Chessgeon vs Heretic Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Chessgeon
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Chess meets dungeons! Help Morphy save his queen as you strategise and overcome the many floors of the chessgeon! Transform into various chess pieces and utilise their unique movements. Stack transformations into combos to gain the upper hand. Defeat the boss to save your queen!
Heretic Chess
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Chess, but you build your own army. Start with normal pieces. Lose. Earn coins. Buy modifier cards that give your pieces new movement abilities - a Rook that leaps like a Knight becomes a Chancellor. A Bishop that slides like a Rook becomes a Queen. Stack enough upgrades and your pieces become monsters the AI never saw coming. PLAY โ EARN โ UPGRADE โ RETRY Every game earns currency, win or lose. Losing is part of the plan. Spend coins on modifier cards between games, equip them on up to 5 pieces, and go again with a stronger army. The loop is addictive. The power fantasy is real. 10 MODIFIER CARDS โข +Knight - give any piece the Knight's L-shaped leap โข +Bishop - add diagonal sliding to a Rook or Knight โข +Rook - add straight-line power to a Bishop or Knight โข +Camel - the Knight's weird cousin: a (3,1) leap โข +Knight & Bishop - create an Archbishop โข +Knight & Rook - create a Chancellor โข +Rook & Bishop - create a Queen from scratch โข And more. Stack them. Break things. FAIRY CHESS PIECES Chancellor. Archbishop. Amazon. Centaur. Names you've seen on Wikipedia at 2am. Now they're in your army, doing absurd things on an 8ร8 board. Every upgrade is a real fairy chess piece with movement rules that have existed for centuries, we just put them in your hands. NO ADS. NO WAIT TIMERS. NO ENERGY SYSTEM. Play as much as you want. Progress is real. Every coin you earn stays. Every card you buy is permanent on your save slot. Built with a custom fairy chess engine. Runs entirely on-device. No internet required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chessgeon at none against Heretic Chess's 1. Chessgeon also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Heretic Chess's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). On price and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Heretic Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chessgeon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chessgeon ships an update every 7 months, Heretic Chess weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chessgeon | Heretic Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly โ better |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 โ better | 15.1 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rayner Tan | Fatma Esra Ugurca |
In-app purchases
Chessgeon
No in-app purchases
Heretic Chess
- Supporter Pack$4.99









