Comparison

AR Chess+ vs Zenmate

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

Head to head
About

AR Chess+

Experience chess in a new dimension with augmented reality. Place the board on any real-world surface and play against a friend or a finely tuned AI. Enjoy strategic gameplay anywhere your phone can detect a surface.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality gameplay
  • Play on any detected surface
  • AI opponent with multiple levels
  • Local multiplayer mode
  • Strategic board game experience
Features
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With augmented reality, you can play the chess within the real world. Whether on a coffee table or a kitchen table, on the beach or in bed. You can play anywhere your phone detects a surface. Play against a friend and or the finely tuned AI with multiple levels of play for fun at any level.  If you are a fan of chess you will love this game. Chess is a strategic board game played between two players. It is played on a chessboard, which is a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the beginning of the game each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, whereby the king is under immediate attack (in "check") and there is no way to remove or defend it from attack on the next move.

About

Zenmate

Features
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Zenmate is a calm, beautifully designed chess app built for focused play. Play a quiet game against the AI, start a match with friends through Game Center, or pass-and-play on one device. Zenmate keeps the interface simple and refined so the board stays central and every move has room to breathe. Features: - Play vs AI with multiple difficulty levels - Play with friends using Game Center - Local 2-player pass-and-play - Light and dark mode - Optional board coordinates - Flip board support - Clean timers and move-focused gameplay A quiet game of kings. Designed to slow you down, one move at a time.

Screenshots

AR Chess+4 screens
Zenmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AR Chess+ at 11.0 against Zenmate's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AR Chess+ ships an update every 2 months, Zenmate every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
AR Chess+ versus Zenmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAR Chess+Zenmate
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnsenaSoft, S.A. de C.V.Timothy Nice

In-app purchases

None

AR Chess+

No in-app purchases

None

Zenmate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AR Chess+ free?
AR Chess+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zenmate free?
Zenmate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AR Chess+ or Zenmate have ads?
Neither AR Chess+ nor Zenmate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AR Chess+ or Zenmate?
AR Chess+ ships an update every 2 months, and Zenmate every 6 weeks. Most recently, AR Chess+ was updated on October 25, 2026 and Zenmate on October 17, 2026.

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