Destinies vs Chesspy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Destinies
Enhance your board game experience with this digital companion. It guides you through setup, dynamic story events, and interactive challenges using QR code scanning. Make choices with lasting consequences and explore a dark fantasy world.
- Scenario selection and setup guide
- Dynamic story-driven events
- QR code scanning for item interaction
- Choice-based consequences
- Campaign and standalone scenarios
- Offline gameplay
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This application is a digital companion for the Destinies board game. Destinies is a competitive, story-driven, board game of adventure and exploration. You require the Destinies board game to be able to use this app. Launch the app, select the scenario you want to play, and be introduced to a story of dark fantasy and destinies waiting to be fulfilled. The app will guide you on how to set up your board game including your character skills, starting items, and the map tiles laid before you waiting to be explored. The app will introduce story-driven dynamic events and help to guide you through the ever-changing game world. The app also remembers the choices you make so there will be real consequences that often change the state of the game world forever. Each item in the game has a unique QR code that, using the game’s Scan&Play technology, can be scanned to determine how you interact with the world, other characters, and epic challenges. Which items you scan and when will greatly affect the outcome of various interactions. Your player character card also comes with two QR codes that can be scanned, each one representing a different possible destiny to fulfill and thus win the game. Each scenario should last 120-150 minutes, and players will be able to choose from standalone scenarios or scenarios linked as part of a campaign. Once the app and a scenario are downloaded, the app doesn't require any internet connection during gameplay. The language can be selected within the app. The app saves your progress so you may resume a scenario later on.
Chesspy
Solve daily chess logic puzzles by strategically placing pieces to attack numbered targets. Compete with friends in multiplayer battles or tackle endless challenges. Offers a tutorial for beginners and advanced modes for experienced players.
- Daily chess logic puzzles
- Multiplayer battles with friends
- Piece placement strategy
- Tutorial for beginners
- Unlimited daily boards
- Hints and past missions
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Place chess pieces. Hit every number. Numbered squares are targets. Place chess pieces so each target is attacked by exactly its number — in the app, your pieces are called agents. A 0 is a safe square: nothing may attack it. Match every number and the next board is right there. Every board has exactly one solution, and you can reach it by logic alone — no guessing. Today’s Mission • Twenty boards in a row, growing from 3×3 to 6×6. • Three hearts. Placing or moving an agent so a number newly turns red costs one heart. Removing and undoing are always free. • Lose your last heart and you can see that board’s answer. • Everyone gets the same mission each day. Finish it to see your Top % today. • Sundays bring the S-Rank Mission: it starts at 4×4 and the last five boards are 7×7. Battles • Create a battle and get a six-digit code. Paste the link in a group chat and friends jump straight in. • Everyone plays the same five boards with three hearts. Most boards, then fewest hearts lost, then fastest time wins. • Up to 16 players, each joining as a chess piece: king, queen, rooks, bishops, knights and pawns. • A battle stays open for 7 days. Joining is free for anyone. The agents • The rook attacks along rows and columns, the bishop along diagonals — all the way to the edge, right past other agents. • From board 10 the knight joins in, jumping in an L. • No chess needed. A three-board tutorial shows you how on the board. More to play • Unlimited: opens after today’s mission. Endless boards that grow to 7×7 — two free runs a day. • Hints: stuck in Unlimited or a past mission? Get the reason for the next move, one step at a time. One free hint a day. • Past missions: anyone can play one past day for free. • Streaks, six achievements that unlock agent designs, and a result card to share. • Dark mode and a colour-blind palette. • English, Korean, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, German and Spanish. Pro (one-time purchase) • Unlimited, with no daily limit • Hints, with no daily limit • Create battles • Every past mission — fill a missed day to keep your streak • Every agent design and detailed stats • Pro never touches a daily score, and Today’s Mission has no hints. Everyone plays by the same rules. No ads. No account. Your records stay on your device; Top % and battles use only a random ID with no name.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chesspy at 100% against Destinies's 48%. Chesspy also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly). Destinies's advantage is ratings volume (34 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Chesspy holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Destinies has 34 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Destinies's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chesspy's.
Destinies ships an update monthly, Chesspy every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Destinies | Chesspy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (34 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 34 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goliath Poland Sp z o.o | 037 |
Customer experience
Destinies
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In-app purchases
Destinies
No in-app purchases
Chesspy
No in-app purchases









