Tangram & Polyform Pro vs ChessClues
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tangram & Polyform Pro
Explore a vast collection of tiling puzzles, including classic Tangram and various Polyform shapes. Enjoy multiple play methods and over 4000 levels designed for both relaxation and challenge.
- 12 Tangram puzzle types
- 6 Polyform puzzle types
- Three play methods (Move, Flip, Rotate)
- Over 4000 levels
- Five themes
- Hint system
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1. About Tangram & Polyform Tangram is China's most famous puzzle game. In the early nineteenth century tangram became the first international puzzle. There are many tangram style puzzle games in the world. Polyform is a plane figure constructed by joining together identical basic polygons. The basic polygon is often a regular polygon, such as a square or a triangle. 2. About This Game This game contains twelve types of tangram puzzles and six types polyform puzzles. Games and levels are constantly added. Tangram puzzles include the Chinese classic Tangram 15 pieces puzzle(Yi Zhi Tu) and Modern Tangram, as well as T puzzle, Heart-shaped puzzle, Pythagoras, Sphinx, Columbus' egg and Kreuzspiel. Polyform puzzles include Polystick, Polyiammond, Polyomino, Polyhex, Polyabolo and Polybrick. There are three kind of play methods. Not just move. You can play classic game(Move, Flip & Rotate) or for relaxing(Just Move). Features: A. 12 types of Tangram puzzles and 6 types of Polyform puzzles. B. Three Play Methods. C. Over 4000 Levels and Will Add More. D. Easy to Play. E. Five Themes. 3. How to Play A. This game have Three Play Methods. Just Move. Move & Flip. Move, Flip & Rotate. B. Move: Touch the Piece and move. Flip: Click the Piece. Rotate:Long touch the Piece. C. Get Hint: Click the Hint Button. Each Level has 2 hints.
ChessClues
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Every opening has its own tactics. In the Italian, royal forks turn up four times more often than in chess as a whole. In the Caro-Kann, it is Boden's mate. ChessClues shows you the tactics, patterns and mates that happen in the openings you play, and teaches you how to win with them. Tactics trainers teach patterns in isolation. Opening trainers teach moves. ChessClues connects the two: pick your openings, and see which patterns turn up in them more often than in chess as a whole, ranked from real club games. SEE THE TACTICS IN EVERY OPENING • The Pattern Atlas for each opening: its signature tactics, ranked by how often they appear there. • Each pattern explained in plain words: what to look for, and why it works. • The typical pawn structures of the opening, with a plan for each. • The main named lines, and the traps club players fall into, move by move. LEARN TO WIN IN YOUR OPENING • A learning path for each opening: a pattern tour, its traps, its top tactics from easiest to hardest, then a final test. • 36 interactive courses, 216 short lessons where you play the moves: one course per opening, plus checkmates, tactics by name, finishing the game, and pawn and rook endgames. • Your teacher, Finn or Nia, talks you through every lesson. THE MATES THAT HAPPEN IN YOUR OPENING Smothered mate, back-rank mate, Légal's mate, Boden's mate and dozens more, each shown in the openings where it really happens. PRACTISE ON REAL POSITIONS More than 140,000 puzzles from real games in your openings, at three levels: • Spot: one move wins it. • Set-up: one forcing move first, then the payoff. • Deep: three moves and beyond. Spaced review brings back the patterns you are still missing. Recognise trains your eye: ten real positions, five seconds each. 13 OPENINGS As White: Italian, Ruy Lopez, Scotch, Vienna, Bishop's Opening, Four Knights, Queen's Pawn Game (London setup). As Black: Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian, Philidor, Queen's Gambit Declined. EVERY DAY • A daily drill of 5 puzzles from your openings. Free. • Trap of the day and pattern of the day. • A blind-spot grid: your openings against their top patterns, by mastery. • Across your openings: the patterns they share, to learn first. • Search a pattern by name (smothered mate, royal fork) and see which openings produce it. • Tactics tree and Endgame Atlas: the same patterns under their textbook names, and the endgames each opening tends to reach. MADE FOR 800–1600 PLAYERS Choose your openings and rating; change them any time in Settings. OFFLINE, NO ACCOUNT Everything ships inside the app and works offline. No sign-in, no ads, no analytics. Progress stays on your device. The app goes online only for purchases. Two-pane layout on iPad and Mac. FREE AND ALL ACCESS Free, the same for everyone: the daily drill; 100 Spot and Set-up puzzles in every opening; 10 in every pattern and mate; the top three patterns of every opening in the Atlas; five traps in every opening; the first two lessons of every course. All Access opens every level including Deep, every trap, all 216 lessons, the full Atlas, and everything added while you have access. Choose a yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime unlock; the store shows the price before you buy. Restore purchases and manage your subscription in Settings. All Access yearly renews automatically at the end of each year unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; payment is charged to your Apple ID and you can manage or cancel it in Account Settings. Terms of Use: https://happyheadsapps.netlify.app/chessclues/terms. Privacy Policy: https://happyheadsapps.netlify.app/chessclues/privacy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ChessClues at Free against Tangram & Polyform Pro's $4.99. Tangram & Polyform Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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ChessClues is free to download; Tangram & Polyform Pro costs $4.99 up front. ChessClues sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Tangram & Polyform Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Tangram & Polyform Pro | ChessClues |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 振华 许 | Santosh Hegde |
In-app purchases
Tangram & Polyform Pro
No in-app purchases
ChessClues
- All Access — 1 Year$14.991 Year
- All Access — Lifetime$24.99
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