™ Chess vs Chess Mega Bundle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
™ Chess
Engage in the timeless strategy of chess on your mobile device. Play against sophisticated AI opponents across multiple difficulty levels, or challenge friends and family. Features include an undo option, board editor, and customizable themes for a personalized experience.
- Play against AI
- Multiplayer matches
- Undo feature
- Board editor
- Customizable themes
- Game save/load
- Timed games
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Chess is a classic board game for quiet study, quick practice, local play, and relaxed online matches through Game Center. Play your way: - Start an online game through Game Center and play a casual no-time-limit match. - Practice against multiple AI difficulty levels. - Solve thousands of chess puzzles, including 777 newly added tactical positions. - Play local two-player games on the same device. - Save and load games when you want to continue later. - Set up custom positions with the board editor. - Customize boards, pieces, avatars, sounds, and themes. - Try timed games when you want a sharper challenge. This update also adds a seasonal football-themed board background and avatar for the 2026 world tournament season. Whether you want to train tactics, learn openings, play against AI, share a local game, or challenge another player online, Chess is built for comfortable play at your own pace.
Chess Mega Bundle
Explore hundreds of unique chess variants. Challenge friends or AI opponents locally or online. Discover new ways to play the classic game.
- Hundreds of unique chess variants
- Local multiplayer
- Online multiplayer
- Play against AI
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Hundreds of unique variants! Play locally or online multiplayer!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ™ Chess at none against Chess Mega Bundle's shown. ™ Chess also leads on ratings volume (10K vs 125). Chess Mega Bundle's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 37%). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. ™ Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Chess Mega Bundle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for ™ Chess against 4.6 for Chess Mega Bundle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ™ Chess has 10K ratings behind it against 125, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 37% of ™ Chess's written reviews are positive against 50% of Chess Mega Bundle's.
™ Chess ships an update every 4 months, Chess Mega Bundle every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ™ Chess | Chess Mega Bundle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10K ratings) | 4.6 (125 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 125 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VM Mobile Team | GammaLateral LLC |
Customer experience
™ Chess
Chess Mega Bundle
Bugs and requests
™ Chess
Reported bugs
3 issues- Illegal moves allowed by AI
- Incorrect draw detection
- Castling not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- Add more difficulty settings
- Allow under-promotion
- Improve AI difficulty scaling
- Reduce ads or offer paid version
Chess Mega Bundle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
™ Chess
- Premium$3.99
Chess Mega Bundle
- Remove Ads$9.99
