Chess with Robots vs dotChess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess with Robots
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Chess-playing robots with personality. AI with a twist. The robots in Chess with Robots play with different strengths and styles. They have differing philosophies, skills and levels of contempt for you. Discover the fun and learning of playing against different robot personalities. The custom chess engine in Chess with Robots not only gives you robot opponents of different strengths but also different playing styles. Each robot has a unique view on how to play chess. With dynamic personalities based on archetypes of real-world human players with emotions, Chess with Robots is designed to be more fun and more realistic. Have fun and improve your chess game, playing against robots with different ideas about how to play chess. Review your moves and get tips in review mode after games to improve your skills. Track your progress in game history and share games with friends.
dotChess
Engage in classic chess matches with friends, AI opponents, or players globally. This modern application allows you to track your statistics, communicate during games, and resume play across multiple devices.
- Play live games with friends
- Challenge AI bots
- Global matchmaking
- Account creation and stat tracking
- In-game chat
- Cross-device play
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dotChess is a modern chess app built for playing with real people. Play live games with friends, challenge AI bots, or get matched with players worldwide. Create an account, track your stats, chat during games, and pick up where you left off on any device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: dotChess at none against Chess with Robots's 3. dotChess also leads on ads (none vs shown). Chess with Robots's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Chess with Robots sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. dotChess asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess with Robots ships an update every 4 days, dotChess every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess with Robots | dotChess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 193 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adrian McPhee | Thomas Baric |
In-app purchases
Chess with Robots
- 0LU$0.99
- L1V$0.99
- 0scar$0.99
dotChess
No in-app purchases
