Comparison

Chess Challenge Elite vs Chessfisher

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 12 AI play levels
  • Casual and Pro modes
  • 2 player hot-seat
  • Chess stats and hints
  • Customizable boards and pieces
  • Sound effects
Features
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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

About

Chessfisher

Engage in daily chess puzzles with a shared challenge, track your progress, and compete in survival modes. Unlock bonus puzzles and climb leaderboards to test your skills against friends and the world.

Highlights
  • Shared daily chess puzzles
  • Two bonus puzzles daily
  • Gauntlet survival mode
  • World leaderboard and podiums
  • Daily rating and progress tracking
  • Customizable board themes
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Chessfisher gives you one new chess puzzle every day, the same puzzle for everyone. Solve it, share your time, mistakes and streak, and see who among your friends solved it faster or cleaner. Difficulty climbs through the week, from Easy on Monday to Master on Sunday. Solve the daily puzzle to unlock two bonus puzzles. Then take on The Gauntlet: a survival mode where the puzzles get harder and the clock gets shorter. Every solve sends you deeper. Lose your lives and the Dive is over. The World Gauntlet is one Dive a day, ranked against every player in the world, with a daily podium and a push notification when the results are in. Freestyle is unlimited. FEATURES • A shared daily puzzle, plus two bonus puzzles • The Gauntlet: survival puzzles, a shrinking clock, lives, rewards and Depth • World Leaderboard with a daily top-three podium and your placement sent to your phone • A Daily Rating that updates with every solve, with a chart of how it has moved • Streaks, solve times, mistakes and podium finishes, for Daily and Gauntlet • Share any result in a single tap • Fourteen board themes and premium piece sets • Sign in with Apple or Google to sync across devices • Works in portrait or landscape A fresh puzzle is waiting every day.

Screenshots

Chess Challenge Elite4 screens
Chessfisher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chessfisher at 5.0 against Chess Challenge Elite's 4.2. Chessfisher also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 98 months). Chess Challenge Elite's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chessfisher holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Chess Challenge Elite's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chessfisher's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Challenge Elite ships an update every 98 months, Chessfisher every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Chess Challenge Elite versus Chessfisher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Challenge EliteChessfisher
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (17 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 98 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinda MottleyAndrew Sutter

Customer experience

Chess Challenge Elite

All ratings17 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive78.9%
Neutral10.5%
Negative10.5%

Chessfisher

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Chess Challenge Elite

No in-app purchases

None

Chessfisher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Challenge Elite free?
Chess Challenge Elite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chessfisher free?
Chessfisher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chess Challenge Elite or Chessfisher?
Chessfisher is rated higher. Chess Challenge Elite averages 4.2 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Chessfisher averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Chess Challenge Elite or Chessfisher have ads?
Chess Challenge Elite shows ads; Chessfisher does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess Challenge Elite or Chessfisher?
Chess Challenge Elite ships an update every 98 months, and Chessfisher every 2 weeks. Most recently, Chess Challenge Elite was updated on November 2, 2026 and Chessfisher on October 31, 2026.

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