Fide Chess Elo vs Chess Opener Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fide Chess Elo
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The application helps to follow either your own, chess club friend's or your favorite professional chess player's Fide Elo points. What is FIDE? The Fédération Internationale Des Échecs (or World Chess Federation) is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition. (www.fide.com)
Chess Opener Lite
Master chess openings with an interactive trainer and comprehensive database. Build and memorize your own repertoire, compare variations, and track your progress. Works offline and offers extensive opening exploration.
- Chess opening tree with game statistics
- Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO)
- Build and edit opening repertoire
- Interactive opening trainer
- Offline functionality
- PGN export
- Progress tracking
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Features: - Chess opening tree with game statistics - The Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO) - Compare ECO and opening tree moves side by side in any position - Export chess openings in PGN format - Build your own opening repertoire - Add or edit comments on moves - Automatically classify any sequence of moves using the ECO system - Chess opening explorer highlights moves already in your repertoire - Chess database includes all transpositions - Interactive trainer to memorize your chess openings and variations - Train multiple variations at once against random opponent moves from your repertoire - Set up a starting position for training - Track your training progress - Customize chessboard colors and chess pieces - Supports dark mode - Works completely offline CHESS OPENING EXPLORER Search in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings or browse the chess opening tree. Swipe left or right to switch between the exploration features in any position. BUILD YOUR OPENING REPERTOIRE Add your favorite opening lines to your repertoire using the chess opening explorer. You can always edit the names of your openings and organize them in your repertoire. OPENING TRAINER A simple and efficient method to memorize variations of openings in your repertoire. You can train either white’s moves or black’s moves only or both. Optionally, you can train all variations at once. The trainer chooses the opponent’s moves randomly from your opening repertoire. Chess Opener tracks your progress and shows your stats. Upgrade to Chess Opener PRO to unlock more features: - Unlimited repertoire size - Unlimited depth of openings - 6x larger opening tree with game statistics - Database of top 100+ grandmasters’ repertoires - Powerful chess engine analysis - Import openings in PGN format
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Chess Opener Lite at every 5 weeks against Fide Chess Elo's every 3 months. On price, ads, 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.
Fide Chess Elo ships an update every 3 months, Chess Opener Lite every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Fide Chess Elo | Chess Opener Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.1 (17 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gabriel Minarik | Stanislav Basovnik |
In-app purchases
Fide Chess Elo
No in-app purchases
Chess Opener Lite
No in-app purchases
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