Comparison

Chess vs Chess Board Master

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

Head to head
About

Chess

Practice chess and enhance your strategic thinking with this classic board game app. It offers multiple difficulty levels to play against the computer, a two-player offline mode, and over 1,000 tactical puzzles to solve. Review your games to learn from mistakes and improve your skills.

Highlights
  • Play against computer with 10 difficulty levels
  • Two-player offline mode
  • Over 1,000 chess puzzles
  • Create custom puzzles
  • Game review and analysis
  • 2D and 3D board styles
Features
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Chess is a classic intellectual board game enjoyed by millions of players around the world. This app helps you practice chess, improve your thinking skills, sharpen tactics, and develop visual memory — anytime, anywhere. Key Features • Play against the computer Choose from 10 difficulty levels, from beginner to very challenging opponents. • Two-player offline mode Play locally with friends on the same device. • Chess puzzles Solve over 1,000 carefully selected puzzles to improve tactical awareness and calculation. • Create your own puzzles Set up positions freely and challenge yourself, friends, or the computer to find the best move. • Game review Review played games to learn from mistakes and improve future performance. • Multiple board styles Switch between clean 2D and immersive 3D chess boards. This chess app is suitable for beginners and experienced players alike. We continuously improve the experience and welcome all feedback.

About

Chess Board Master

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As you know, Chess is one of the oldest strategy games in the world. Chess is an excellent board logic game that develops such skills as tactics, strategy and visual memory. chess Board Master allows a player of any level to enjoy the game. Chess pieces: - The pawn moves to one field forward or two fields at the first move of this figure; beats diagonally to one field forward. - The king moves to one field in the vertical, horizontal or diagonal. - The queen moves to any distance vertically, horizontally or diagonally. - The rook moves to any distance vertically or horizontally. - The knight moves to the field two fields along the vertical and one horizontally or one field vertically and two horizontally. - The bishop moves to any distance diagonally. Features: - Chess Puzzles - Hints of moves - four different themes - Alternate mode - 2 player mode - Realistic graphics - Small size How to play: All you have to do is select a piece on the board. If you have multiple options, a dot will appear to help you choose. The objective is to eliminate your opponent's pieces by capturing them and eventually checkmate the king. The objective of the game is to checkmate the opponent: this occurs when the opponent's king is in check, and there is no legal way to remove it from the attack. It is never legal for a player to make a move that puts or leaves the player's own king in check.

Screenshots

Chess4 screens
Chess Board Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Board Master at none against Chess's 4. Chess Board Master also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Chess's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Chess sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Chess Board Master asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chess versus Chess Board Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessChess Board Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (33 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVan Kien BuiSumita Hirpara

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Chess

One-time4
  • 10 Hints Pack$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • 50 Hints Pack$2.99
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  • 150 Hints Pack$6.99
None

Chess Board Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess free?
Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess Board Master free?
Chess Board Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chess or Chess Board Master have ads?
Chess Board Master shows ads; Chess does not.

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