™ Chess vs NoFluff
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.
NoFluff
Enjoy a straightforward chess experience without any distractions. This game offers multiple difficulty levels and a two-player mode for local fun. It's a challenging opponent, even on its easiest setting.
- Ad-free experience
- No in-app purchases or fees
- Four difficulty levels
- Two-player mode
- Offline gameplay
- Challenging AI opponent
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All the fun of a simple chess game, without all that annoying fluff. That's right, no ads, no fees, not even leader boards or online games. Not now, not ever. Enjoy! In all seriousness, a weekend fun project - a chess solver, turned into an interactive chess game for the mobile. The app currently supports 4 difficulty levels and a 2 player option if you wanna have fun with friends. Be ware, the opponent is quite strong, even on the easiest mode - I did not manage to beat it even once. With that said, I am not a chess professional myself either, only a developer who likes challenges. Ohh, the timer only stops once you won - or more possibly, lost your current game. So don't even think about moving the app to the background. I hope you will like it and will make your day just a little bit better. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoFluff at none against ™ Chess's 1. NoFluff also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 37%). ™ Chess's advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 16). On price, rating, ads 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. ™ Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NoFluff asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for ™ Chess against 4.6 for NoFluff. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ™ Chess has 10K ratings behind it against 16, 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 67% of NoFluff's.
| Parameter | ™ Chess | NoFluff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10K ratings) | 4.6 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.5% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VM Mobile Team | Actegon Solutions KeS Kft. |
Customer experience
™ Chess
NoFluff
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
NoFluff
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
™ Chess
- Premium$3.99
NoFluff
No in-app purchases









