Pocket Chess vs Chimp Memory
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Chess
Enhance your chess skills with hundreds of challenging chess problems and puzzles. This app focuses on simplified boards to help you quickly recognize chess patterns and improve your game.
- Hundreds of chess problems
- Checkmate in 2 and 4 puzzles
- Simplified boards for pattern recognition
- Improve chess game
- Learn chess patterns faster
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Pocket Chess helps you improve and brush up on your Chess by offering hundreds of thought provoking Chess problems and Chess puzzles. From Checkmate in 2 to Checkmate in 4 and much more! Pocket Chess is a new way to learn and improve at Chess. Featuring boards that are small and simple, important pieces are in focus so that you can learn to recognise Chess patterns faster and quicker. Improve your Chess Game and Download Now for free!
Chimp Memory
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Motivated by memory tests for chimpanzees. Tapping from 1 to 9 in order. Once 1 is tapped, rest of numbers will be covered. So memorize the location of each number.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chimp Memory at none against Pocket Chess's 9. Chimp Memory also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price 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. Pocket Chess sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Chimp Memory asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pocket Chess ships an update every 2 months, Chimp Memory every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Chess | Chimp Memory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (15K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 0 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lessmore GmbH | Kaname Nakagawa |
Bugs and requests
Pocket Chess
Reported bugs
3 issues- Progress data loss
- Incorrect checkmate solutions
- Game freezing after certain moves
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to review past puzzles
- More advanced puzzles and levels
- Option to disable audio/music
- Sync progress across devices
Chimp Memory
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pocket Chess
- Small Coin Bundle$1.99
- Remove Ads2 variants$4.99
- Starter Package2 variants$4.99
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- Event Offer$4.99
- Medium Coin Bundle$5.99
- Large Coin Bundle$11.99
- Super Coin Bundle$25.99
Chimp Memory
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pocket Chess free?
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Do Pocket Chess or Chimp Memory have ads?
Which is updated more often, Pocket Chess or Chimp Memory?
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