Comparison

Chess Middlegame V 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 Middlegame V

Master chess middlegame strategies with interactive lessons and over 400 exercises. Learn typical plans and methods in popular openings, with hints and refutations to improve your game. Track your ELO rating as you progress through structured content.

Highlights
  • Interactive theoretical lessons
  • Over 500 games/lectures
  • 400+ problem-solving exercises
  • Hints and refutations for mistakes
  • ELO rating tracking
  • Offline play capability
  • Tablet optimized
Features
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Chess Middlegame V course composed by GM Alexander Kalinin is aimed at teaching a student much of the middlegame methods and intricacies through a theoretical section which includes over 500 games/lectures each of them illustrating typical plans and methods in the following openings: Petroff defense, Ruy Lopez, Sicilian defense, Queen's Gambit, and etc. More than 400 exercises for a user to solve, giving refutations of the wrong moves as well as numerous hints to help you find the correct answer. This course is in the series Chess King Learn (https://learn.chessking.com/), which is an unprecedented chess teaching method. In the series are included courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middle game, and endgame, split by levels from beginners to experienced players, and even professional players. With the help of this course, you can improve your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and consolidate the acquired knowledge into practice. The program acts as a coach who gives tasks to solve and helps to solve them if you get stuck. It will give you hints, explanations and show you even striking refutation of the mistakes you might make. The program also contains a theoretical section, which explains the methods of the game in a certain stage of the game, based on actual examples. The theory is presented in an interactive way, which means you can not only read the text of the lessons, but also to make moves on the board and work out unclear moves on the board. Advantages of the program: • High quality examples, all double-checked for correctness • You need to enter all key moves, required by the teacher • Different levels of complexity of the tasks • Various goals, which need to be reached in the problems • The program gives hint if an error is made • For typical mistaken moves, the refutation is shown • You can play out any position of the tasks against the computer • Interactive theoretical lessons • Structured table of contents • The program monitors the change in the rating (ELO) of the player during the learning process • Test mode with flexible settings • Possibility to bookmark favorite exercises • The application is adapted to the bigger screen of a tablet • The application does not require an internet connection The course includes a free part, in which you can test the program. Lessons offered in the free version is fully functional. They allow you to test the application in real world conditions before releasing the following topics: 1. Open games 1.1. Vienna game 1.2. Four knights game with 5.Bb5 1.3. Ruy Lopez 2. Semi-open games 2.1. Caro-Kann 2.2. Sicilian defense 3. Closed games 3.1. Queen's gambit 3.2. Nimzo-Indian defense 3.3. Queen’s Indian defense 3.4. Trompowsky attack 4. Open games 4.1. Ruy Lopez 4.2. Vienna game 4.3. Four knights game with 5.Bb5 4.4. Scotch game 4.5. Petroff 5. Semi-open games 5.1. Caro-Kann 5.2. Sicilian defense 6. Closed games 6.1. Queen's gambit 6.2. Nimzo-Indian defense 6.3. Queen’s Indian defense 6.4. Variation with 4. g3 6.5. Trompowsky attack

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 Middlegame V4 screens
Chess Trainer Pro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chess Trainer Pro at 80% against Chess Middlegame V's 0%. Chess Trainer Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Chess Middlegame V's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (20 vs 5). On price and ads 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 Middlegame V sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess Trainer Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chess Middlegame V holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Chess Middlegame V's written reviews are positive against 80% of Chess Trainer Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Chess Middlegame V versus Chess Trainer Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Middlegame VChess Trainer Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (20 ratings) — better4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings20 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChess KingNavin Chikkodi

Customer experience

Chess Middlegame V

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Chess Trainer Pro

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chess Middlegame V

One-time1
  • Full course$7.99
None

Chess Trainer Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Middlegame V free?
Chess Middlegame V is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess Trainer Pro free?
Chess Trainer Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chess Middlegame V or Chess Trainer Pro?
Chess Middlegame V is rated higher. Chess Middlegame V averages 5.0 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Chess Trainer Pro averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Chess Middlegame V or Chess Trainer Pro have ads?
Neither Chess Middlegame V nor Chess Trainer Pro shows ads.

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