Comparison

BBase vs See Also

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

Head to head
About

BBase

This app serves as a comprehensive chess database for serious players, allowing you to save and analyze games, player information, and events. It offers powerful search and presentation tools for data retrieval and performance analysis.

Highlights
  • Intuitive game entry
  • Easy navigation through variations
  • Automatic ECO/NIC classification
  • Fast search by game position
  • Display of next moves and results
  • Storage of historical ratings
  • Player performance analysis
Features
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Base-Chess is a chess database for the ambitious or professional chess player. All games, player or event information can be saved within the database. With the assistance of manifold search or presentation functions the contained data can be retrieved and analysed. The number of storable data is only limited by the available space in the commercial version. BBase-Chess includes a multitude of interesting features: - intuitive entering of games - easy navigation through variations and comments within games - identical players and events are saved only once - fast search for games base on user defined game positions even when using large databases - automatic classification of games by well known classification schemes (ECO or NIC) or self-made opening classification systems - display of all existing next moves including the final game results from a defined game position taking user entered filters into account - display of all existing following moves in tabular form from a defined game position taking user entered filters into account - storage of historical ratings - analysis of overall performance of selected player - analysis of player's performance related to game classifications

About

See Also

This app offers a distraction-free reading experience for Wikipedia articles, focusing on beautiful typography and a clean layout. Discover nearby articles on an interactive map and save content for offline access. Your data remains private with no ads or tracking.

Highlights
  • Typography-focused reading styles
  • Clean, distraction-free article view
  • Offline reading with saved articles
  • Interactive map for nearby articles
  • No ads, tracking, or analytics
  • Full-screen photo viewer
Features
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See Also is the typography-first Wikipedia reader in the spirit of V for Wikipedia. It's built for one thing: the quiet pleasure of reading the world's largest encyclopedia, beautifully. Most encyclopedia apps treat articles like web pages. See Also treats them like something worth reading. It features real typography, generous margins, and a layout that gets out of the way so the writing can do its work. TYPOGRAPHY THAT RESPECTS THE TEXT • Five hand-crafted reading styles: Classic, Almanac, Field Guide, Broadsheet, and Nocturne. Switch between them with a live preview as you choose. • Book-style first-line indents, balanced measure, and considered line spacing. • Light, Dark, or automatic appearance for any time of day. • Dynamic Type and accessibility support throughout. READING, NOT BROWSING • A clean article view, not a wrapped mobile website. • Collapsible "Quick facts" and data tables that stay out of your way until you want them. • A full-screen photo viewer with pinch-to-zoom, pan, and swipe-to-dismiss. • Bookmark anything; your saved articles keep their images for offline reading. A MAP OF WHAT'S AROUND YOU • Discover articles about the places near you on an interactive map. • Wander a city and read its history where it happened. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS • No account. No ads. No tracking. No analytics. • See Also has no servers and never phones home; it talks directly to the encyclopedia's public API and nothing else. • Your bookmarks, history, and preferences live only on your device. · · · Article content is from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (CC BY-SA). See Also is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation or Wikipedia. "Wikipedia" is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation. Privacy: https://seealso.app/privacy Support: https://seealso.app

Screenshots

BBase4 screens
See Also4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BBase at Free against See Also's $4.99. BBase also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). See Also's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads 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

BBase is free to download; See Also costs $4.99 up front. BBase sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. See Also asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

See Also holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BBase ships an update every 2 months, See Also every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
BBase versus See Also: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBBaseSee Also
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB9 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHartwig WiesmannBrayden Toulouse

Customer experience

BBase

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

See Also

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BBase

One-time1
  • Unlimited games$17.99
None

See Also

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BBase free?
BBase is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is See Also free?
See Also costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BBase or See Also?
See Also is rated higher. BBase averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while See Also averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BBase or See Also have ads?
Neither BBase nor See Also shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BBase or See Also?
BBase ships an update every 2 months, and See Also every 5 days. Most recently, BBase was updated on October 13, 2026 and See Also on October 12, 2026.

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