Comparison

Orixo vs ChessHole

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

Head to head
About

Orixo

Engage your mind with a unique puzzle game featuring hundreds of levels. Swipe to fill cells based on numbered instructions, navigating around existing filled cells. Enjoy a relaxing experience with beautiful visuals and a meditative soundtrack.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of hand-crafted puzzles
  • Relaxing and meditative soundtrack
  • Improves focus and creativity
  • Beautiful and immersive visuals
  • Cloud saving and achievements
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Welcome to Orixo - your new favourite puzzle game! This simple, yet challenging game combines relaxing gameplay with mind-bending puzzles. Dive into hundreds of carefully designed levels, all set to calming background music, offering a delightful gaming experience. How to Play: Just swipe your finger over cells that have a number. The number tells you how many cells you can fill in any direction (up, down, left, right). If a cell is already full, don't worry! Your line will just move to the next open cell. And as you drag, you'll see a highlight showing you which cells will fill up. Features: - Hundreds of hand-crafted puzzles - Beautiful and immersive visuals - A relaxing and meditative soundtrack - Improves your focus and creativity - Cloud saving and achievements Enjoy!

About

ChessHole

This minimalist puzzle game reimagines chess pieces as tools to navigate a disappearing board. The objective is to clear all unoccupied tiles without trapping your pieces. It offers a unique challenge beyond traditional chess, focusing on strategic movement and board preservation.

Highlights
  • Disappearing board mechanic
  • Hand-authored puzzle campaign
  • Daily shareable puzzles
  • Puzzle Club archive
  • Weekly puzzle packs
  • Unlimited hints
  • Generated practice boards
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ChessHole is a minimalist chess-inspired puzzle game where every move destroys the square you leave behind. This is not normal chess. There is no checkmate, no opponent, and no opening theory. Instead, each chess piece becomes a movement tool in a disappearing-floor puzzle. Move the rook down a corridor, jump a knight over broken ground, preserve a bishop diagonal, and plan the final safe squares before the board collapses behind you. The goal is simple: clear every unoccupied tile without stranding your pieces. Features: - Hand-authored puzzle campaign - Daily puzzle with a shareable path card - Puzzle Club archive for past daily puzzles - Weekly puzzle packs for subscribers - Unlimited hints with Puzzle Club - King, rook, bishop, and knight movement personalities - Drag or tap pieces with fast undo and restart - Generated boards for fresh practice Every move costs a square. Spend the board wisely. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Orixo4 screens
ChessHole4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ChessHole at none against Orixo's shown. ChessHole also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Orixo's advantage is ratings volume (4.2K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Orixo sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and ChessHole sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ChessHole holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Orixo has 4.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Orixo ships an update every 2 months, ChessHole weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Orixo versus ChessHole: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOrixoChessHole
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings4.2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLogisk Studio Inc.Palash Oswal

Customer experience

Orixo

All ratings4,198 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews152 reviews
Positive84.9%
Neutral6.6%
Negative8.6%

ChessHole

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Orixo

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Ads not closing properly
  • Levels not loading correctly on some devices

Requested features

3 requests
  • More level packs and increased difficulty
  • Ability to keep undo/restart controls visible
  • Cross-device progress sync

ChessHole

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Orixo

One-time8
  • Unlimited Hints$0.99
  • Unlock Portal Pack2 variants$0.99
  • Unlock Classic Pack3 variants$0.99
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  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Buy Me a Coffee$3.99
  • Treat Me to Lunch$7.99
  • Support a Coding Session$11.99
  • Fund My Future Projects$15.99
3 purchases

ChessHole

Subscriptions2
  • Puzzle Club Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Puzzle Club Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • ChessHole Full Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Orixo free?
Orixo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChessHole free?
ChessHole is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Orixo or ChessHole?
ChessHole is rated higher. Orixo averages 4.7 out of 5 from 4.2K ratings, while ChessHole averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Orixo or ChessHole have ads?
Orixo shows ads; ChessHole does not.
Which is updated more often, Orixo or ChessHole?
Orixo ships an update every 2 months, and ChessHole weekly. Most recently, Orixo was updated on October 25, 2026 and ChessHole on October 11, 2026.

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