CheckMates vs MathHammer AoS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CheckMates
Engage in chess matches with friends, family, or random opponents. Features include in-app video chat, turn-based play, and a chat system for communication. Personalize your experience with themes and icons.
- In-app video chat
- Turn-based games with unlimited time
- In-game chat system
- Play against computer AI
- Chess puzzles
- Customizable themes and icons
- Friends list
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Play chess on your iPad or iPhone with your friends and family while using the in-app VideoChat or invite random players for a game of chess and use the regular chat system to send messages! CheckMates is the new social chess app for iOS. Featuring : - Choose whether you want to use videochat while playing chess. A unique way of playing this game online with friends and family. - Very easy and quick account setup with email verification. Automatic login when you open the app. - Chat with opponents through the in-game chat system. - Play turn-based games with unlimited time, so you don't have to be online at the same time. - Earn golden coins to spend in the shop for new color and music themes. - Play against the computer AI. - Chess puzzles to practice your skills. - Different color & music themes which you can buy with in-game currency. - Easy invite system, where you can search, invite and scroll through all the online users. - Very clean interface and easy to use, with extensive help file and support via email. - Choose from several sets of chess icons to personalize your game. - Play with time! Set the clock to the preferred time and play until one of you runs out of time. - Find your friends even quicker by adding them to your own friends list. - See how many matches you've won and lost. Come and join the community for this unique way of playing chess online.
MathHammer AoS
This app provides tools for tabletop wargamers, including a damage calculator for weapons and abilities, scoreboards for tracking game progress, and an army builder to create and compare unit lists. It also features a statistics section with editable warscrolls.
- Damage calculator for weapons, spells, and abilities
- Scoreboards for tracking game progress
- Editable warscrolls and statistics
- Army builder for list creation and comparison
- Preloaded with basic warscrolls
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MathHammer AoS has multiple tools for our AoS hobby: - Calculator: a simple and quick damage calculator that can model any weapon, spell and ability in the game - Scoreboards: Keep track of Battle Tactics, Points, Rules and Turns when playing games. - Statistics: The app is preloaded with all the basic warscrolls in the game, but you can duplicate, create and edit all you want to create new and awesome combos! - Army Builder: allows you to build lists with the stats from the units, as a tool to compare stats between lists you are building. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MathHammer AoS at 5.0 against CheckMates's 1.0. MathHammer AoS also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). CheckMates's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.5). On price, ads 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. MathHammer AoS sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. CheckMates asks for nothing beyond the download.
MathHammer AoS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
CheckMates ships an update every 3 weeks, MathHammer AoS every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CheckMates | MathHammer AoS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 319 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick Rugebregt | Stefany Borjas |
Customer experience
CheckMates
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In-app purchases
CheckMates
No in-app purchases
MathHammer AoS
- MathHammer Member7 Days trial$0.991 Month
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