Comparison

Aimchess vs The Dojo

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

Head to head
About

Aimchess

Enhance your chess skills with advanced analytics and personalized training. Connect your existing chess accounts to receive tailored study plans based on your game history. Master tactics, openings, and endgames with adaptive exercises and expert-prepared content.

Highlights
  • Personalized Study Plans
  • Game Analysis
  • Adaptive Tactics Puzzles
  • Blindfold Tactics
  • Checkmate Flash Cards
  • Grandmaster Content
Features
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Improve your Chess with next level analysis and focused training. Say goodbye to questions like “Why am I losing?” or “What should I be working on?” Let us guide you through the next stage in your chess improvement journey! With our dedicated suite of detailed analytic tools that can connect with any of your favourite online chess platforms, like Chess.com, Chess24 or Lichess, we can develop a unique Personalized Study Plan and targeted training options based on your own games. You can progress your chess faster than ever with Aimchess. ANALYTICS Connect your Chess.com, Lichess or Chess24 account for instant analysis of your online games. Get breakdowns on your performance in key areas such as Openings, Tactics, Endings, Advantage Capitalization, Resourcefulness and Time Management. See how you compare to other Chess players in your range, to really understand what areas you need to improve on. Opening Breakdowns. Find out which openings work for you, and where you need to put more work in. UNIQUE TRAINING EXERCISES Adaptive Tactics. Everyone loves Chess Puzzles! With Aimchess our Tactics Puzzles adapt to your strengths and weaknesses. Struggling with specific kinds of puzzles? We’ll show you them more often so you can make the most of your training time. Is one particular puzzle giving you difficulty? We’ll show it to you again a little later so you can prove that you’ve learned from your mistakes! Blindfold Tactics. Are normal Tactics Puzzles too easy? Test your skills with our Blindfold Tactics, where you have to visualise and solve the position simultaneously! Blunder Preventer. Given two possible moves, do you think you can spot the blunder? It’s not always as easy as you’d think! 360 Trainer. These aren’t your Grandfather’s Tactics Puzzles, instead these positions will really test your skills with offensive & defensive tactics, equal positions and mistakes from your past games. With no clear material gains available even the smallest positional advantage could be the right move! Practice Visualisation. Memorize a board and then answer questions about where the pieces were, how many undefended pieces there were, or even what moves you need to make to capture certain pieces. Checkmate Flash Cards. Run through a series of mates that all great Chess Players need to know, can you get them all right and beat your best time? Much More. Also included in our Training Room is our Opening Improver, Advantage Capitalization Trainer, Endgames, Intuition Trainer, Retry Mistakes, Defender and Time Trainer. OTHER FEATURES Discover a world of tactical chess content, prepared by Grandmasters, in the Explore section of Aimchess. Learn everything from basic checkmates, to high level theoretical concepts. With interactive tutorials and exercises, you can make sure the ideas stick! Warm Up for your games with a rapid fire puzzles gauntlet designed to get your chess brain working so you can hit the ground running against your opponents! Dedicated workouts to help improve your Focus and Tactical thinking. Personalized Training Plans help keep you on the right track with regular targets for games to be played and exercises to be completed. PREMIUM DETAILS Aimchess’ Free Tier allows you to do any 15 lessons per day in the Training Room or via the daily Personalized Workouts. You also get limited access to Scouting Reports and Statistics. Aimchess Premium allows you access to unlimited exercises in the Training Room and full access to all of our Statistical Analysis tools. Monthly Subscriptions are $9.99 per month, or get an Annual Subscription for $71.99 (Equivalent to $5.99 per month) Premium subscription is paid from your iTunes account at the time of purchase with automatic renewal every 30 days. Auto-renewal and write-off of money for a new period occurs within 24 hours immediately before the subscription expires. Auto-renewal can be disabled in the iTunes account settings on your device.

