Tichu Helper vs Opening Edge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tichu Helper
This app serves as a digital scorecard for the card game Tichu. It offers an intuitive interface for tracking scores, Tichus, and game statistics. Features include automatic team naming, a timer, and an optional rule to reintroduce tension into games with large score differences.
- Practical scorecard
- Intuitive score and Tichu entry
- Undo score entry
- Automatic team names
- Timer and detailed statistics
- Game, Team, and Player ranking
- Optional GIGA-Tichu rule
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The most comprehensive and user-friendly companion app to the cult card game TICHU Keep track of the score, Tichus and more! Features: - Practical scorecard for playing Tichu - Modern, tidy user interface - Super intuitive: points and Tichus are entered by simply swiping - Accidentally entered scores can be easily revoked - Automatically generated team names and player photos (optional) - Timer and detailed statistics - Ranking of all Games, Teams and Players - Optional GIGA-Tichu: a helpful rule to get tension back into the game in case of a large score difference - Point limit freely selectable - Rematch Function Free and without in-app purchases!
Opening Edge
Discover chess openings tailored to your playing style. Input your preferences like aggressiveness and tactical play to get personalized recommendations. Explore alternatives and understand why each opening suits you.
- Personalized chess opening recommendations
- Recommendations for White and Black
- Match openings to playing style
- Clear explanations for recommendations
- Alternative opening suggestions
- Clean and easy-to-use interface
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Opening Edge helps you discover chess openings that match your playing style. Choose White or Black, adjust your playing preferences, and get personalized opening recommendations based on factors like aggressiveness, risk tolerance, tactical vs. positional play, complexity, and more. Each recommendation includes a match score, an explanation of why the opening fits your style, and alternative openings to explore.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Opening Edge at weekly against Tichu Helper's every 3 months. Tichu Helper's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tichu Helper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Tichu Helper ships an update every 3 months, Opening Edge weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tichu Helper | Opening Edge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Leif-Ascan Weitzel | Eric Winchell |
Customer experience
Tichu Helper
Opening Edge
In-app purchases
Tichu Helper
No in-app purchases
Opening Edge
No in-app purchases
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