Chess Vision vs Chess Only
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Vision
This app overlays visual cues onto a chess board to highlight tactical opportunities. It's designed for players who understand piece movement but want to improve their strategic winning abilities.
- Real-time visual tactical markers
- Learn winning strategies
- Enhance strategic play
- Suitable for intermediate players
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Chess Vision is a tool that provides visual markers of chess tactics on the board in real time. If you know how to move the pieces, but want to learn how to win the game - Chess Vision is for you!
Chess Only
This app offers a focused chess experience with instant analysis and a human-like engine for tactical puzzles. It's designed for offline play, battery saving, and includes features like an evaluation bar with blunder alerts and e-board support.
- Instant game analysis
- Human-like engine (Elo 400-2500)
- Tactical puzzles
- Evaluation bar with blunder alert
- Try moves out of game play
- PGN file save
- Over-the-board mode
- E-board support
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No ads. No network. No gimmicks. Chess Only! Instant analysis tells you why a move is good or poor instantly. Human-like engine gives you tactical puzzles; playing is studying. - optimized for saving battery power - human-like engine offering draw/resign (Elo 400 ~ 2500) - evaluation bar with blunder alert - try moves out of game play - instant game analysis and hint - game save to a pgn file - over-the-board mode - e-board (Millennium ChessLink) support
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Chess Only at weekly against Chess Vision's every 7 months. Chess Vision's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Chess Vision against 4.0 for Chess Only. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 29 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Chess Vision's written reviews are positive against 75% of Chess Only's.
Chess Vision ships an update every 7 months, Chess Only weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Vision | Chess Only |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (11 ratings) | 4.0 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 29 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eli Levin | Young-Jo Song |
Customer experience
Chess Vision
Chess Only
In-app purchases
Chess Vision
No in-app purchases
Chess Only
No in-app purchases
Questions
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