About

The Dojo

Features
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I built this app because I thought I was bad at math. I wasn't. I was just never taught properly. The Dojo takes you from actual zero — place value, the four operations — all the way to equations, geometry and beyond. One idea at a time, in plain words, with zero jargon: every technical word is explained the moment it appears, always. HOW IT WORKS • 10 minutes a day. That's the whole deal. Consistency beats talent — it's brain science, and the first lesson explains why. • Read one idea, then prove it. Every lesson teaches ONE thing, then a short quiz confirms you own it. Miss a question? Perfect: a mistake is the exact moment your brain learns. • Spaced repetition, done for you. The app knows when you're about to forget something and brings it back right before — you never cram. • A boss at the end of every module, to prove it stuck. From numbers to equations and geometry — and the curriculum keeps being written, at no extra cost. INSTRUMENTS YOU CAN TOUCH Math you can grab: a number line you drag, pizza slices you cut, an equation balance that really tips when you cheat, a living triangle that recomputes area, angles and Pythagoras under your finger. And a calculator that GROWS: it only learns a button once you've proven you can do the operation in your head. NO SHAME, EVER No red screams, no guilt trips, no "you lost your streak" drama. An "I'm lost" button that always gives you exactly one next step. A gentle plan when you come back after a break. This app was built by someone who had to start over as an adult — it treats you like the capable person you are. ALSO INSIDE • Physics without formulas: measure, compare, estimate the real world • Learn to code and learn to cook — free explorations that secretly train the same math muscles • Logic riddles, a Sunday enigma, mock exams, printable worksheets • Works 100 % offline. Your data never leaves your phone. No account, no tracking, nothing to sign up for. FREE & PREMIUM Chapter I of every subject is fully free, uncapped, forever. Past that nothing locks: you keep going, at the daily pace the Dojo recommends, ten minutes a day. The Pass lifts that ceiling, for anyone catching up — an exam, going back to school. Nothing is ever locked away — only the pace changes. You were never bad at math. Come see for yourself — your first win is 60 seconds away. Subscription: The Dojo Pass, monthly or yearly, auto-renewing. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://effervescent-bienenstitch-4e1aec.netlify.app/confidentialite.html

Screenshots

Aimchess4 screens
The Dojo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Aimchess at 14.0 against The Dojo's 17.0. On price, ads, 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. Aimchess sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and The Dojo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $11.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Aimchess versus The Dojo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAimchessThe Dojo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (195 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings195 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChess.comTomas Alves Pereira

Bugs and requests

Aimchess

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • App crashes when attempting to purchase premium subscription
  • Logout occurring once per week
  • Theme settings not persisting across sessions
  • Full-screen white flash on app open
  • App closes when selecting monthly subscription option
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  • Premium access lost after purchase through Apple
  • Cannot update chess.com username in app
  • Puzzle pieces freeze and move to incorrect squares
  • Blank board appearing in 360 trainer
  • Analysis navigation buttons not functioning
  • Subscription charges continuing after cancellation
  • Inability to delete account
  • App unavailable/down for extended periods
  • Incorrect puzzle solutions marked as wrong
  • Lag when using analysis tool
  • Free version asks for payment before completing daily plan

Requested features

17 requests
  • Better UI/UX organization and progressive disclosure
  • Ability to save and review previous exercises
  • Explanations for why moves are correct or incorrect
  • Hint limiter for playground mode
  • Daily streak tracker like Duolingo
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  • Progress bar and countdown for daily training plans
  • Ability to go back one move in opening trainer instead of restarting
  • Export to PGN format
  • Endgame training module
  • Guess the ELO and guess the advantage training modes
  • Force complete sequence commitment before showing results in tactics
  • iPad portrait mode board optimization
  • Account username update functionality
  • Better graph legends with clear units and explanations
  • Infinite workout mode with mixed exercises
  • Visible ratings for all exercise types
  • Automatic game analysis queue for new games

The Dojo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Aimchess

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Membership$9.991 Month
  • Annual Premium Membership$71.991 Year
2 purchases

The Dojo

Subscriptions2
  • The Pass · 1 month$11.991 Month
  • The Pass · 1 year$95.991 Year

Questions

Is Aimchess free?
Aimchess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Dojo free?
The Dojo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Aimchess or The Dojo have ads?
Neither Aimchess nor The Dojo shows ads.

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