Mancala game vs Pocket Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mancala game
A digital adaptation of the classic Mancala board game. Players strategically move stones across the board, aiming to capture opponent's pieces and end with the most stones.
- Strategic stone movement
- Capture opponent's pieces
- Earn free turns
- End game scoring
- Classic Mancala rules
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It is Mancala game. First, choose a hole to pick up with stones. Deposits one of the stones in each hole until the stones run out. If you run run into your own stone, deposit one piece in it. If the last piece you drop is in your own store, you get a free turn. If the last pice you drop is in an empty hole on your side, you capture that piece and any pieces in the hole directly opposite. The game ends when all six spaces on one side of the MANCALA board are empty. Count all the pieces in each stone. The winner is the player with the most pieces.
Pocket Chess
Enhance your chess skills with hundreds of challenging chess problems and puzzles. This app focuses on simplified boards to help you quickly recognize chess patterns and improve your game.
- Hundreds of chess problems
- Checkmate in 2 and 4 puzzles
- Simplified boards for pattern recognition
- Improve chess game
- Learn chess patterns faster
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Pocket Chess helps you improve and brush up on your Chess by offering hundreds of thought provoking Chess problems and Chess puzzles. From Checkmate in 2 to Checkmate in 4 and much more! Pocket Chess is a new way to learn and improve at Chess. Featuring boards that are small and simple, important pieces are in focus so that you can learn to recognise Chess patterns faster and quicker. Improve your Chess Game and Download Now for free!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Chess at 4.6 against Mancala game's 3.0. Pocket Chess also leads on ratings volume (15K vs 2) and chart position (#97 vs unranked). Mancala game's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and device support 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. Pocket Chess sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Mancala game asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pocket Chess holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Chess has 15K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mancala game ships an update monthly, Pocket Chess every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mancala game | Pocket Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (15K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 61.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 15K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #97 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eun Junseok | Lessmore GmbH |
Customer experience
Mancala game
Pocket Chess
Bugs and requests
Mancala game
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pocket Chess
Reported bugs
3 issues- Progress data loss
- Incorrect checkmate solutions
- Game freezing after certain moves
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to review past puzzles
- More advanced puzzles and levels
- Option to disable audio/music
- Sync progress across devices
In-app purchases
Mancala game
No in-app purchases
Pocket Chess
- Small Coin Bundle$1.99
- Remove Ads2 variants$4.99
- Starter Package2 variants$4.99
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- Event Offer$4.99
- Medium Coin Bundle$5.99
- Large Coin Bundle$11.99
- Super Coin Bundle$25.99
Questions
Is Mancala game free?
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