Comparison

Steinitz vs Openings Mastermind

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

Head to head
About

Steinitz

Master chess by studying the games of a legendary World Champion. Engage in interactive lessons, solve tactical puzzles, and play against the computer to improve your skills. Offers hints, explanations, and refutations for mistakes, with a free section to test its features.

Highlights
  • Study 517 games of a World Champion
  • 55 training exercises
  • Play like and against Steinitz
  • Interactive theoretical lessons
  • Hints and mistake refutations
  • Offline play
  • Rating (ELO) monitoring
Features
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All 517 games played by the legendary World Champion. 55 exercises: play like Steinitz and play against Steinitz. This course is in the series Chess King Learn (https://learn.chessking.com/), which is an unprecedented chess teaching method. In the series are included courses in tactics, strategy, openings, middle game, and endgame, split by levels from beginners to experienced players, and even professional players. With the help of this course, you can improve your chess knowledge, learn new tactical tricks and combinations, and consolidate the acquired knowledge into practice. The program acts as a coach who gives tasks to solve and helps to solve them if you get stuck. It will give you hints, explanations and show you even striking refutation of the mistakes you might make. The program also contains a theoretical section, which explains the methods of the game in a certain stage of the game, based on actual examples. The theory is presented in an interactive way, which means you can not only read the text of the lessons, but also to make moves on the board and work out unclear moves on the board. Advantages of the program: • High quality examples, all double-checked for correctness • You need to enter all key moves, required by the teacher • Different levels of complexity of the tasks • Various goals, which need to be reached in the problems • The program gives hint if an error is made • For typical mistaken moves, the refutation is shown • You can play out any position of the tasks against the computer • Interactive theoretical lessons • Structured table of contents • The program monitors the change in the rating (ELO) of the player during the learning process • Test mode with flexible settings • Possibility to bookmark favorite exercises • The application is adapted to the bigger screen of a tablet • The application does not require an internet connection The course includes a free part, in which you can test the program. Lessons offered in the free version is fully functional. They allow you to test the application in real world conditions before releasing the following topics: 1. Combinations 1.1. Play like Steinitz 1.2. Play against Steinitz 2. Games 2.1. 1862-1866 2.2. 1867-1880 2.3. 1881-1889 2.4. 1890-1895 2.5. 1896-1899

About

Openings Mastermind

Master chess openings with this app. Import studies, explore with advanced engines, and practice specific lines through repetition. Track your progress and improve your game.

Highlights
  • Import Lichess Studies or PGNs
  • Explore openings with Stockfish 15
  • Practice openings by repetition
  • Smart practice queue
  • Track learning progress
Features
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Get ready to take your chess game to the next level with Openings Mastermind, the ultimate chess opening app! Some of the features include: - Import Lichess Studies or custom PGNs - Explore openings with Stockfish 17 and the Lichess position database - Practice openings by repetition against your own custom openings database - Take advantage of the smart practice queue and improve your learning - Observe your learning progress in different openings With our app, you can take your opening game to the next level by practicing against the specific lines you want to master. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced player, our app is the perfect tool to help you improve your opening moves and become a better chess player. Planned Features: - Continue against engine, after study line ends - Analysis of your games from Lichess and Chess.com compared to your openings database

Screenshots

Steinitz4 screens
Openings Mastermind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Steinitz at 4.9 against Openings Mastermind's 4.3. Steinitz also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.6). Openings Mastermind's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Steinitz sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Openings Mastermind asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Steinitz holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steinitz ships an update every 4 months, Openings Mastermind fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Steinitz versus Openings Mastermind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteinitzOpenings Mastermind
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (15 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChess KingChristian Heise

Customer experience

Steinitz

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Openings Mastermind

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Steinitz

One-time1
  • Full Course$3.99
None

Openings Mastermind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steinitz free?
Steinitz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Openings Mastermind free?
Openings Mastermind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Steinitz or Openings Mastermind?
Steinitz is rated higher. Steinitz averages 4.9 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Openings Mastermind averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Steinitz or Openings Mastermind have ads?
Neither Steinitz nor Openings Mastermind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steinitz or Openings Mastermind?
Steinitz ships an update every 4 months, and Openings Mastermind fortnightly. Most recently, Steinitz was updated on October 24, 2026 and Openings Mastermind on October 24, 2026.

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