Comparison

Inflammania vs ChessBase Mobile Chess

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

Head to head
About

Inflammania

Explore the human immune system and learn about inflammation through strategic gameplay. Defend the body against various diseases by understanding molecular mechanisms and drug effects. Embark on adventures across different body systems to combat illnesses.

Highlights
  • Simulates immune system and inflammation
  • Learn about diseases like gout and asthma
  • Explore 5 different body worlds
  • Understand molecular mechanisms
  • Learn drug effects and side effects
  • Strategic gameplay
Features
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Inflammania - The Inflammation Game is a strategy game for everyone. Enter the fascinating world of the immune system! Become familiar with the good and bad sides of inflammation. Embark on exciting adventures in our body and protect it from diseases such as gout, Crohn's disease, asthma and rheumatism. In currently 5 worlds (Gut, Joint Gout, Joint Rheumatism, Joint Rheumatism II, Lung) you learn about complex, molecular mechanisms and drugs with their effects and adverse reactions. • Gout-Joint: Strategically position neutrophil granulocytes and catch uric acid crystals with their nets during a gout attack. • Rheumatism-Joint: Take different drugs in a targeted dose and stop the immune cells to attack your own body. • Lungs: Place leukotrin inhibitors and glucocorticoid drugs to eliminate the inflammatory tissue hormones and T lymphocytes to prevent an asthma attack. • Bowel: Fight against the influx of neutrophilic granulocytes with various drugs and become master of the inflammatory reaction in Crohn's disease. The game is developed within the Collaborative Research Centre 1181 "Checkpoints for Resolution of Inflammation" at the University Hospital Erlangen of the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg. The development of the game is funded by the German Research Foundation.

About

ChessBase Mobile Chess

Access a vast chess game database, save and analyze your own games, and practice openings. This app offers advanced notation and sharing features, with a free tier and optional premium upgrades for more extensive cloud storage and search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Access 13+ million chess games
  • Save and sync personal game databases
  • Analyze games with built-in engine
  • Live opening book statistics
  • Create and practice opening repertoires
  • Advanced game notation and sharing
  • PGN file compatibility
Features
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ChessBase Mobile is the training, playing, and analysis platform for chess players who track their progress by the numbers. ChessBase Mobile is built by ChessBase, the company behind the standard desktop software used by world champions and club players alike for over 30 years. Solve tactics puzzles rated by difficulty and watch your Elo rise or fall with every attempt. No participation trophies, your rating reflects exactly where you stand. The tactics database draws from positions in real games, not synthetic exercises, so the patterns you train are the patterns you encounter at the board. Puzzle Fight puts you head-to-head against another player in a timed series of 24 tactical positions. Both players solve the same puzzles simultaneously. The one who solves more, faster, wins - and gains Elo. Structured competition, not a casual minigame. Play live games in Blitz and Rapid formats against opponents worldwide. Premove support, clean interface, no clutter. The ChessBase Online Database contains over 14 million games. Search by player, position, or opening. Review grandmaster games, study endgame structures, track opening trends - the same database used by professionals, accessible from your phone. Cloud analysis with several engines, including Fritz and Lc0. Basic cloud analysis with Fritz is free. For deeper analysis, scalable cloud servers are available, from Large to Gargantuan, paid per minute in ducats. Lc0 brings neural network evaluation for positions where classical engines struggle. The engine panel shows evaluation, depth, and principal variation. Build and maintain your opening repertoire in the cloud. 300 opening overviews with repertoire suggestions help you get started with new systems. A live opening book provides up-to-date statistics for every position. Three practice modes let you drill your variations until they stick. Annotate your games with comments, symbols, variations, arrows, and markings. Save games and analyses in cloud databases that synchronise across all your devices. Share positions and games via link, image, GIF, FEN, QR code, or PGN. Upload and download PGN files for full compatibility with desktop software. AI Kibitzer provides live commentary during games and puzzles — with personality. Chess-legend anecdotes, opinions, the occasional bad joke. Like a friend with too much chess trivia sitting next to you. Audio output included. Available in 27 languages. Customisable board colours, piece sets, and notation display. Light and dark mode across all screens, or set to follow your device preference. No ads. No energy systems. No artificial gating. Open the app, train, close the app. Free to use, all functions are available at no cost. ChessBase Premium unlocks expanded cloud storage and unlimited database search results. Free: search the online database (max 50 games displayed), up to 10 cloud databases (10 MB total), cloud clipping for up to 10 games. Premium: unlimited database search, up to 200 cloud databases (500 MB total), cloud clipping for up to 400 games. Privacy policy: https://en.chessbase.com/pages/security Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Inflammania4 screens
ChessBase Mobile Chess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Inflammania at 100% against ChessBase Mobile Chess's 41%. Inflammania also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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. ChessBase Mobile Chess sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Inflammania asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Inflammania ships an update every 5 months, ChessBase Mobile Chess every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Inflammania versus ChessBase Mobile Chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInflammaniaChessBase Mobile Chess
PriceFreeFree
Rating—2.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better40.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB1 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperUniversitaetsklinikum ErlangenChessBase GmbH

Customer experience

Inflammania

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ChessBase Mobile Chess

All ratings18 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive40.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative59.4%

In-app purchases

None

Inflammania

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ChessBase Mobile Chess

Subscriptions1
  • ChessBase Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month

Questions

Is Inflammania free?
Inflammania is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChessBase Mobile Chess free?
ChessBase Mobile Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Inflammania or ChessBase Mobile Chess have ads?
Neither Inflammania nor ChessBase Mobile Chess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Inflammania or ChessBase Mobile Chess?
Inflammania ships an update every 5 months, and ChessBase Mobile Chess every 6 months. Most recently, Inflammania was updated on October 4, 2026 and ChessBase Mobile Chess on October 18, 2026.

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