Chess Notation Dojo vs Chess Puzzles & Tactics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Notation Dojo
This game helps you master algebraic chess notation through interactive puzzles. Input the correct notation for each move to improve your blindfold chess skills. It's a fun way to train your familiarity with chess moves.
- Algebraic notation practice
- Interactive chess puzzles
- Blindfold chess training
- Move input exercises
- Familiarity with chess notation
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If you want to learn how to play chess blindfolded, like me, then the first step is to become comfortable with algebraic notation. I made this game to help train familiarity with the notation, by solving puzzles that force you to input the correct notation on every move. Have fun!
Chess Puzzles & Tactics
Enhance your chess skills with an extensive collection of puzzles and tactical exercises. Tailor your training by customizing puzzle difficulty and Elo ratings to target specific weaknesses and accelerate improvement, suitable for players of all levels.
- Infinite chess puzzles
- Tactics training
- Customizable puzzles
- Elo rating adjustment
- All player levels
- Extensive tactic list
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Solve interactive chess positions on the board and find the correct continuation. Train tactics, mating patterns, and endgames. Choose the categories or motifs you want to practice, then set a puzzle Elo range or difficulty that fits your target session. Built for chess players from beginner through advanced. Practice familiar ideas such as forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, sacrifices, promotion, and zugzwang. Develop pattern recognition and calculation through focused puzzle practice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Notation Dojo at none against Chess Puzzles & Tactics's 1. Chess Notation Dojo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). Chess Puzzles & Tactics's advantage is ratings volume (488 vs 4) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). On price, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Chess Puzzles & Tactics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess Notation Dojo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess Puzzles & Tactics holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Puzzles & Tactics has 488 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Chess Notation Dojo's written reviews are positive against 76% of Chess Puzzles & Tactics's.
| Parameter | Chess Notation Dojo | Chess Puzzles & Tactics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 4.5 (488 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 75.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 488 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Zheng | Sajed Nahian |
Customer experience
Chess Notation Dojo
Chess Puzzles & Tactics
Bugs and requests
Chess Notation Dojo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Chess Puzzles & Tactics
Reported bugs
18 issues- Unable to login
- Application resets to starting value (1000elo)
- History/review chapters remain unlocked
- In-application feedback not functioning
- Rating feature broke
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- Ability to control puzzle strength broke
- Scanning thing after opening app continues forever
- App resets ELO to 1000
- Undo button disappears
- Tapping to select a piece stops working
- Analysis breaks
- Viewing history doesn’t work
- App crashes
- View History tab page never loads
- App forgets login and starts from ELO = 0
- Analysis button messed up
- App hangs after pressing 'log in'
- Puzzles freeze, no way of moving pieces
Requested features
4 requests- Option to mute sounds
- Ability to disable audio
- Allow loading custom puzzle sets
- Better interface and cable
In-app purchases
Chess Notation Dojo
No in-app purchases
Chess Puzzles & Tactics
- Ad-Free Forever$3.99
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