Checkmate puzzles vs Openings Mastermind
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkmate puzzles
Improve your chess tactics with this free puzzle game. It offers thousands of checkmate challenges and an AI opponent. Play against friends or practice with visual hints to master checkmating patterns.
- Thousands of checkmate puzzles (mate in 1, 2, 3, 4)
- Hint option for assistance
- Play against AI bot (400-1800 rating)
- Player vs. Player mode
- Visual hints for easy understanding
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This chess puzzle game is free to download and will help you in your chess trainings. It will give you lot of different checkmating patterns that will help you in understanding the checkmate patterns. Game Features - • Game has a hint option that will help in checkmating the opponent king. • 18k plus checkmate in 1 puzzles ( Mate in 1 puzzle ) • 13k plus checkmate in 2 puzzles ( Mate in 2 puzzle ) • 13k plus checkmate in 3 puzzles ( Mate in 3 puzzle ) • 10k plus checkmate in 4 puzzles ( Mate in 4 puzzle ) • Hints are visual and very easy to understand. • You can also play with AI bot which is configured for rating between 400 to 1800 • This game also has player vs player mode so you can play with your friends as well.
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 Checkmate puzzles's 7. Openings Mastermind also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Checkmate puzzles's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 50%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, ratings volume, 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. Checkmate puzzles sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Openings Mastermind asks for nothing beyond the download.
Checkmate puzzles holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Checkmate puzzles's written reviews are positive against 50% of Openings Mastermind's.
Checkmate puzzles ships an update every 2 months, Openings Mastermind fortnightly. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Checkmate puzzles | Openings Mastermind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17 ratings) — better | 4.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MindYourLogic Studios Private Limited | Christian Heise |
Customer experience
Checkmate puzzles
Openings Mastermind
In-app purchases
Checkmate puzzles
- Buy 50 hints$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Buy 200 hints$2.99
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- Buy 500 hints and remove ads$2.99
- Buy 800 hints$3.99
- Buy 1000 hints and remove ads$4.99
- Unlimited hints and no ads$5.99
Openings Mastermind
No in-app purchases
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