Chess Only vs Flippy Flip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Only
Enhance your chess skills with instant analysis and tactical puzzles. This app offers a human-like engine with adjustable difficulty and an evaluation bar with blunder alerts. Play and study without distractions, with features like move trial and PGN saving.
- Instant game analysis
- Tactical puzzles
- Human-like engine (Elo 400-2500)
- Evaluation bar with blunder alert
- Try moves out of game play
- PGN file saving
- Over-the-board mode
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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
Flippy Flip
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Flippy Flip the addictive square flipping puzzle game. Simply invert all the black squares in the grid to white to beat each level.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Chess Only at none against Flippy Flip's shown. Chess Only also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Flippy Flip's advantage is update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chess Only ships an update fortnightly, Flippy Flip daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Only | Flippy Flip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (29 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Young-Jo Song | Christopher Greco |
In-app purchases
Chess Only
No in-app purchases
Flippy Flip
No in-app purchases
Questions
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