RobotCoder vs MindChess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RobotCoder
Guide a robot through challenging levels by programming its movements and actions. Utilize various tools and commands to reach the finish point in this logic-based puzzle game. Users can also design and share their own custom levels.
- Program robot movements
- Solve increasingly difficult levels
- Utilize laser guns and commands
- Create custom levels
- Learn programming basics
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Program the robot to move to the finish point of each level. Equipped with various laser guns, the robot will need a variety of different commands to complete each increasingly difficult level! Create your own levels! Robot Coder is a great way to learn the basics of programming! https://www.xios.co.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xios-2330249867256916 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xiosiosdevelopment/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/xiosiOS
MindChess
This app offers daily chess training designed to enhance mental visualization and blindfold play. It features mini-games that improve calculation, memory, and concentration, inspired by grandmaster training methods. Practice exercises focus on board elements without needing a physical board.
- Mental visualization training
- Blindfold chess practice
- Calculation and memory improvement
- Concentration exercises
- Mini-games inspired by grandmasters
- Progress tracking
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MindChess is a daily chess gym and a study companion. Train board vision, memory and calculation in 60-second sessions, then take what you learn to your own games. THE GYM • Thirteen short drills: Square Color, Coordinates, Same Color, Same Diagonal, Bishop Captures, Two Knights, Collision, Memory, Mate in 1, Fork Finder, Piece Snapshot, Knight Distance and Opening Flash. • Timed mode (60 seconds, Game Center leaderboards) and Training mode (3 lives). • A daily challenge and a daily streak, with streak freezes and an optional reminder. • 39 achievements: badges at 10, 50 and 100 games of every drill, also in Game Center. THE STUDY TOOLS • Repertoire: play through your opening lines and the app brings each one back right before you'd forget it. • My games: game databases, PGN import and a viewer with variations, notes and marks. • Analysis: Stockfish 19 on your device, offline, with an evaluation bar and the top 3 lines. With Pro, the game report marks your mistakes. • Diagram scanner: snap a diagram and get the position ready to edit. Free. • Chess clock: increments, stages and time odds, for games with your phone on the table. • Notation your way: English, Spanish or figurines. The same board, with your look, across the app. • Public roadmap: see what's coming and vote for ideas. ON EVERY SCREEN MindChess works on iPhone, iPad, iPhone Duo and Mac. MINDCHESS PRO Pro unlocks Stockfish analysis and the game report, unlimited repertoires, lines and PGN imports, full statistics, unlimited game databases and clock controls, every drill every day and 11 Pro piece sets. Free stays useful: the scanner, the PGN viewer and the basic drills. MindChess is not an app for playing online games. It is the place where you train between them. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MindChess at none against RobotCoder's shown. MindChess also leads on device support (3 vs 1). RobotCoder's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. RobotCoder sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and MindChess sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for RobotCoder against 5.0 for MindChess. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
RobotCoder ships an update every 5 weeks, MindChess every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RobotCoder | MindChess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Meikle | omar megdadi |
Customer experience
RobotCoder
MindChess
In-app purchases
RobotCoder
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Unlock All Levels$2.99
MindChess
- Monthly subscription$0.991 Month
- Yearly subscription$9.991 Year
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