Comparison

XII Scripta (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

XII Scripta (AG)

Experience forgotten ancient board games brought to life with modern app design. Play against AI, friends, or global players online and offline. Collect unique game pieces and enjoy cloud saves across multiple titles.

Highlights
  • Play against AI, friends, and global players
  • Online and offline gameplay
  • Collectible boards, pieces, and dice
  • Challenges with rule variants
  • Free cloud save across the collection
  • Supports multiple languages
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

XII Scripta (AG)4 screens
Fidchell2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fidchell at 80% against XII Scripta (AG)'s 0%. Fidchell also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). XII Scripta (AG)'s advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. XII Scripta (AG) sells 13 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

XII Scripta (AG) holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of XII Scripta (AG)'s written reviews are positive against 80% of Fidchell's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XII Scripta (AG) ships an update every 2 weeks, Fidchell every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 6, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
XII Scripta (AG) versus Fidchell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXII Scripta (AG)Fidchell
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better4.1 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB213 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSullivan BousinierePhilippe Schober

Customer experience

XII Scripta (AG)

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Fidchell

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

In-app purchases

13 purchases

XII Scripta (AG)

One-time13
  • Mortal to Heroic Upgrade$0.99
  • Heroic to Divine Upgrade$0.99
  • Ancient Artifact$0.99
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  • AG+ Mortal Edition$1.99
  • XII Scripta Mortal Edition$1.99
  • Mortal to Divine Upgrade$1.99
  • AG Credit$1.99
  • AG+ Heroic Edition$2.99
  • XII Scripta Heroic Edition$2.99
  • Skeletton Key$2.99
  • AG+ Divine Edition$3.99
  • XII Scripta Divine Edition$3.99
  • 75 Gems$6.99
1 purchases

Fidchell

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is XII Scripta (AG) free?
XII Scripta (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, XII Scripta (AG) or Fidchell?
XII Scripta (AG) is rated higher. XII Scripta (AG) averages 4.5 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Fidchell averages 4.1 from 7 ratings.
Do XII Scripta (AG) or Fidchell have ads?
Both XII Scripta (AG) and Fidchell show ads.
Which is updated more often, XII Scripta (AG) or Fidchell?
XII Scripta (AG) ships an update every 2 weeks, and Fidchell every 2 months. Most recently, XII Scripta (AG) was updated on September 6, 2026 and Fidchell on June 2, 2026.

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