Comparison

AR Chess+ vs ChessCam

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

ChessCam

Features
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ChessCam helps you record, stream, watch, play OTB online, and analyze physical chess games using your phone camera. Set up your phone so the board is visible, scan the position, and start recording moves from a real chessboard. You can share a temporary watch link so another device can follow the game live, then review saved games later with analysis and export options. KEY FEATURES • Camera recognition — turn a physical board into digital moves in real time • Record & save — keep a full move history of your over-the-board games • Live watch links — let friends follow your game live on another device • Play OTB online — connect your physical board to an online opponent • Analysis & review — step through moves with engine analysis • Export — copy PGN or the final FEN for any saved game • Voice announcements — hear each move called out, hands-free Everything runs on your device: camera recognition happens locally, and game data is stored on your phone. Game state is only sent to the relay server when you enable live watching.

Screenshots

AR Chess+4 screens
ChessCam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ChessCam at every 10 days against AR Chess+'s every 2 months. AR Chess+'s advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AR Chess+ ships an update every 2 months, ChessCam every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
AR Chess+ versus ChessCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAR Chess+ChessCam
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnsenaSoft, S.A. de C.V.MARIUS EIDSNES PHILLIPS

In-app purchases

None

AR Chess+

No in-app purchases

None

ChessCam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AR Chess+ free?
AR Chess+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChessCam free?
ChessCam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AR Chess+ or ChessCam have ads?
Neither AR Chess+ nor ChessCam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AR Chess+ or ChessCam?
AR Chess+ ships an update every 2 months, and ChessCam every 10 days. Most recently, AR Chess+ was updated on September 29, 2026 and ChessCam on September 20, 2026.

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