Checkers Classic Edition vs TextingCheckers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkers Classic Edition
Experience a classic strategy board game on your mobile device. Challenge friends or the AI with adjustable difficulty levels and helpful hints. Enjoy customizable board designs and save your progress.
- Play against AI or a friend
- 11 difficulty levels
- Hint mode for guidance
- Undo function
- Save game progress
- Customizable board designs
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Checkers for Everyone Play this classy version of the famous Checkers game (or “Draughts“) and challenge your friends or the computer on your smartphone or tablet! Your goal is to remove all of your opponent’s pieces to win this strategy board game that originates from the ancient game Alquerque. Depending on where you live you might know our game under the names of English Draughts or American Checkers. There is also Russian Draughts or Canadian Checkers. No matter if you are a beginner or expert – Checkers Classic features eleven levels of difficulty which makes it easy to find a difficulty that matches your abilities and helps you train your skills. If you’d like additional help, simply activate the hint mode which shows you all possible moves of the selected piece. Checkers is a game for everyone who loves strategic board games like Nine Men’s Morris, Backgammon or Chess. Highlights: - 2 modes: play against the AI or a friend on the same device - 11 levels of difficulty, perfect for beginners and experts - hint mode: activate it to see the possible moves of a piece - undo function - save option to save your current game progress - 5 classy board designs and pieces sets available - fully responsive, playable in landscape or portrait mode - FREE Checkers
TextingCheckers
Play Checkers and Draughts with friends via text message or on a local multiplayer mode. This app supports various international versions of the game, offering a global checkers experience.
- Play via text message
- Local multiplayer mode
- American Checkers
- International Draughts
- Global checkers variations
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Text your friends Checkers and Draughts games! Play over texting or local multiplayer! Everything from American Checkers to International Draughts, we have Checkers from around the world. You can play over text or in-person right on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TextingCheckers at 5.0 against Checkers Classic Edition's 1.0. TextingCheckers also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 91 months). Checkers Classic Edition's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume 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. TextingCheckers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Checkers Classic Edition asks for nothing beyond the download.
TextingCheckers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Checkers Classic Edition ships an update every 91 months, TextingCheckers every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checkers Classic Edition | TextingCheckers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 91 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | famobi | Matthew Schorr |
Customer experience
Checkers Classic Edition
TextingCheckers
In-app purchases
Checkers Classic Edition
No in-app purchases
TextingCheckers
- Emote Pack$1.99
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