Comparison

Daily Chess Puzzles vs Checkmate.exe

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

Head to head
About

Daily Chess Puzzles

Engage in thousands of chess puzzles to sharpen your tactical skills. A daily challenge awaits, with puzzles sourced from a top chess platform. Compete with friends and climb global leaderboards to track your progress.

Highlights
  • Thousands of chess puzzles
  • Daily Challenge
  • Learn tactics and tricks
  • Game Center integration
  • Worldwide leaderboard
  • Improve chess game
Features
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Solve a chess puzzle every day, train at your level, and learn the tactics that win games. DAILY PUZZLE The same puzzle for everyone, every day, from chess.com. Solve it to keep your streak going. QUICK PLAY Five puzzles find your level. After that, every puzzle is picked for you from more than 26,000, and your rating grows as you improve. LEARN Lessons in 18 tactics: forks, pins, skewers, back-rank and smothered mates, rook endgames and more. A lesson is eight puzzles. PLAY ANYWHERE Quick play and Learn work offline, on a plane or on the subway. Your rating, streak and lessons move with your iCloud between iPhone and iPad, and come back when you reinstall. No account needed. Game Center achievements and leaderboards are there if you want them. ------- The app icon is from vectorportal.com

About

Checkmate.exe

Features
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Enter a glowing cyber chess arena built for focused offline play. Challenge a powerful offline engine with 21 difficulty levels, from beginner friendly matches to demanding tactical battles. Play face to face with a friend using Pass & Play, or review previous games in Analysis Mode with move history and board evaluation. Track captured pieces, undo moves, explore different positions, and sharpen your strategy through a sleek retro futuristic interface. Checkmate.exe works entirely offline, so you can play anywhere without an account, internet connection, ads, or interruptions. Features include: Player versus offline chess engine 21 difficulty levels from 0 to 20 Local two player Pass & Play Offline game analysis Move history and position evaluation Captured piece tracking Undo and board reset controls Castling, en passant, promotion, checkmate, and stalemate support Saved game history and performance statistics Custom cyber inspired visuals and sound effects No account or internet connection required Make your move. Outsmart the machine. Execute checkmate.

Screenshots

Daily Chess Puzzles4 screens
Checkmate.exe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Checkmate.exe at none against Daily Chess Puzzles's 3. Checkmate.exe also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Daily Chess Puzzles sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Checkmate.exe asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Daily Chess Puzzles versus Checkmate.exe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDaily Chess PuzzlesCheckmate.exe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (444 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings444 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperStefan StanglJames Louis Washkau Jr

Bugs and requests

Daily Chess Puzzles

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Link to chess.com not working
  • App crashes randomly
  • Privacy consent link does not work

Requested features

10 requests
  • Button to go back and review solution
  • Navigate back to previous puzzles
  • Rewind feature after solving
  • Ability to play around with puzzle situations
  • Sound effects for moving pieces
Show 5 more
  • Option to replay moves after solving
  • Fix privacy consent link
  • Remove timer on puzzle solving
  • Explain puzzle challenges/goals
  • Adjust message box location after solving

Checkmate.exe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Daily Chess Puzzles

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Unlock All Lessons$5.99
  • Ads Off + All Lessons$8.99
None

Checkmate.exe

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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