Comparison

Chessvis vs Chess Openings

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

Head to head
About

Chessvis

Enhance your chess skills with unique visualization exercises, including blindfold chess and progressive move following. Prepare openings by focusing on common opponent moves and practice with spaced repetition. Access millions of categorized puzzles with customizable difficulty and rating controls.

Highlights
  • Unique visualized puzzles
  • Blindfold chess training
  • Opening repertoire preparation
  • Progressive move following
  • Customizable puzzle categories and ratings
  • Offline puzzle access
Features
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Chessvis is designed to help you get better at the game. Its unique, "found nowhere else", puzzle, blindfold chess and progressive move following exercises will sharpen your visualization skills. Now with Version 11, all puzzle exercises are free - including working offline. There's a new menuing system that makes navigating around the huge 'toolbox' of features much easier. The opening repertoire preparation routines are also unique focusing on the "moves you'll see" and finding the "moves that work". Plus you can pull in your own games to see what's working for you. And now, use AI to help uncover the opening that will work for you. Puzzles The Chessvis puzzle collection starts with millions of categorized and rated puzzles from Lichess and adds several unique features including: Category and Rating Control Chessvis lets you set both the category and rating of the puzzles you’re challenged with. Want to try easy forks one day and hard multiple move mates the next? Do it! You’ll never be forced to only do puzzles around some hypothetical rating you’ve “earned”. The entire puzzle collection is always available for you. Visualized Puzzles A unique feature of Chessvis is the "Visualized" puzzle. It presents a puzzle showing the diagram from some number of moves before the actual tactic sequence starts. You're told the number of moves to "visualize" and then solve the problem from a board position that only exists in your mind. This is what got Chessvis started and it’s the only app with it. Other Puzzle Collection Features The “no repeat pledge” - with such an extensive puzzle collection, Chessvis is able to make sure you don’t see the same puzzle twice. Want to focus on solving puzzles quickly? Turn on the timer. Going to be away from the internet? Pull puzzles down to your device and work off-line. See your puzzle history. Download the puzzles you’ve done. All that is in Chessvis. Opening Preparation Build your repertoires focusing on the "moves you'll see". Chessvis believes that you need to think about the moves your opponents actually play and not some complex way too deep repertoire designed by a master who doesn't play anything like the way you do. At ever step in the repertoire design process, Chessvis shows you the moves your opponents actually make and highlights ones you need to think about. Then once you've built your repertoire, practice it with daily spaced repetition. Blindfold Chess Play against the computer with "stepping stones" to help ease your way into blindfold chess. Start with all pieces sharing one color then go to two color disks, one shared color disk and then eventually an empty board. Subscribers had the stockfish and Maia chess engines to the free-to-use Komodo engine. Who’s Guarding Whom A deceptively simple visualization exercise that forces you to mentally track piece movements and how they interact. (No other app has this.) Move Following & Static Boards Track a sequence of moves and then update the board to that point. Or memorize a board layout, then recreate it. Start off easy with just a few pieces and work your way up. Analyze Your Games Download your chess.com and lichess.org games for opening analysis. See what you've been playing, what's been played against you and the results. Videos What better way is there than videos to see Chessvis in action? You can watch the videos within the app. They're all kept short and to the point. Chessvis has always had unique tools to visualize the chessboard and win more games. A famous chess coach said: "Don't think about the pieces being exchanged, visualize how the board will look when the pieces are gone". Move a piece and you affect two places. But it's illegal to physically move the piece and see the effects -- you must learn to visualize. Chessvis is designed to help with that process. Download it today. Our Terms of Service can be found at: https://www.chessvis.com/tos.php

About

Chess Openings

Master chess openings with this trainer. Memorize popular professional game sequences, explore over 1750 openings, and test your recall with randomized drills. Learn a new opening daily to enhance your chess strategy.

Highlights
  • Memorize popular openings
  • Explore 1750+ openings
  • Test memory with randomized openings
  • Daily opening learning
  • Learn grandmaster variations
Features
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- Learn: Memorize the most popular openings played in professional games. - Browse: Explore 1750+ openings. - Test: Test your memory by going through randomized openings that you've memorized. - Daily Openings: Learn one random opening a day. Learning different opening sequences is critical in improving in chess. Chess Openings is an app that makes it easier for you to memorize all of your favorite openings. Browse through 1700 openings and learn variations of openings that grandmasters use.

Screenshots

Chessvis4 screens
Chess Openings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chessvis at 4.4 against Chess Openings's 3.2. Chessvis also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chessvis sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Chess Openings sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chessvis holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Chessvis's written reviews are positive against 60% of Chess Openings's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chessvis ships an update monthly, Chess Openings every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Chessvis versus Chess Openings: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessvisChess Openings
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (21 ratings) — better3.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings21 — better6
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConceptual Software, Inc.Hodgepodge Apps LLC

Customer experience

Chessvis

All ratings21 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%

Chess Openings

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Chessvis

Subscriptions2
  • Chessvis Monthly Subscription$3.991 Month
  • Chessvis Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Chessvis Perpetual$99.99
3 purchases

Chess Openings

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • Unlimited Engine$2.99
  • Extra Openings$3.99

Questions

Is Chessvis free?
Chessvis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess Openings free?
Chess Openings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chessvis or Chess Openings?
Chessvis is rated higher. Chessvis averages 4.4 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Chess Openings averages 3.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Chessvis or Chess Openings have ads?
Chess Openings shows ads; Chessvis does not.
Which is updated more often, Chessvis or Chess Openings?
Chessvis ships an update monthly, and Chess Openings every 4 months. Most recently, Chessvis was updated on November 2, 2026 and Chess Openings on November 3, 2026.

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