Comparison

Chess Opening Trainer vs Chess Trainer Pro

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

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About

Chess Opening Trainer

Learn chess openings with a simplified interface that analyzes millions of games. Moves are scored and ordered by popularity, making study straightforward. Test your knowledge with built-in quizzes.

Highlights
  • Simplified interface
  • Move scoring based on popularity
  • Analysis of over 2 million games
  • Straightforward study approach
  • Opening knowledge testing
Features
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Chess opening is very important for a chess game. There are lots of apps to help one study chess openings. But most of them are too complicate. There are way too many numbers associated with a move. Users will easily be overwhelmed and will lose interests in studying too. Chess Opening Trainer tries to provied an easy and simple interface to study openings. It studied over 2 million games and generated one score for each move. All the moves for each situation are ordered by its popularity. The interface is easy and straight forward. Chess Opening Trainer also provides a way for the user to test his opening knowledge.

About

Chess Trainer Pro

Enhance your chess skills with dedicated endgame practice and a unique visualization game mode. This app offers tailored exercises for players of all levels to improve their game and progress towards mastery.

Highlights
  • Endgame trainer with over 3000 scenarios
  • Mind Meld game mode for visualization
  • Tailored exercises for all skill levels
  • Improve calculation and strategy
  • Progress towards chess mastery
Features
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Elevate your chess mastery with Chess Trainer Pro – the ultimate chess companion for aspiring grandmasters. Sharpen your skills with our dedicated endgame trainer and enhance your calculation through our unique mind meld game mode. Whether you're a novice or a seasoned player, Chess Trainer Pro offers tailored exercises and challenges to elevate your game to new heights. Experience chess training like never before and journey toward becoming a true chess master. Featured Game Modes: Endgames: Play through over 3000 endgames to win your games every time Mind Meld: Improve your visualization with this brain-twisting game mode. Play as both sides and find the only piece that can move to each highlighted square. Increase the number of pieces per side to increase the difficulty!

Screenshots

Chess Opening Trainer2 screens
Chess Trainer Pro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chess Trainer Pro at 80% against Chess Opening Trainer's 14%. Chess Trainer Pro also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.4) and ads (none vs shown). Chess Opening Trainer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chess Trainer Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Chess Opening Trainer's written reviews are positive against 80% of Chess Trainer Pro's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Chess Opening Trainer versus Chess Trainer Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Opening TrainerChess Trainer Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.4 (7 ratings)4.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPropersh LLCNavin Chikkodi

Customer experience

Chess Opening Trainer

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%

Chess Trainer Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Chess Opening Trainer

No in-app purchases

None

Chess Trainer Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Opening Trainer free?
Chess Opening Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chess Trainer Pro free?
Chess Trainer Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chess Opening Trainer or Chess Trainer Pro?
Chess Trainer Pro is rated higher. Chess Opening Trainer averages 1.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Chess Trainer Pro averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Chess Opening Trainer or Chess Trainer Pro have ads?
Chess Opening Trainer shows ads; Chess Trainer Pro does not.

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