Not Chess vs Chicken with Dynamite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Not Chess
This mind-bending puzzle game uses simplified chess rules. Collect pieces to gain their abilities and strategize your way to the coin. Enjoy a stress-free, offline experience with adjustable difficulty levels and a relaxing soundtrack.
- Piece inheritance mechanics
- Coin collection objective
- 3 difficulty levels
- Zen color palettes
- Relaxing soundtrack
- Offline play
- Haptic feedback
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Wait, if this game is NOT chess, then what is it? It's a mind blowing puzzle game with some simple chess rules and a few special ingredients to make it fun and challenging for everyone! •How to play? You start with one single piece. Across the board, there are a few chess pieces strategically placed. When you take a chess piece, you become that piece and inherit its abilities. The level is complete when you collect the coin. •Who is this for? It doesn’t matter if you have no idea how to play chess or if you are a chess grandmaster. This game is for everyone. The tutorial covers all the required information in a fun, interactive way. •Challenging? While this game is not chess, some levels will have a higher difficulty, requiring careful planning and strategy, making this a great way to put your brain muscle to work. •Features: - 3 Difficulty levels: easy, medium and hard; with limited moves and limited time to complete the levels. - Zen color palettes and relaxing soundtrack - Game Center. - No ads, no in-app purchases; buy it once and enjoy it forever. - Haptic Feedback. - Optimized for all devices; - Simple controls, suitable for any age. - Play Offline, no internet connection required to play - No violence, stress-free; play at your own pace. •Developer notes: Thank you for playing “not chess”. I put a lot of love and effort into making this game. Don’t forget to review the game and share it with your friends. Use #notchess on social media!
Chicken with Dynamite
An arcade game where players guide a chicken to rescue chicks and eat corn while avoiding enemies and sniper scopes. Strategize to blow up cages and achieve perfect scores by maintaining health and collecting special eggs.
- 100+ levels
- Bonus egg collection
- Achievements and Leaderboard
- On-screen movable buttons
- Supports game controllers
- Save chicks
- Eat corn
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Features: 1. 100+ levels 2. Bonus egg collection 3. Achievements and Leaderboard 4. On-screen movable buttons 5. Supports game controllers Game Description: Chicken with Dynamite is an arcade game where you control the chicken to: 1. Save the chicks 2. Eat the corn 3. Avoid the sniper scopes and bad entities Free the chicks by blowing up their cages to complete a level. Don't forget to eat all the corn first to earn a special egg to your egg collection before rescuing the last chick. Keep your health at 100% as well to achieve a perfect score. Avoid all the sniper scopes and entities that can send you to chicken heaven (or someone's dinner plate). It looks like a simple game but as you go further into it, the more you need to think of the best strategy to complete the levels. If you like seeing a chicken blowing up stuff and getting shot at while strategizing, try the game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Not Chess at 70% against Chicken with Dynamite's 0%. Not Chess also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Not Chess costs $1.99 and Chicken with Dynamite $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Not Chess holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Not Chess has 266 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Not Chess's written reviews are positive against 0% of Chicken with Dynamite's.
Not Chess ships an update every 4 weeks, Chicken with Dynamite every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Not Chess | Chicken with Dynamite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (266 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 266 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tepes Ovidiu | Christopher Torio |
Customer experience
Not Chess
Chicken with Dynamite
Bugs and requests
Not Chess
Reported bugs
3 issues- Levels freezing or becoming unsolvable
- Inconsistent difficulty across levels
- Pieces not functioning correctly in some puzzles
Requested features
5 requests- More levels and increased difficulty
- Option to customize colors and accessibility settings
- Auto-advance to next level after completion
- User-generated puzzles or challenges
- Scoring system and achievements
Chicken with Dynamite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Not Chess
No in-app purchases
Chicken with Dynamite
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Not Chess free?
Is Chicken with Dynamite free?
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