Comparison

QZ vs Chess Era

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

Head to head
About

QZ

An exclusive quiz application designed for students of Indian School Al Ghubra. It hosts timed quizzes at various levels throughout the week, offering an engaging way to test knowledge.

Highlights
  • Exclusive student access
  • Timed quiz levels
  • Weekly challenges
  • Educational gameplay
  • ISG curriculum integration
Features
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Indian School Al Ghubra comes out with an exciting quiz app, exclusively for ISG students. The Quiz will be played at different levels at particular times during the week.

About

Chess Era

This online chess school connects students, coaches, schools, and parents. Students can play, challenge friends, and track progress. Coaches can conduct tournaments and provide live online lessons, while schools manage classes and students.

Highlights
  • Play with other students
  • Challenge friends
  • Track progress
  • Collaborative study
  • Conduct tournaments
  • Online coaching with video
  • Student game analysis
  • School management dashboard
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Congratulations on choosing Chess as one of the means to improve our child's critical thinking and problem solving skills. Chess Era is an Online Chess School built around 4 key stake holders: Students, Coaches, Schools and Parents. 1. Starting with Students, they can: 1. Play with other students 2. Challenge their friends 3. Track their progress 4. Share their ideas with others to have a collaborative study 2. We have some excellent tools for the Coaches as well. They can: 1. Conduct tournament among students 2. Do Online Coaching with Board and Live Video 3. Can analyse every student's game and work 4. Have full control on student's progress and tracking 3. Now the most important feature the Chess Era provides is for the School managements: 1. Gives you a dashboard for the class and the student 2. Can do announcements 3. Assign coaches for the batches and track them 4. Handle multi school/branches with tracking 4. Parents also benefit from the Chess Era as it ensures 1. Their child's engagement and enthusiasm 2. And help them track the progress of their Child

Screenshots

QZ4 screens
Chess Era4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: QZ at none against Chess Era's shown. QZ also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QZ ships an update monthly, Chess Era every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
QZ versus Chess Era: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQZChess Era
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB106 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperIndian School, Al GhubraKREEDALOKA PRIVATE LIMITED

Customer experience

QZ

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chess Era

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

QZ

No in-app purchases

None

Chess Era

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QZ free?
QZ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chess Era free?
Chess Era is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QZ or Chess Era have ads?
Chess Era shows ads; QZ does not.
Which is updated more often, QZ or Chess Era?
QZ ships an update monthly, and Chess Era every 3 weeks. Most recently, QZ was updated on November 3, 2026 and Chess Era on November 3, 2026.

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