Comparison

Lazy Chess vs Chess Trainer Pro

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

Head to head
About

Lazy Chess

This chess game offers a unique twist by presenting players with only two AI-selected moves to choose from each turn. It's designed for both casual players and enthusiasts, making chess more accessible and fun. Compete against AI or friends, unlock new themes, and improve your skills through unique scenarios.

Highlights
  • Choose from two AI-selected moves
  • Compete against AI or online friends
  • Unlock new themes and settings
  • Play unique chess scenarios
  • Leaderboard rankings
Features
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Lazy Chess is a free, non-profit game created for casual players and enthusiasts alike, where players, at worst, make the second best move available to them. On average, there are more than 30 legal chess moves available to a player in a turn, creating vigintillions of possibilities throughout a game. Lazy Chess compresses that by having you choose only two in a given turn selected by Stockfish, the most robust chess engine in the world. The catch? You won’t know which move is the best! Learn and have fun while you compete against a highly skilled AI or online friends and random opponents. Unlock new themes and settings that can change how many options you choose from or the difficulty of the AI. Hone your chess skills while you move up in the leaderboards and play unique scenarios of famous board states provided from some of the world's most active grandmasters. Lazy Chess is open source and available on GitHub. It was developed by Cinq-Mars Media, an educational non-profit with projects and games featured at E3, PAX and festivals worldwide.

About

Chess Trainer Pro

Enhance your chess skills with dedicated endgame practice and a unique visualization game mode. This app offers tailored exercises for players of all levels to improve their game and progress towards mastery.

Highlights
  • Endgame trainer with over 3000 scenarios
  • Mind Meld game mode for visualization
  • Tailored exercises for all skill levels
  • Improve calculation and strategy
  • Progress towards chess mastery
Features
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Elevate your chess mastery with Chess Trainer Pro – the ultimate chess companion for aspiring grandmasters. Sharpen your skills with our dedicated endgame trainer and enhance your calculation through our unique mind meld game mode. Whether you're a novice or a seasoned player, Chess Trainer Pro offers tailored exercises and challenges to elevate your game to new heights. Experience chess training like never before and journey toward becoming a true chess master. Featured Game Modes: Endgames: Play through over 3000 endgames to win your games every time Mind Meld: Improve your visualization with this brain-twisting game mode. Play as both sides and find the only piece that can move to each highlighted square. Increase the number of pieces per side to increase the difficulty!

Screenshots

Lazy Chess4 screens
Chess Trainer Pro3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Trainer Pro at none against Lazy Chess's 1. Chess Trainer Pro also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (80% vs 56%). Lazy Chess's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (73 vs 5). On price 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. Lazy Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess Trainer Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lazy Chess holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lazy Chess has 73 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 56% of Lazy Chess's written reviews are positive against 80% of Chess Trainer Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Lazy Chess versus Chess Trainer Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLazy ChessChess Trainer Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (73 ratings) — better4.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCinq-Mars MediaNavin Chikkodi

Customer experience

Lazy Chess

All ratings73 ratings
Positive83.6%
Neutral5.5%
Negative11.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral16.7%
Negative27.8%

Chess Trainer Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lazy Chess

One-time1
  • Ad Free + Full Game$2.99
None

Chess Trainer Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lazy Chess free?
Lazy Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess Trainer Pro free?
Chess Trainer Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Lazy Chess or Chess Trainer Pro?
Lazy Chess is rated higher. Lazy Chess averages 4.4 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while Chess Trainer Pro averages 4.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Lazy Chess or Chess Trainer Pro have ads?
Lazy Chess shows ads; Chess Trainer Pro does not.

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