Comparison

全民象棋 vs ChessCommune

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

Head to head
About

全民象棋

This app offers a comprehensive Chinese chess experience with online multiplayer, AI opponents, and numerous puzzle challenges. Customize your game with various skins and effects, and learn new strategies through tutorials and expert match replays. Compete globally and chat with fellow enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer matches
  • AI opponents for practice
  • Daily and chapter-based puzzles
  • Customizable skins and effects
  • Game tutorials and expert replays
  • Global matchmaking
  • In-game chat and social features
Features
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《全民象棋》是莫邪游戏出品的中国象棋匠心之作,海量真人棋手在线,秒速匹配无需等待。游戏内还提供世界频道,棋友之间可以随时约战切磋,对弈之余还能侃山聊天,交流心得。 丰富的对弈模式: - 棋技博弈:与实力相当的对手博弈,目标是成为顶级荣誉大师 - 排位赛:赛季玩法,可选择任意分钟场,段位奖励丰厚 - 棋豆赛:赢它个1亿象棋豆,象棋豆可兑换永久皮肤装扮喔 - 自由场:没有段位,统一规则,在这里可以挑战象棋大师,也可以虐虐新手小白 - 好友对弈:创建专属对弈房间,赢了别想跑,再来下一盘 - 人机对弈:从业余到特大,AI棋手会不厌其烦地陪你下棋,助你棋技大增 海量的残局关卡: - 每日残局:每日更新,要来比比看谁解的快嘛 - 残局闯关:每月限时开启,完成所有关卡有体力奖励喔 - 残局章节:7大章节,总计620关残局关卡,残局爱好者狂喜 各式各样的皮肤装扮: - 经典套装:棋子、棋盘、背景三件套。仁者乐山,智者乐水,全民象棋有山有水,还有星辰大海 - 对局特效:开局、吃子、将军还有绝杀,每一步都有特效,步步都很酷炫 - 名片:难道我会告诉你,我是全民象棋城市挑战赛江苏赛区的状元么 - 头像框:带上头像框,世界频道的棋手们都要多看我两眼 更多乐趣: - 揭棋:不爱玩传统象棋?来试试揭棋吧 - 观战复盘:赛事棋谱、观局,看看高手下棋,指点指点江山;复盘、收藏,回顾历史对局,反思反思棋路 - 学棋:从象棋起源教到战术布局,包教包会,不要学费 - 福利活动:全民宝典、勇攀高峰、全民拼图、全民寻宝……活动多多,奖励多多 对了,全民象棋海内外同服。既然要当高手,就当世界高手!快来全民象棋和全球玩家一起一决高下!

About

ChessCommune

This app offers a comprehensive Chinese chess experience, allowing you to play against real opponents online, practice against AI with adjustable difficulty, and analyze your games with detailed AI reviews. It also includes training modules for openings, endgames, and common tactics.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer matching
  • AI practice with multiple difficulty levels
  • AI game analysis and review
  • Opening and endgame training modules
  • Photo recognition for chess boards
  • Game replay and situation deduction
Features
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Looking for a Chinese chess app that can play chess online, practice chess on a single machine, and also AI replay? Chess commune supports live person matching, multi gear AI human-computer combat, residual game cracking, opening training, chess score scoring and photo recognition. From the next game of chess to the resumption of promotion, all can be completed in the same app. [Online chess game can also be practiced alone] Enter the online hall to match real chess friends, or create a private room to invite friends to play chess with the room number. Chess clock, repentance and draw requests are supported, and the change of grade points is recorded. If you want to practice chess quietly, you can challenge Pikafish and Eleeye. Multi level difficulty is suitable for beginners and advanced chess friends to play chess in depth. It also supports two players on the same screen, free play, situation rehearsal and double-sided chess clock. [AI review: wrong move, missing kill at a glance] AI review will analyze the situation hand by hand, mark positive, good chess, minor mistakes, mistakes, defeats and missed kills, and give recommendations and subsequent changes. The review report includes the pros and cons curve, key turning point, segmented performance of the opening/middle/end game, accuracy and ability radar, so that you can see where the game is won and lost. Click the curve or wrong move to return to the key situation and continue to split the chess and compare different moves. After the game is resumed, the wrong move will automatically enter the wrong question book; The system arranges review according to the forgetting curve to practice the wrong chess repeatedly. [Wreck breaking and special training] The problem bank of the final game covers the basic kill method, the final game offensive, the secret final game in the orange, and the appropriate taste. It is suitable for solving several questions every day and practicing the calculation and kill method. The entry training is divided into 16 levels, and the difficulty is gradually increased from one-step killing to multi-step continuous killing and slow killing. The Central Committee has collected classic situations and game tactics in recent years to practice attack and kill, conversion and key selection. The opening training covers many kinds of common layouts, which can not only learn the opening pattern, but also follow the training and pass the random exam, gradually forming its own layout system. [Chess Manual and Ancient Manual Research] You can browse the online master game and game chess manual, or read the built-in ancient manual. It supports chess manual collection, sorting, playing, situation deduction and chess manual analysis, and supports CBL, XQF chess manual import and batch transfer of chess manual from computer under the same WiFi. Wonderful chess games, resurfacing results and moving pictures can also be shared with chess friends. [Take photos to read music and bring in the physical chessboard] Take a physical chessboard or select a picture from an album, and adjust the four corners of the chessboard to complete chessboard recognition. The situation obtained from the game map, offline solid disk and photo reading in the chess book can continue to be deduced, analyzed, saved and shared. [More portable chess tools] Built in multiple sets of chessboard and chess piece skins, free situation editing, FEN import and export, match record and re check history. In addition to Chinese chess, you can also switch to chess playing and research. Whether you want to play online or offline, learn openings, solve puzzles, or review games, Chess Commune offers a clear path to improve. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

全民象棋4 screens
ChessCommune4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ChessCommune at 49% against 全民象棋's 26%. 全民象棋's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. 全民象棋 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and ChessCommune sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

全民象棋 ships an update every 2 weeks, ChessCommune fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
全民象棋 versus ChessCommune: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter全民象棋ChessCommune
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (53 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.9% of reviews49.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—53 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size387 MB301 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer天宏 龙Chengdu Qilu Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

全民象棋

Written reviews54 reviews
Positive25.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative68.5%

ChessCommune

All ratings53 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive49.2%
Neutral11.9%
Negative39.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

全民象棋

One-time10
  • 120 bamboos$0.99
  • 加速卡应急包$0.99
  • 残局体力礼包$0.99
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  • 限时礼包1元档$0.99
  • 加速卡补充包$1.99
  • 锦囊补充包$1.99
  • Special gift$2.99
  • VIP$3.99
  • 加速卡畅玩包$3.99
  • 保护卡畅玩包$3.99
5 purchases

ChessCommune

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly VIP$1.991 Month
  • Annual VIP1 Year trial$4.991 Year
One-time3
  • 一个月会员$2.99
  • 终身会员$6.99
  • Lifetime VIP$14.99

Questions

Is 全民象棋 free?
全民象棋 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChessCommune free?
ChessCommune is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 全民象棋 or ChessCommune have ads?
Both 全民象棋 and ChessCommune show ads.
Which is updated more often, 全民象棋 or ChessCommune?
全民象棋 ships an update every 2 weeks, and ChessCommune fortnightly. Most recently, 全民象棋 was updated on November 8, 2026 and ChessCommune on November 8, 2026.

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