Comparison

Chess Royale vs Chipjack

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

Head to head
About

Chess Royale

Engage in the classic game of chess with millions worldwide. This app offers AI challenges, multiplayer matches, and extensive training tools including puzzles and post-game analysis to improve your strategic skills.

Highlights
  • Play against AI
  • Multiplayer matches
  • Chess puzzles
  • Post-game analysis
  • Beginner and advanced training
  • Multiple game modes
Features
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► THE ONLY CHESS APP YOU NEED Whether you’re a complete beginner or a highly experienced player, Chess Royale has everything you could need to enjoy one of the world’s greatest board games on your mobile device. Play with the AI, with friends, or with millions of strangers all over the world, then train your chess skills with tutorials, puzzles, and post-game analysis. One of the greatest things about chess is that there’s always something new to learn, and this beautifully designed app will allow you to keep on discovering the magic of chess and enhancing your love of the game day after day. ► WHY CHESS? ◾ With a history that stretches back over millennia, chess is both a vital cultural artefact and a beloved pastime that brings together millions of players all over the world. ◾ Renowned as a fierce test of the intellect, chess provides incredible training for your brain. Regularly playing chess and solving puzzles can train your strategic skills, develop logical and lateral thinking, help with learning and understanding psychology, improve your analysis and enhance your memory. ◾ It’s fun! Chess may be intimidating for beginners, but the more you learn and the better you understand the game, the more entertaining and rewarding it becomes. There’s some reason why it has remained among the most popular board games in the world for centuries, after all. ► WHY CHESS ROYALE? ◾ It pays to be popular: With over 50 000 000 players across all popular platforms, Chess Royale ensures there’s always a real opponent of similar skill online and ready to play in a variety of multiplayer formats. ◾ Endless variations: Not only can you challenge real players of different skill levels, you can also play in eight different modes. Play blitzes with varying time limitations, use the notifications system to play with friends when they’re online, test yourself in private against the game’s AI, and enter and arrange tournaments of various formats for more multiplayer fun. ◾ More than just a game: Chess Royale boasts more than 5000 chess puzzles to help you train specific aspects of your game. The app also features analysis tools that you can use post-match to help with your learning and development. And there is a trainer for beginners and more advanced players to get a better grasp of this intensely rich and complex game. Despite the wonders of modern technology, you’ll be hard pressed to find a mobile game that’s as challenging, enjoyable, and intellectually satisfying as chess. Whether you’re looking for just a new game to play online or a trainer to help you take the very first steps in exploring the magic of chess, Chess Royale offers something extra. Download the app now to discover the ultimate mobile chess environment. ►Vip Subscription: - You can subscribe to Vip membership to play without any ads, unlock all purchasable deck packs and play infinite puzzles every day. Also you can use infinite hints while solving chess puzzles - You are able to choose from three subscription options: a weekly subscription (free for the first 3 days) for $4.99 USD, a monthly subscription for $14.99 USD, an annual subscription for $79.99 USD - Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of your purchase and upon commencement of each renewal term. Subscription with a free trial period will automatically renew to a paid subscription. You can cancel your subscription or free trial in the iTunes settings at least 24-hours before the end of the free trial period. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period and you will be downgraded to the free service. - Please note that any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a premium subscription during the free trial period. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase Privacy Policy: https://say.games/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://say.games/terms-of-use

