streamlined user experience for all your chess matches.
- Connect electronic chessboards
- Redesigned UI
- Enhanced gameplay features
- iOS compatibility
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The new version of the Chessnut app for iOS. The redesigned UI and features allow you to connect your Chessnut electronic chessboard (Air/Air+/Pro/Go, etc.) for gameplay.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chess Alliance at 3.9 against New Chessnut's 3.1. Chess Alliance also leads on iOS requirement (13 vs 15.6). New Chessnut's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
Chess Alliance holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 105 and 45 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Chess Alliance's written reviews are positive against 45% of New Chessnut's.
Chess Alliance ships an update every 3 weeks, New Chessnut monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Alliance | New Chessnut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (105 ratings) — better | 3.1 (45 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 44.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | 45 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 527 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 北京棋易科技有限公司 | Xenx Technology Limited |
Customer experience
Chess Alliance
New Chessnut
In-app purchases
Chess Alliance
No in-app purchases
New Chessnut
No in-app purchases
