Chess Era vs Starchess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
Starchess
Experience chess with a unique twist on a three-dimensional board. Pieces gain new movement capabilities, allowing for strategic plays in up, down, and diagonal directions. Enjoy a fresh challenge to your chess skills.
- Three-dimensional chess board
- Traditional chess rules
- Expanded piece movement (up, down, diagonal)
- Unique strategic gameplay
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Starchess has all of the same rules as traditional chess but now on a three-dimensional board. Pieces can move up, down and diagonally.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Starchess at 100% against Chess Era's 25%. Starchess also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Chess Era's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chess Era ships an update every 3 weeks, Starchess every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Era | Starchess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KREEDALOKA PRIVATE LIMITED | Nathan Lane |
Customer experience
Chess Era
Starchess
In-app purchases
Chess Era
No in-app purchases
Starchess
No in-app purchases
