Build Up!! vs Pocket Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Build Up!!
Construct your tower as tall as possible by strategically placing building nodes. Collect more nodes as you ascend to reach crucial checkpoints and achieve new heights.
- Build structures high
- Gather building nodes
- Reach checkpoints
- Ascend to new heights
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Build your structure as high as you can! Gather additional building nodes along the way and reach the checkpoints!
Pocket Chess
Enhance your chess skills with hundreds of challenging chess problems and puzzles. This app focuses on simplified boards to help you quickly recognize chess patterns and improve your game.
- Hundreds of chess problems
- Checkmate in 2 and 4 puzzles
- Simplified boards for pattern recognition
- Improve chess game
- Learn chess patterns faster
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Pocket Chess helps you improve and brush up on your Chess by offering hundreds of thought provoking Chess problems and Chess puzzles. From Checkmate in 2 to Checkmate in 4 and much more! Pocket Chess is a new way to learn and improve at Chess. Featuring boards that are small and simple, important pieces are in focus so that you can learn to recognise Chess patterns faster and quicker. Improve your Chess Game and Download Now for free!
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Verdict
Build Up!! and Pocket Chess both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 61% of Pocket Chess's written reviews are positive against 34% of Build Up!!'s. Pocket Chess also leads on chart position (#114 vs unranked). Build Up!!'s advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Build Up!! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pocket Chess sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Build Up!! against 4.6 for Pocket Chess. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16K and 15K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 34% of Build Up!!'s written reviews are positive against 61% of Pocket Chess's.
Build Up!! ships an update fortnightly, Pocket Chess every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Build Up!! | Pocket Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (16K ratings) | 4.6 (15K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.1% of reviews | 61.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | 15K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #114 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 266 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Voodoo | Lessmore GmbH |
Customer experience
Build Up!!
Pocket Chess
User reviews
Build Up!!
From 16K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and fun game
- 🚀 Runs well with no crashes
- 💰 Free to play
Room to improve
- 💸 Excessive ads
- 🐛 Impossible or buggy levels
- 🔁 Repetitive gameplay
Pocket Chess
From 15K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Improved chess skills
- 👍 Challenging yet fun puzzles
- 🤩 Addictive and engaging
- 🧠 Helps develop tactical thinking
- 📈 Tracks progress and skill level
Room to improve
- 🙄 Excessive ads
- 💰 Expensive to remove ads
- 🐛 Some puzzles have issues
- 🤔 Opponent moves don't always make sense
Bugs and requests
Build Up!!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Rivet counter malfunction
- Levels regenerating incorrectly
- Tower physics issues
Requested features
3 requests- More level variety
- Ability to create custom maps
- Removal of perfect triangle requirement
Pocket Chess
Reported bugs
3 issues- Progress data loss
- Incorrect checkmate solutions
- Game freezing after certain moves
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to review past puzzles
- More advanced puzzles and levels
- Option to disable audio/music
- Sync progress across devices
In-app purchases
Build Up!!
- Remove Ads.$2.99
Pocket Chess
- Small Coin Bundle$1.99
- Remove Ads2 variants$4.99
- Starter Package2 variants$4.99
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- Event Offer$4.99
- Medium Coin Bundle$5.99
- Large Coin Bundle$11.99
- Super Coin Bundle$25.99
Questions
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