Chess Traps vs ChessUp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Traps
Learn to exploit opponent errors with strategic chess maneuvers. This game focuses on tactical traps to gain an advantage.
- Exploit opponent mistakes
- Strategic chess maneuvers
- Tactical trap learning
- Gain positional advantage
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Chess trappings can effectively exploit the opponent's mistakes.
ChessUp
This app enhances your chess experience with a smart chessboard. It offers game archives, analysis, and live AI assistance. Connect to play remote opponents on various platforms.
- Chess game archives
- Game analysis
- Live AI assistance
- Remote opponent play
- BLE connectivity
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ChessUp is a companion app for the ChessUp smart chessboard. The app provides chess game archives and analysis. The app can link with the chessboard over BLE to provide live Ai assistance. The app can also provide an internet connection for the board in order to play remote chess opponents on various chess platforms.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ChessUp at 4.8 against Chess Traps's 4.3. ChessUp also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 3). Chess Traps's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
ChessUp holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChessUp has 2.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Chess Traps's written reviews are positive against 54% of ChessUp's.
| Parameter | Chess Traps | ChessUp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 2.7K — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 218 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nguyen Dinh Anh | Bryght Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
Chess Traps
ChessUp
Bugs and requests
Chess Traps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ChessUp
Reported bugs
6 issues- Moves not registering
- Bluetooth connectivity issues
- Crashes and freezes
- Sync issues between app and board
- Lessons not working properly
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- Chess.com integration problems
Requested features
5 requests- Add chess openings lessons
- Implement position setup and export/import
- Add post-game review mechanism
- Improve AI difficulty scaling
- Add chess puzzles
In-app purchases
Chess Traps
No in-app purchases
ChessUp
No in-app purchases
Questions
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