Real Chess Master 3D vs Ani Chess 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Real Chess Master 3D
Experience the classic game of chess in a visually stunning 3D environment. Play against a challenging AI with numerous difficulty levels or test your skills against real players worldwide. Offers helpful hints for beginners and customizable board themes.
- Advanced 3D graphics
- Play against AI
- Play against real opponents
- 2400 AI difficulty levels
- Beginner hints
- Customizable chess set themes
- 3D and 2D board variants
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This app brings classic chess game into new dimension. With advanced 3D graphics you can feel all beauty of interacting with virtual chess set. Choose to play with AI or with real opponents. Game Features: - Advanced 3D graphics; - Matchmaking feature; - AI with 2400 levels of difficulty; - Hints for beginners - highlighting of possible moves; - Different themes of chess set; - 3D and 2D board variants;
Ani Chess 3D
Experience chess with a unique twist! This game features 3D humanoid characters battling it out on the board, offering multiple game modes and AI difficulties. Play against friends or test your skills online.
- 8 unique 3D humanoid chess sets
- Single player with 3 AI difficulty levels
- Two player local mode
- Online play via lichess.org API
- Casual, rated, and inbox games online
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Ani Chess is 3D humanoid chess game, cool animation in action, multi game mode. Ani Chess features: - Currently has 8 amazing 3D humanoid chess set: Barbarian, Dwarf, Undead, Orcs, Spartan, Elf, Viking and Kingdom. - Single play with 3 difficult AI levels - Two players Mode - Play online: using lichess.org API to play casual/rated/inbox games.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Real Chess Master 3D at 3.6 against Ani Chess 3D's 3.0. Real Chess Master 3D also leads on ratings volume (398 vs 4) and review sentiment (23% vs 0%). Ani Chess 3D's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Real Chess Master 3D holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Real Chess Master 3D has 398 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Real Chess Master 3D's written reviews are positive against 0% of Ani Chess 3D's.
Real Chess Master 3D ships an update every 11 months, Ani Chess 3D every 13 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Real Chess Master 3D | Ani Chess 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (398 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 23.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 398 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 189 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 12+ |
| Developer | 海龙 王 | TIEN TA |
Customer experience
Real Chess Master 3D
Ani Chess 3D
Bugs and requests
Real Chess Master 3D
Reported bugs
8 issues- Piece movement speed settings not functioning
- Rook moves incorrectly from edge squares
- Illegal moves permitted in gameplay
- App crashes on iPhone XR and newer models
- Ads blocking chess board content
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- Online feature disappeared after updates
- Checkmate logic errors
- Game not responding to rotation settings
Requested features
8 requests- Online multiplayer for iOS users
- Faster piece movement speed
- Ability to play with friends online
- Cross-platform play between iOS and Android
- Adjustable board viewing angle in 3D mode
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- Portrait and landscape rotation support
- Paid ad-free version
- Better difficulty balancing for AI levels
Ani Chess 3D
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Real Chess Master 3D
No in-app purchases
Ani Chess 3D
No in-app purchases
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