Comparison

™ Chess vs NoFluff

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

Head to head
About

™ 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.

Highlights
  • Play against AI
  • Multiplayer matches
  • Undo feature
  • Board editor
  • Customizable themes
  • Game save/load
  • Timed games
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Ad-free experience
  • No in-app purchases or fees
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Two-player mode
  • Offline gameplay
  • Challenging AI opponent
Features
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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!

Screenshots

™ Chess4 screens
NoFluff4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ™ Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NoFluff asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
™ Chess versus NoFluff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter™ ChessNoFluff
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10K ratings)4.6 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10K — better16
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVM Mobile TeamActegon Solutions KeS Kft.

Customer experience

™ Chess

All ratings10,299 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral6.1%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews614 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative54.7%

NoFluff

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

1 purchases

™ Chess

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99
None

NoFluff

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ™ Chess free?
™ Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoFluff free?
NoFluff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ™ Chess or NoFluff?
NoFluff is rated higher. ™ Chess averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while NoFluff averages 4.6 from 16 ratings.
Do ™ Chess or NoFluff have ads?
Neither ™ Chess nor NoFluff shows ads.

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