Losing chess vs Openings Mastermind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Losing chess
Experience a unique chess variant where the goal is to lose all your pieces or be stalemated. Play against AI, solve puzzles, or challenge a friend locally with special rules like compulsory captures and a capturable king.
- Play losing chess against AI
- Solve 100 unique puzzles
- Local multiplayer mode
- Compulsory captures
- Capturable king
- Pawn promotion to king
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Play losing chess against the AI, solve one of the 100 puzzles, or play against a friend on the same device. Losing chess is one of the most popular chess variants. The overall goal of each player is to lose all of their pieces or be stalemated. The rules are the same as those for standard chess, except for the following special rules: - capturing is compulsory. - The king has no royal power and it may be captured as any other piece. - There is no check or checkmate and no castling. - A pawn can be promoted to a king. A player wins by being unable to make a move. This can be because he has no pieces left or his pieces are stalemated.
Openings Mastermind
Master chess openings with this app. Import studies, explore with advanced engines, and practice specific lines through repetition. Track your progress and improve your game.
- Import Lichess Studies or PGNs
- Explore openings with Stockfish 15
- Practice openings by repetition
- Smart practice queue
- Track learning progress
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Get ready to take your chess game to the next level with Openings Mastermind, the ultimate chess opening app! Some of the features include: - Import Lichess Studies or custom PGNs - Explore openings with Stockfish 17 and the Lichess position database - Practice openings by repetition against your own custom openings database - Take advantage of the smart practice queue and improve your learning - Observe your learning progress in different openings With our app, you can take your opening game to the next level by practicing against the specific lines you want to master. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced player, our app is the perfect tool to help you improve your opening moves and become a better chess player. Planned Features: - Continue against engine, after study line ends - Analysis of your games from Lichess and Chess.com compared to your openings database
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Openings Mastermind at none against Losing chess's 1. Openings Mastermind also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 12 months). Losing chess's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). 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. Losing chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Openings Mastermind asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Losing chess against 4.3 for Openings Mastermind. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Losing chess ships an update every 12 months, Openings Mastermind fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Losing chess | Openings Mastermind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan Maes | Christian Heise |
Customer experience
Losing chess
Openings Mastermind
In-app purchases
Losing chess
- Unlock all features$1.99
Openings Mastermind
No in-app purchases
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