Comparison

Pocket Chess vs Runber

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of chess problems
  • Checkmate in 2 and 4 puzzles
  • Simplified boards for pattern recognition
  • Improve chess game
  • Learn chess patterns faster
Features
Currently charting
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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!

About

Runber

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Runber is a fresh and addictive logic puzzle that combines the best of Sudoku with pathfinding strategy. If you love number games and brain teasers, this is your next obsession. THE CHALLENGE Fill the grid by satisfying two rules at once: - Unique Numbers — Each number can appear only once per row and column - Continuous Path — Visit every cell exactly once, moving in any direction Sounds simple? The twist is doing BOTH at the same time. One wrong move and you'll need to backtrack! INTUITIVE GAMEPLAY - Drag any number from the tray to the highlighted cell - Made a mistake? Drag onto any earlier cell to undo your path instantly - Use Undo to remove your last move or Reset to start fresh - Smart hints appear when you're stuck TWO DIFFICULTY MODES - Classic (4×4) — Perfect for beginners and quick sessions - Expert (5×5) — A serious challenge for puzzle masters DESIGNED FOR FOCUS - No ads interrupting your flow - No in-app purchases — completely free - No internet required — play anywhere, anytime - Light, Dark & System themes for comfortable play - Haptic feedback for satisfying interactions LEARN IN SECONDS An interactive tutorial teaches you the basics step-by-step. No manual needed — just start playing! GLOBAL ACCESSIBILITY Fully localized in English, German, Polish, Russian, and Belarusian. Can you reach the "Perfect!" screen? Download Runber now and discover why this logic path puzzle is unlike anything you've played before.

Screenshots

Pocket Chess4 screens
Runber4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Runber at none against Pocket Chess's 9. Runber also leads on ads (none vs shown). Pocket Chess's advantage is chart position (#112 vs unranked). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pocket Chess sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Runber asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Pocket Chess versus Runber: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket ChessRunber
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (15K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings15K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#112 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLessmore GmbHSIARHEI BORODZICH

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

Runber

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Pocket Chess

One-time7
  • 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
None

Runber

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Chess free?
Pocket Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Runber free?
Runber is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pocket Chess or Runber have ads?
Pocket Chess shows ads; Runber does not.

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