Comparison

Senet (AG) vs Fidchell

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

Head to head
About

Senet (AG)

Explore and play historically significant board games brought to life with modern app design. Compete against AI, friends, or players worldwide, both online and offline. Enjoy collectible items and challenging rule variants.

Highlights
  • Play against AI, friends, and random players
  • Online and offline gameplay
  • Collectible game pieces and boards
  • Challenging rule variants
  • Cloud save across the collection
  • Multi-language support
Features
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If you play more than one of my Ancient Games, I suggest you delete the individual apps and install the main one (Ancient Games). It will allow you to play them all and save disk storage. The past is full of fascinating board games that haves been mostly forgotten. The Ancient Games collection aims to resurrect them as a meticulously crafted mix between what a player wants from an historical game and what he/she expects of a modern application. -Play against the IA, friends and random players from around the world. -Play Online & Offline. -Multiple collectibles : boards, game pieces, dice, nameplates, etc. -Challenges (Fun rule variants) -Free cloudsave across the collection : your progress in one game is available in all the others. -Much more features to come! -Languages : English, French, Portuguese, Italian, Arabic, Spanish, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Russian. Currently, the collection is comprised of four games : the Royal Game of Ur, Senet, XII Scripta and Puluc, but 40 games are in the works! Each game will be added to the Ancient Games app and will have its own individual app as well. The privacy policy has been updated in accordance to the latest data protection laws.

About

Fidchell

Experience an ancient Celtic board game with strategic piece capturing. Play against AI or human opponents offline or online, with two distinct game variants.

Highlights
  • Ancient Celtic board game
  • Piece trapping capture mechanic
  • Two game variants (basic and advanced)
  • Offline play vs AI or human
  • Asynchronous online multiplayer
  • Ad-free option via IAP
Features
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Fidchell, which is also called Faery Chess or Celtic Chess, is an ancient celtic game which was mentioned in multiple Irish epics and chronicles. Under the name of Gwyddbwyll it also appears in the Welsh Mabinogion and seems to have been held in peculiar reverence throughout the British Isles. Faery Chess is what emerged from Nigel Suckling's investigations and speculations about the lost game. The game is played an a board consisting of circles and lines on which the game pieces are placed and can move along. Similar to games like the ancient abstract board game Nine Men's Morris the pieces are first placed onto the board in turn and moved afterwards once all of them have been placed. The capturing of pieces works differently though and is alike to Tafl games: a piece gets captured if a player traps it between two of his own pieces. This even grants him another move with which he may trap another one and so on. The app features two variants of the game: the basic edition which is easier to understand and where both players are treated equally and the advanced version which has different goals for both players. The general goal is to connect the central Naval stone with the border of the board by forming a connected line of stones. This app features both game modes for offline play against a human or the computer/AI and asynchronous online play against humans. The app is ad supported. These ads can be permanently deactivated through an one-time In App Purchase (IAP).

Screenshots

Senet (AG)4 screens
Fidchell2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Senet (AG) at fortnightly against Fidchell's every 3 months. Senet (AG) also leads on ratings volume (116 vs 7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Fidchell's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 67%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Senet (AG) sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Fidchell sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Senet (AG) against 4.1 for Fidchell. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Senet (AG) has 116 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Senet (AG)'s written reviews are positive against 80% of Fidchell's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Senet (AG) ships an update fortnightly, Fidchell every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Senet (AG) versus Fidchell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSenet (AG)Fidchell
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (116 ratings) — better4.1 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings116 — better7
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB225 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSullivan BousinierePhilippe Schober

Customer experience

Senet (AG)

All ratings115 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral7.8%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.7%
Negative21.7%

Fidchell

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Senet (AG)

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Game rigged/cheats
  • Cannot buy ads removed
  • Functionality removed
  • Ads cause app to freeze
  • Computer AI makes illegal moves
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  • Cannot skip turn
  • Game ID for starting games doesn't work
  • Latest update ruined features (PvP, playing with friends)
  • Unresponsive controls on last row
  • In-app purchases broken

Requested features

12 requests
  • Offline PvP
  • One-device multiplayer
  • Restore purchases button
  • Tutorial
  • Option to remove game-related paraphernalia
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  • Ability to communicate with other players
  • More games like Senet
  • Hounds and Jackals game
  • Mehen game
  • Hieroglyphics feature
  • More XP for faster leveling
  • Adjustable wait times for dice throws and piece movement

Fidchell

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Senet (AG)

One-time10
  • Ancient Artifact$0.99
  • AG+ Mortal Edition$1.99
  • AG Credit$1.99
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  • Gems x 30$2.99
  • Dawn of Civilization DLC$2.99
  • Skeletton Key$2.99
  • Unlimited 1 Month$3.99
  • Senet Divine Edition$3.99
  • Gems x 75$6.99
  • Unlimited Forever$44.99
1 purchases

Fidchell

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Senet (AG) free?
Senet (AG) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fidchell free?
Fidchell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Senet (AG) or Fidchell?
Senet (AG) is rated higher. Senet (AG) averages 4.2 out of 5 from 116 ratings, while Fidchell averages 4.1 from 7 ratings.
Do Senet (AG) or Fidchell have ads?
Both Senet (AG) and Fidchell show ads.
Which is updated more often, Senet (AG) or Fidchell?
Senet (AG) ships an update fortnightly, and Fidchell every 3 months. Most recently, Senet (AG) was updated on November 3, 2026 and Fidchell on November 3, 2026.

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