ThrowBomb vs Zen Chess Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ThrowBomb
Experience a classic 80s PC game where you select an angle and force to launch a bomb. Relive nostalgic gameplay reminiscent of early computer entertainment.
- Classic 80s PC game simulation
- Select angle and force
- Fire the bomb
- Nostalgic gameplay
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Throw Bomb is a basic entertainment of 80's PC. If you had Dos PC in the past, you should played it before. Select angle and force, fire the bomb.
Zen Chess Puzzle
Engage with millions of unlimited chess puzzles from online databases, powered by the Stockfish engine for real-time analysis. Difficulty dynamically adjusts to your skill level, with hints and solutions available. Improve your game with detailed move explanations.
- Millions of unlimited chess puzzles
- Real-time analysis with Stockfish engine
- Dynamic difficulty adjustment
- Hints and solution assistance
- Beginner to Grandmaster ratings
- Learn from move explanations
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Zen Chess Puzzle is a minimalistic chess puzzle solving app. Get 10 millions of unlimited puzzle from various online database!!! Including famous public Lichess puzzle database! With full real time analysis supported by latest Stockfish chess engine. We have all range of puzzle ratings from Beginners to Grand Masters!!!! You can always find ones that suitable for you! Both challenging and rewarding, while not too difficult to be frustrating!!! You always learn more and more when you play. The difficulty rating will dynamic adjust based on you play! So you don't need to worry about setting different ratings once in a while! If you could not solve it, we provide various hints and solution help! You can also choose easier ones or harder ones based on each game! The Real time Analysis page helps you to improve the chess skills and understand why some moves are better than the others! Supported by the latest super power Stockfish Chess Engine!!! We are actively improving the app and will make it better and better!!!! Feel free to leave us reviews and comment if you have any questions or suggestions!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Zen Chess Puzzle at Free against ThrowBomb's $4.00. Zen Chess Puzzle also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). ThrowBomb's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and device support (4 vs 2). On iOS requirement 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
Zen Chess Puzzle is free to download; ThrowBomb costs $4.00 up front. ThrowBomb sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Zen Chess Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.
ThrowBomb ships an update every 10 months, Zen Chess Puzzle every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ThrowBomb | Zen Chess Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.00 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oscar Tsang | FusionX Tech LLC |
Customer experience
ThrowBomb
Zen Chess Puzzle
In-app purchases
ThrowBomb
- Remove AD$1.99
Zen Chess Puzzle
No in-app purchases
