! Chess ! vs White Pawn
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!
White Pawn
Enhance your chess experience by connecting a physical chessboard to your device. Analyze games with a powerful engine, play against others online or offline, and solve engaging puzzles. Share your best moves as animated GIFs.
- Connect physical chessboards
- Game analysis with engine
- Online and offline play
- Chess puzzles
- Export games as GIF
- Standalone chess clock
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Want to take your chess game to the next level? WhitePawn is the ultimate chess app for players of all levels. Connect your chessboard with a USB or Bluetooth connection and play with friends online or offline. WhitePawn also allows you to analyze games with a powerful engine and play fun puzzles. # Physical chessboard Connect your physical chess set to the app and get the ultimate chess experience. WhitePawn can be played on both touchscreen or physical devices, has an inbuilt move announcement function and can display moves on connected chess hardware too. # Analyse Games With the WhitePawn app, you'll never have to annotate or analyse your games with a computer anymore! Get all the benefits of engine analysis, but on your device. Analyse your game, find out where you went wrong, find out how to improve. # Play Online Whether you're a pawn or a king, WhitePawn's here to make your day better. Play chess across the world - on WhitePawn Online or Lichess, with friends, or strangers! Connect with the world of chess. # Play Offline Use the app completely offline, play games which are automatically stored then export them as PGN for your favorite chess analysis software or directly export it to lichess. # Chess Puzzles Play handcrafted chess puzzles and bring your position understanding to the next level. Missing some puzzles, create your own puzzles and import them to the App. # Share Games Had a stunning game? Want to share that game with your friends? Edit and export your game as GIF-Animation and share it with everyone! # Standalone Chess Clock Use the app as a normal chess clock for offline games on electronic and non-electronic chess boards. # Supported external hardware DGT Pegasus Millennium eONE Millennium Supreme Tournament 55 Millennium Exclusiv Millennium Performance Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ! Chess ! at 4.6 against White Pawn's 4.1. ! Chess ! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (85% vs 65%). White Pawn's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, monetization model 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. White Pawn sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. ! Chess ! asks for nothing beyond the download.
! Chess ! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ! Chess ! has 212 ratings behind it against 11, 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 65% of White Pawn's.
! Chess ! ships an update every 5 weeks, White Pawn daily. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ! Chess ! | White Pawn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (212 ratings) — better | 4.1 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better | 65.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 212 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 269 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 肖见 陈 | Khadim Fall |
Customer experience
! Chess !
White Pawn
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
White Pawn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
! Chess !
No in-app purchases
White Pawn
- 0.99€ Donation$0.99
- Donation 2.99€$2.99
- 4.99€ Donation$4.99
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- 9.99€ Donation$9.99
- 19.99€ Donation$19.99
- 49.99€ Donation$49.99
