iPlay Chess vs ChessPrep
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iPlay Chess
Engage in chess matches against powerful AI engines with customizable difficulty and playing styles. Enhance your skills with opening books, move hints, and detailed play statistics. Enjoy a personalized experience with custom boards, pieces, and sounds across multiple devices.
- Play against 6 top chess engines
- Customizable boards, pieces, and sounds
- Variety of opening books for all levels
- Adjustable opponent playing style
- Move highlights and hints
- Play statistics tracking
- iPad split screen support
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Play against 6 of the best chess engines, including Stockfish 13 and Leela Chess Zero. More engines will be added with next updates. Great interface for all platforms with custom boards and pieces, sounds and spoken moves. A variety of opening books for all levels can help you improve your game. You can customize your opponent's playing style by adjusting various options like engine strength, move time and increment, opening books variations. Other features: - highlights and hints for moves - support for multiple opening books - play stats - iPad split screen Constant updates will bring more features. Discover the planned roadmap in settings.
ChessPrep
Enhance your chess strategy with a powerful companion app. Build your repertoire from grandmaster moves, analyze opponent responses, and master tactics using a strong chess engine and spaced repetition.
- Build repertoire from grandmaster moves
- Analyze opponent responses by elo
- Stockfish 16 chess engine
- Spaced repetition system
- Position analysis and variation calculation
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ChessPrep is the ultimate chess companion designed to enhance your strategic prowess and elevate your game. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned player, ChessPrep empowers you to: Build Your Repertoire: Choose from a curated list of masterful moves played by grandmasters. Opponent Insights: Analyze the most common responses from opponents in your elo range, giving you a strategic edge. Stockfish 16 with NNUE: Access a powerful chess engine directly within the app to analyze positions, calculate variations, and refine your understanding of the game. Spaced Repetition: Master your chosen moves through an intelligent spaced repetition system, ensuring optimal retention and application during your games. ChessPrep is not just an app; it's your key to unlocking a deeper understanding of chess and outplaying your opponents.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: iPlay Chess at 4.2 against ChessPrep's 3.0. iPlay Chess also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). ChessPrep's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 25 months). On price, ratings volume 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. ChessPrep sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. iPlay Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.
iPlay Chess holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.
iPlay Chess ships an update every 25 months, ChessPrep every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iPlay Chess | ChessPrep |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 200 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BEYTEK MUHENDISLIK SANAYI VE TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI | Stephen Papadatos |
Customer experience
iPlay Chess
ChessPrep
In-app purchases
iPlay Chess
No in-app purchases
ChessPrep
- ChessButler Monthly Sub$0.991 Month
- ChessButler Yearly Sub$9.991 Year
- ChessButler Lifetime Premium$19.99
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