FastMath vs Chess King
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FastMath
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FastMath turns mental math into a quick, satisfying game — for kids, teens and adults. PICK YOUR CHALLENGE • Classic — 60 seconds. Build combos for bonus time and score multipliers up to ×5. • Survival — 3 lives and a clock that shrinks as you get better. • Daily Challenge — a fresh puzzle set every day, the same for everyone your age. Keep your streak alive. • Practice — no timer. Drill any times table from 2× to 12×. EXACTLY THE MATH YOU WANT Turn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division on or off. Puzzles adapt to your age and get harder as you improve, including missing-number puzzles like 7 × ? = 56. LEVEL UP Earn XP, unlock achievements and collect colourful themes. See your accuracy for each skill so you know what to practice next. FRIENDLY FOR EVERYONE • Players under 13 get a kid-safe experience: no ads, no online features, and purchases need a grown-up. • Teens and adults can compete on Game Center leaderboards. • Your progress stays on your device. No account needed. FREE, WITH OPTIONAL UPGRADES FastMath is free to play. Remove Ads ($0.99) or get Premium ($1.99) for every theme, mistake review and no ads. One-time purchases — no subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://uia9020.github.io/fastmath/privacy.html
Chess King
Master the game of chess with this comprehensive learning app. It offers interactive lessons, puzzles, and analysis for all skill levels, from beginner to advanced. Improve your tactics and strategy with a personal chess trainer, available online and offline.
- 100+ learning courses
- Interactive theoretical lessons
- High-quality, double-checked puzzles
- Personal chess trainer
- Computer analysis
- Offline support
- Chess tasks for kids
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Don't just play chess. Train like a master. Chess King teaches the game the way strong players are actually built — with a rigorous, structured curriculum, not a random feed of puzzles. 147 complete courses take you from your first move to advanced play, step by step. WHY CHESS KING IS DIFFERENT Most chess apps let you play. Chess King trains you. Every course is a real lesson built on classical training methods refined over 30 years — the same approach behind CT-ART, the tactics trainer used by serious players worldwide. You don't just solve a position and move on. Chess King gives you hints when you are stuck, explains the idea behind the right move, and shows you the striking refutation of the mistakes you might make. That is how understanding is built — not memorized. WHAT YOU GET - 147 structured courses covering tactics, strategy, openings, the middlegame, and endgames, organized by level from beginner to master. - Chess King University: 7 guided learning paths and 44 courses that give you a clear, ordered route to real improvement — no guessing what to study next. - Interactive theory: read the lesson, then play the moves on the board yourself. Learning by doing, not just reading. - Thousands of carefully selected exercises with graphic hints and full explanations. - Play against the computer to put what you have trained into practice. - A progress report for every lesson, so you always see how far you have come. TRAIN ON EVERY DEVICE Your subscription, purchases, progress, and rating sync automatically across web, iPhone, iPad, and Android. Train on your phone on the commute, continue on the web at home — your progress follows you. TRY IT FREE Preview courses before you commit. When you are ready, choose a monthly or yearly plan, or buy individual courses to keep forever. Chess King — train like a master. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Chess King at every 3 weeks against FastMath's every 111 months. Chess King also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. FastMath sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Chess King sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
FastMath ships an update every 111 months, Chess King every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FastMath | Chess King |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (2.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 78.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 111 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Upul Adikari | Chess King |
Bugs and requests
FastMath
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Chess King
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes on M1 Macs
- Doesnot work with iOS 13 dark mode
- Doesnot show board and pieces in exercises
- Cannot restore purchases
- Doesnot sync progress across devices
Requested features
7 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve user interface and design
- Add more opening courses
- Provide better explanations for moves
- Allow resetting progress
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- Improve syncing across devices
- Add online chess mode
In-app purchases
FastMath
- Remove Ads$0.99
- FastMath Premium$1.99
Chess King
- CT-ART: The Best Tactics7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Chess King University7 Days trial$11.991 Month
- Chess King Courses3 Days trial$11.991 Month
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- Chess King Maximum Pack1 Month trial$17.991 Month
- Chess King Courses3 Days trial$89.991 Year
- Chess King Maximum Pack1 Year trial$119.991 Year
- Chess: From Beginner to Club$12.99
- Chess Tactics for Beginners$12.99
- Chess Opening Blunders$12.99
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- CT-ART 4.0 (Chess Tactics)$17.99
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