Chess Challenge Elite vs ChessM8
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Challenge Elite
Engage in classic board game strategy against AI or a friend. Offers multiple difficulty levels, game modes, and customization options for pieces and boards. Track your progress with statistics and hints.
- 12 AI play levels
- Casual and Pro modes
- 2 player hot-seat
- Chess stats and hints
- Customizable boards and pieces
- Sound effects
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Chess is a board game for two players. It is played on a square board, made of 64 smaller squares, with eight squares on each side. Each player starts with sixteen pieces: eight pawns, two knights, two bishops, two rooks, one queen and one king. The goal of the game is for each player to try and checkmate the king of the opponent. Checkmate is a threat ('check') to the opposing king which no move can stop. It ends the game. During the game the two opponents take turns to move one of their pieces to a different square of the board. One player ('White') has pieces of a light color; the other player ('Black') has pieces of a dark color. There are rules about how pieces move, and about taking the opponent's pieces off the board. The player with white pieces always makes the first move. Because of this, White has a small advantage, and wins more often than Black in tournament games. Chess is popular and is often played in competitions called chess tournaments. It is enjoyed in many countries. -- 12 play levels (Novice->Expert) This uses intelligent weakening for lower levels. Good for beginners. -- Casual and Pro modes. Learn on Casual and progress to Pro. -- 2 player hot-seat. Play against your friends! -- Chess Stats, Timers and Hints -- 5 Chess Boards and 6 Chess Piece Sets - sound effects - small size
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 Challenge Elite's 4.2. ChessM8 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 98 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ChessM8 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Chess Challenge Elite's written reviews are positive against 100% of ChessM8's.
Chess Challenge Elite ships an update every 98 months, ChessM8 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Challenge Elite | ChessM8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 98 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Linda Mottley | Corneliu Lupu |
Customer experience
Chess Challenge Elite
ChessM8
In-app purchases
Chess Challenge Elite
No in-app purchases
ChessM8
No in-app purchases
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