About

Chipjack

Features
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Your gun is weak on purpose. Their logic is the real weapon. Chipjack drops you into corporate data vaults as a rogue AI wearing a combat shell. Every security robot you meet - turrets, drones, kamikazes, shield nodes, commanders - runs openly on 2 to 3 behaviour chips: what it TARGETS, how it MOVES, how it FIRES, and a TRAIT. Tap an enemy, watch its chips pop out, and drag one onto another enemy. Send a kamikaze into the turret that's shredding you. Make a shield node protect your shell instead of theirs. Steal a burst-fire chip for your own weapon. Time slows to a crawl while you're holding a chip - just long enough to think, not long enough to stop and plan forever. THIS IS THE WHOLE GAME A heist is three rooms, about three to five minutes. Each room gives three stars: clear it, take no damage, and land a clean hack - beat it using mostly the enemies' own guns instead of yours. The par for that third star is computed by a solver, so it's honest: if it looks impossible, there's a smarter hack you haven't found yet. A VAULT THAT NEVER GOES DOWN Every heist adds to your Vault - a single number that only ever grows, ranks you from Script up through Worm, Daemon, Ghost and Singularity, and sits on a Game Center / Play Games leaderboard next to your friends. Core upgrades make surviving easier. A chip library lets you decompile every enemy chip you've ever used and carry two as exploits into your next run. None of it changes what counts as a clean hack - the third star is earned with your head, not your wallet. THREE COMPANIES, ONE MACHINE EACH Helix Bank, Orbital Pharma and Kessler Defense each run 10 heists building toward a Core Vault boss with six chips, some locked behind a firewall you have to crack first. Beating a boss unlocks a new chip category - SENSE after Helix, LINK after Orbital - so late fights genuinely play differently from early ones. DAILY AND WEEKLY HEISTS Everyone gets the same heist on the same day, run with a standard shell - no exploits, no upgrades, nothing bought. Results compare your shot count against your friends', room by room. Beat someone's daily score and you can send them a challenge link. WHAT COSTS MONEY (AND WHAT DOESN'T) Chipjack is free to play with no energy system - play as long as you want, every day. Rewarded ads are entirely opt-in: watch one to double a heist's loot, continue a room after your shell goes down, or reroll the Chip Market. An optional Chipjack Pro subscription (from $2.99/month) removes nothing you need - it doubles Data earned, adds weekly Shards and cosmetic shells, and never changes a clean-hack target or gates a leaderboard. The Chip Market always shows you exactly what you're buying before you spend a Shard - nothing random is ever sold. Chipjack is built for players who'd rather out-think a fight than out-grind it. CHIPJACK PRO SUBSCRIPTION - Chipjack Pro Monthly: $2.99 per month - Chipjack Pro Yearly: $19.99 per year, with a 3-day free trial for new subscribers Pro removes ads, doubles Data earned from heists, grants 30 Shards every week, adds a daily chip reroll and three Pro-only shells. Pro never gates content, progression or leaderboards. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Use: https://playchipjack.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://playchipjack.com/privacy

Screenshots

Chess Royale4 screens
Chipjack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Chess Royale at #173 against Chipjack's unranked. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Chess Royale sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per 7 days and Chipjack sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 10 level
Chess Royale versus Chipjack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess RoyaleChipjack
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (20K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings20K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#173 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size490 MB86 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSayGames LTDMudimedia Ltd

Bugs and requests

Chess Royale

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Incorrect puzzle solutions being marked as wrong
  • Game losses due to connection issues or app freezes
  • Inconsistent trophy/ranking system
  • Inability to report cheating or suspicious behavior

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to play longer timed games
  • Option to disable ads for a one-time fee
  • More advanced chess analysis and training features
  • Improved matchmaking to pair players of similar skill levels

Chipjack

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Chess Royale

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Vip3 Days trial2 variants$7.997 Days
  • Monthly Vip$19.991 Month
  • Annual Vip$39.991 Year
One-time7
  • Tiny Coins Pack$0.99
  • Tiny Gems Pack$1.99
  • Gold Reserve 2$2.99
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  • Coins Pack Offer$3.99
  • Disable Ads Forever$4.99
  • Medium Gems Pack$6.99
  • Large Gems Pack$19.99
6 purchases

Chipjack

Subscriptions2
  • Chipjack Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Chipjack Pro Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time4
  • 120 Shards$1.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • 350 Shards$4.99
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  • 800 Shards$9.99

Questions

Is Chess Royale free?
Chess Royale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chipjack free?
Chipjack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chess Royale or Chipjack have ads?
Both Chess Royale and Chipjack show ads.

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