Chess Openings vs Openings Mastermind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Openings
Master chess openings with this trainer. Memorize popular professional game sequences, explore over 1750 openings, and test your recall with randomized drills. Learn a new opening daily to enhance your chess strategy.
- Memorize popular openings
- Explore 1750+ openings
- Test memory with randomized openings
- Daily opening learning
- Learn grandmaster variations
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- Learn: Memorize the most popular openings played in professional games. - Browse: Explore 1750+ openings. - Test: Test your memory by going through randomized openings that you've memorized. - Daily Openings: Learn one random opening a day. Learning different opening sequences is critical in improving in chess. Chess Openings is an app that makes it easier for you to memorize all of your favorite openings. Browse through 1700 openings and learn variations of openings that grandmasters use.
Openings Mastermind
Master chess openings with this app. Import studies, explore with advanced engines, and practice specific lines through repetition. Track your progress and improve your game.
- Import Lichess Studies or PGNs
- Explore openings with Stockfish 15
- Practice openings by repetition
- Smart practice queue
- Track learning progress
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Get ready to take your chess game to the next level with Openings Mastermind, the ultimate chess opening app! Some of the features include: - Import Lichess Studies or custom PGNs - Explore openings with Stockfish 17 and the Lichess position database - Practice openings by repetition against your own custom openings database - Take advantage of the smart practice queue and improve your learning - Observe your learning progress in different openings With our app, you can take your opening game to the next level by practicing against the specific lines you want to master. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced player, our app is the perfect tool to help you improve your opening moves and become a better chess player. Planned Features: - Continue against engine, after study line ends - Analysis of your games from Lichess and Chess.com compared to your openings database
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Openings Mastermind at 4.3 against Chess Openings's 3.2. Openings Mastermind also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). Chess Openings's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Chess Openings sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Openings Mastermind asks for nothing beyond the download.
Openings Mastermind holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Chess Openings's written reviews are positive against 50% of Openings Mastermind's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Chess Openings ships an update every 4 months, Openings Mastermind fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Chess Openings | Openings Mastermind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (6 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hodgepodge Apps LLC | Christian Heise |
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Chess Openings
Openings Mastermind
In-app purchases
Chess Openings
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Unlimited Engine$2.99
- Extra Openings$3.99
Openings Mastermind
No in-app purchases
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