Comparison

Chess Openings Wizard vs DailyChinesePoems

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

Head to head
About

Chess Openings Wizard

This app helps tournament chess players prepare their openings by designing and testing their knowledge of specific lines. It offers powerful editing and training tools, syncing with desktop versions and providing Stockfish analysis for move validation. Prepare openings quickly with tools refined over decades.

Highlights
  • Design and test chess openings
  • Full editing and training power
  • Syncs with Mac and Windows versions
  • Stockfish analysis via PocketGM server
  • Pedigree ribbon shows top player game results
  • Fast opening preparation tools
Features
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Chess Openings Wizard is where tournament players go to work on their openings. The app is based on the Bookup program that first came out in 1984. The app has full editing and training power like its brethren apps on Macintosh and Windows. Openings can be moved back and forth to the Macintosh, Windows, and Android versions. Chess Openings Wizard does not play chess, nor does it come with a game collection. It is meant for designing openings for White and defenses for Black, and then testing the player's knowledge of the lines by playing mock games. Sample ebooks include an opening guide (thousands of named and categorized opening positions accessible through any move order), an ECO master framework, and the White and Black repertoires of Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, and Robert Fischer. It also includes a demo ebook with excerpts from a highly annotated repertoire in the Open Game. Chess Openings Wizard has a dedicated PocketGM server giving you full speed Stockfish analysis. (Internet connection required.) The Pedigree ribbon shows the results of games in each opening position but uses only games between two super GMs. That way you know if the move is trusted by the best players. (And it's important to know if a move has never been played by a super GM when facing another super GM.) This is the same feature found in Chess Openings Wizard Professional for Macintosh and Windows. The short version is: if you are designing an opening with a game database app or with a playing program, you're working too hard. Chess Openings Wizard contains 42 years of refinements, with precisely the tools that a tournament player requires to prepare openings fast.

About

DailyChinesePoems

Explore classical Chinese poetry with pinyin, audio, and English translations. Features quizzes to test your knowledge and traditional music to enhance your reading experience. Ideal for students and language learners.

Highlights
  • 200+ classical poems and essays
  • Pinyin with tone marks
  • Audio pronunciation
  • English translations
  • Multiple-choice quizzes
  • Traditional Chinese music
Features
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Learn and enjoy classical Chinese poetry — from primary school favorites to the poems and essays required in Chinese high school curricula — with pinyin, audio, and full English translations. LEARN Browse 200+ classical poems and essays across three levels: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. Every poem includes the original text, a modern Chinese paraphrase, and a complete English translation — so both native speakers refreshing childhood memories and English-speaking learners of Chinese can follow along. PINYIN, ON DEMAND Tap "Show Pinyin" on any poem to reveal tone-marked pinyin above every character — perfect for practicing pronunciation or reading poems you haven't fully memorized yet. LISTEN Tap "Play" to hear the original text read aloud in natural Chinese, so you can hear correct pronunciation and rhythm, not just read it. TEST YOURSELF Take short multiple-choice quizzes that test whether you remember what comes next in a poem — a fun way to check what's really stuck versus what needs another look. ANCIENT MUSIC Read while listening to a curated collection of traditional Chinese instrumental music — guzheng, erhu, and more — playing softly in the background. Whether you're a student preparing for Chinese literature exams, a heritage speaker reconnecting with poems you learned as a child, or a Chinese-language learner exploring classical texts for the first time, DailyChinesePoems makes centuries-old poetry approachable, one poem a day.

Screenshots

Chess Openings Wizard4 screens
DailyChinesePoems4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: DailyChinesePoems at Free against Chess Openings Wizard's $6.99. DailyChinesePoems also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Chess Openings Wizard's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

DailyChinesePoems is free to download; Chess Openings Wizard costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chess Openings Wizard against 5.0 for DailyChinesePoems. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Openings Wizard ships an update every 2 months, DailyChinesePoems every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Chess Openings Wizard versus DailyChinesePoems: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Openings WizardDailyChinesePoems
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size167 MB393 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBookup Corp.Chenming Xue

Customer experience

Chess Openings Wizard

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative45.5%

DailyChinesePoems

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Chess Openings Wizard

No in-app purchases

None

DailyChinesePoems

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Openings Wizard free?
Chess Openings Wizard costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is DailyChinesePoems free?
DailyChinesePoems is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chess Openings Wizard or DailyChinesePoems?
Chess Openings Wizard and DailyChinesePoems are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Chess Openings Wizard or DailyChinesePoems have ads?
Neither Chess Openings Wizard nor DailyChinesePoems shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chess Openings Wizard or DailyChinesePoems?
Chess Openings Wizard ships an update every 2 months, and DailyChinesePoems every 2 days. Most recently, Chess Openings Wizard was updated on October 21, 2026 and DailyChinesePoems on October 19, 2026.

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