Comparison

Chess Classic Challenge vs ChessMate*

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

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About

Chess Classic Challenge

Engage in classic chess with multiple difficulty levels and game modes. Play against friends or hone your skills with stats and hints. Offers various visual themes for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • 12 play levels (Novice to Expert)
  • Casual and Pro modes
  • 2 player hot-seat mode
  • Chess Stats, Timers, and Hints
  • 5 Chess Boards and 6 Chess Piece Sets
  • Sound effects
Features
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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 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.

About

ChessMate*

Features
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Unleash your strategic moves and protect your king at all costs! With ChessMate*, develop your logic, tactics and visual memory. This game is free and is an excellent board game for all ages. ChessMate* is a classic two-player strategy game played on a checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an 8x8 grid. Each player begins with 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The objective is to checkmate the opponent's king by placing it under an inescapable position. ChessMate* can be played with another human player or AI-based computer mode. The user interface is minimalistic, with 3D and 2D game views for all modes. ChessMate* features: Player vs Player mode (Timer Mode) Player vs AI mode (Easy, Medium and Hard levels) Create your own board mode (Create manually or create with FEN string) 3D and 2D game view for all modes Gameplay - Save Game - Undo Move Setting options - Enable/Disable Move help - Enable/Disable Auto Rotate - Enable/Disable Undo - Set Game duration Ads In-app purchase GP8 coins on winning game against computer So without further ado, download the game and get cracking on the greatest mind exercise game ever created!

Screenshots

Chess Classic Challenge4 screens
ChessMate*3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ChessMate* at none against Chess Classic Challenge's shown. ChessMate* also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Chess Classic Challenge versus ChessMate*: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Classic ChallengeChessMate*
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 83 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB119 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinda MottleyGame Plan8 LLC

In-app purchases

None

Chess Classic Challenge

No in-app purchases

None

ChessMate*

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Classic Challenge free?
Chess Classic Challenge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChessMate* free?
ChessMate* is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chess Classic Challenge or ChessMate* have ads?
Chess Classic Challenge shows ads; ChessMate* does not.

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