Comparison

Questy Chess vs Deck Squares

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

Head to head
About

Questy Chess

A unique puzzle RPG that reimagines chess gameplay. Navigate challenging levels, defeat enemies using chess moves, and uncover a story within a computer world. Designed for both casual players and chess enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Unique Chess-like RPG-Puzzle gameplay
  • Over 24 levels with 4 worlds and bosses
  • Brain-teasing puzzle levels
  • Normal and Hard difficulty modes
  • Multiple themes
  • Minimalist design
  • Drone soundtrack
Features
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Deep in an ever advancing computer, forgotten and unchanged, remains the first version of Chess. Peace is shattered by a rogue program! It’s installing itself! All pieces from Chess are being overwritten by Evil Chess, until a final Pawn is left. That final pawn is you. All around you, chaos. Your fellow pieces are gone! The King is gone! Can you stop the invading bytes before being overwritten? Questy Chess is a collection of short interesting levels with no previous chess skill required. It can be completed in about an hour. To fully 100% the game may take a bit longer... Features: - Unique Chess-like RPG-Puzzle game - Move like Chess, over 24 levels, with 4 worlds and bosses. - Brain teasing puzzle levels. - Normal and Hard difficulty modes. - Many themes to choose from. - Design and share custom levels. (coming soon!) - Minimal design by renowned graphic designer Arkotype (Polytron FEZ, C-Smash VRS, Hypegeek) - Drone soundtrack by Justin DiCenzo. Gameplay: Using traditional Chess moves, traverse levels. Opening item boxes, navigating traps, gates, doors, terrain and travelators. Move carefully! Enemies can move like chess pieces too. Once all levels (sectors) have been formatted, you can take on the boss! Defeat all 4 bosses to activate the final act.You will be graded after this, so work on your optimisation skills! Every level is free to improve upon during and after completing the game.

About

Deck Squares

Create and save starship deck plans for sci-fi RPGs with a classic monochrome grid style. Design each square with various components, labels, and shared edges for seamless multi-deck layouts. Export high-resolution images for printing or tabletop use.

Highlights
  • Monochrome grid-style deck plans
  • Component-based square design
  • Shared edges for adjacent squares
  • Multi-deck ship layouts
  • High-resolution image export
  • Versatile for floor plans and puzzles
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Deck Squares lets you generate and store a collection of starship deck plans for any science fiction role-playing game. Deck plans have the Old School grid-based monochrome look and feel popular in the early years of SF RPGs, rather than a photo-realistic color-coded depiction that can limit usability. Plans are created one deck square at a time using a large collection of components for left and top edges and central features. Each square may have a grid boundary around the edges and a small text label as well. Large labels cover any central feature and may extend into adjacent squares. Since edges are shared between squares, adjacent squares are used to define right and bottom edges. Ship tonnage may be specified to determine an approximate total number of squares allowed. Multiple decks may be defined for a ship and the cursor location is useful for aligning hatches between decks. Decks may be exported as high-resolution images suitable for printing and for use with miniatures on the table top. Although intended for starship deck plans, the app can be used for building floor plans, puzzle designs, and other purposes.

Screenshots

Questy Chess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Questy Chess at 100% against Deck Squares's 0%. Questy Chess also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.0) and device support. Deck Squares's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume 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

Deck Squares is free to download; Questy Chess costs $4.99 up front. Questy Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Deck Squares asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Questy Chess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Questy Chess's written reviews are positive against 0% of Deck Squares's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Questy Chess versus Deck Squares: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuesty ChessDeck Squares
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better—
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size185 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHawken KingArt Gorski

Customer experience

Questy Chess

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Deck Squares

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Questy Chess

One-time1
  • Unlock full gameFree
None

Deck Squares

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Questy Chess free?
Questy Chess costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Deck Squares free?
Deck Squares is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Questy Chess or Deck Squares?
Questy Chess is rated higher. Questy Chess averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Deck Squares averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.

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