NBack Game vs Chess Puzzles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NBack Game
This game challenges your memory by requiring you to match sounds and positions from a specified number of rounds ago. Regular play has been shown to enhance both short-term and long-term memory recall. Unlock new levels as you successfully complete each stage of increasing difficulty.
- N-back task implementation
- Sound and position matching
- Short and long-term memory improvement
- 25 difficulty levels
- Progressive level unlocking
- In-game tutorial
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NBack game is an implementation of an N-back task where the player needs to match sound and selected position N times ago. It has been proved many times in many types of research that regular playing this type of games help to improve short and long term memory. The game offers 25 rounds with different level of difficulty, you need to decide if the sound or/and position were the same N rounds ago, at the end of the game you will see a summary board with your results. When you complete a level successfully you unlock the next level. If you do not how to play you will find a tutorial explaining how to play with examples.
Chess Puzzles
Enhance your chess tactics with over 100,000 offline puzzles. Train anytime, anywhere, regardless of internet access. Features adaptive difficulty, detailed stats, and various puzzle themes for all skill levels.
- 100K+ chess tactics and puzzles
- Fully offline functionality
- Adaptive difficulty adjustment
- Detailed progress tracking
- Multiple puzzle themes
- Smart hint system
- Customizable board themes
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Sharpen your chess skills Offline with 100,000+ chess puzzles! No Wi-Fi needed, train tactics anytime, anywhere. Perfect for beginners to masters! OffChess offers a massive collection of 100K+ offline chess puzzles designed to challenge and improve your tactical play. Features of OffChess: 1. 100K+ Chess Tactics & Chess Puzzles – Endless tactical challenges, from beginner to master level. 2. Fully Offline – No Wi-Fi? No problem! Solve puzzles anywhere. 3. Adaptive Difficulty – Chess puzzles adjust to your skill level as you improve. 4. Detailed Stats – Track your chess progress, puzzle streaks, and success rate. 5. Multiple Modes – Practice puzzles with specific themes like Checkmate, Mate in 1 chess puzzles, Mate in 2 puzzles, Mate in 3 puzzles, openings, tactics (forks, pins, sacrifices, pawn promotions, zugzwang), and more. 6. Smart Hints – Stuck? Get a nudge in the right direction. 7. Beautiful Themes – Customize your chess board for a personalized experience. 8. Real Chess Games – All chess puzzles are taken from real chess games that you can browse up to move one. 9. Openings - Get chess puzzles that occur in real chess games with the opening you choose like French, Caro-Kann, Ruy Lopez etc. 10. No ads & privacy friendly chess app 11. Rating - Get your chess rating up by solving puzzles, check stats on how many puzzles you have solved and what's the longest streak you have made. Chess is one of the most popular board and strategy game in the world and you can train chess offline on offChess app with so many puzzles to pick from. For All Levels – Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned chess player, there’s always a new chess tactic for you to try. Train smarter, play better with offline and free chess puzzles on OffChess — rush and download today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NBack Game at none against Chess Puzzles's 1. Chess Puzzles's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Chess Puzzles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NBack Game asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for NBack Game against 5.0 for Chess Puzzles. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 37 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of NBack Game's written reviews are positive against 91% of Chess Puzzles's.
NBack Game ships an update every 3 weeks, Chess Puzzles weekly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | NBack Game | Chess Puzzles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | 91.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kornel Miszczak | Avadhesh Bhunwaliya |
Customer experience
NBack Game
Chess Puzzles
In-app purchases
NBack Game
No in-app purchases
Chess Puzzles
- OffChess Unlimited$3.99
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