! Chess ! vs ChessM8
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
! Chess !
Engage in a classic game of strategy with a powerful AI engine and a comprehensive tutor to enhance your skills. Enjoy daily challenges, various difficulty levels, and customizable themes for an immersive experience.
- Powerful Chess AI engine
- Chess Tutor for skill improvement
- 6 difficulty levels
- Daily challenges
- Various 3D themes
- Intelligence hints
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Chess King is the best Chess game. Touch the screen, move and drop the pieces, checkmate, Win! Powerful Chess AI engine, super Chess Tutor, amusing challenge mode, increase your ranking and become a Master of Chess. Features： - 6 difficulty levels（Practice -> Expert）, easier for the beginners. - Chess Tutor, improving your Chess skill. - Intelligence hints analyze every move. - Update the endgame of chess everyday. - Daily challenge. - Various 3D themes. - Support Tablet perfectly. Download the best Chess game now!
ChessM8
Engage in correspondence chess with players globally. Plan your moves, communicate with opponents, and invite others to spectate your matches. Receive post-game analysis from a computer engine.
- Correspondence chess play
- Global player matchmaking
- Move planning tools
- In-game chat functionality
- Spectator mode for games
- Post-game computer analysis
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This app allows players around the world to play correspondence chess. It allows players to plan moves, chat with each other, invite others to watch games. It also provides a computer analysis after games are completed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ChessM8 at 5.0 against ! Chess !'s 4.6. ChessM8 also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 85%). ! Chess !'s advantage is ratings volume (212 vs 15) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ChessM8 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ! Chess ! has 212 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of ! Chess !'s written reviews are positive against 100% of ChessM8's.
! Chess ! ships an update every 5 weeks, ChessM8 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ! Chess ! | ChessM8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (212 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 肖见 陈 | Corneliu Lupu |
Customer experience
! Chess !
ChessM8
Bugs and requests
! Chess !
Reported bugs
9 issues- Game freezes after ads play
- Freezing at end of game
- Rapid board window closing preventing move analysis
- Game exits immediately upon loss
- Daily Endings Challenge feature doesn't open
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- Occasional failure to credit wins after checkmate
- Always starts with horse piece
- Piece placement one square short
- Inconsistent turn indicator display
Requested features
9 requests- Custom starting position option
- Keep board window open after game completion for analysis
- Explain reasoning behind suggested moves
- Game move history and replay functionality
- Adjustable animation speed
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- Online multiplayer capability
- Castling tutorial or clarification
- Ability to resign when losing is inevitable
- Daily Endings Challenge fix
ChessM8
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
! Chess !
No in-app purchases
ChessM8
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is ! Chess ! free?
Is ChessM8 free?
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