Comparison

ChessUp vs Berroku

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

Head to head
About

ChessUp

This app enhances your chess experience with a smart chessboard. It offers game archives, analysis, and live AI assistance. Connect to play remote opponents on various platforms.

Highlights
  • Chess game archives
  • Game analysis
  • Live AI assistance
  • Remote opponent play
  • BLE connectivity
Features
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ChessUp is a companion app for the ChessUp smart chessboard. The app provides chess game archives and analysis. The app can link with the chessboard over BLE to provide live Ai assistance. The app can also provide an internet connection for the board in order to play remote chess opponents on various chess platforms.

About

Berroku

A logic puzzle game where you place berries on a grid using number clues. It offers daily puzzles across three difficulties and a Pro mode for unlimited play. Enjoy features like hints, undo, and dark mode.

Highlights
  • Place 3 berries per row, column, and block
  • Daily puzzles in Standard, Advanced, and Expert
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Unlimited puzzles with Pro mode
  • Tap and drag placement
  • Undo and hint features
  • Offline play
Features
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A little logic. A handful of berries. No ads. Berroku is a free, ad-free logic puzzle game combining Sudoku-style placement rules with Minesweeper-style number clues. Place three berries in every row, column and outlined block of a 9×9 grid. Each number tells you how many neighbouring cells contain a berry, including diagonals. Simple rules, satisfying deductions. THREE DAILY PUZZLES Make room for a daily brain teaser with a fresh puzzle at each difficulty: Standard, Advanced and Expert. Build your streak and follow your progress with the Home Screen widget. FREE ENDLESS PLAY Finished today’s puzzles? Keep going in Endless mode. Explore a library of 6,000 puzzles across all three difficulties, free to play and without ads. No puzzle subscription or unlock required. Optional purchases are available for themes, Berry Revival and tips. A HELPING HAND Tap and drag to mark cells, undo a move or ask for a hint when you’re stuck. Optional auto-check helps you spot mistakes as you play. MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME Play on iPhone or iPad with dark mode, haptic feedback, sound effects and optional background music. Puzzles are stored on your device, so you can keep solving offline. A LOOK TO SUIT YOU Optional purchases include the newspaper-inspired Puzzle Press theme and the bright Raspberry theme. Already bought Pro Puzzles? Your Puzzle Press theme and matching app icon remain yours. KEEP YOUR STREAK GROWING Track your progress, earn Game Center achievements and compare hint-free solving times on the leaderboard. If you miss a day, optional Berry Revival restores a broken streak to seven days. Enjoying Berroku? Leave an optional tip in Settings to support its development.

Screenshots

ChessUp4 screens
Berroku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChessUp at none against Berroku's 6. ChessUp also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 2). Berroku's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, 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. Berroku sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. ChessUp asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Berroku holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChessUp has 2.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChessUp ships an update every 2 weeks, Berroku every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ChessUp versus Berroku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessUpBerroku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.7K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.7K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBryght Labs Inc.James Brooks

Customer experience

ChessUp

All ratings2,658 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral12.2%
Negative33.3%

Berroku

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ChessUp

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Moves not registering
  • Bluetooth connectivity issues
  • Crashes and freezes
  • Sync issues between app and board
  • Lessons not working properly
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  • Chess.com integration problems

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add chess openings lessons
  • Implement position setup and export/import
  • Add post-game review mechanism
  • Improve AI difficulty scaling
  • Add chess puzzles

Berroku

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ChessUp

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Berroku

One-time6
  • Berry Revival$0.99
  • Raspberry Theme$0.99
  • Handful of Berries$0.99
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  • Pro Puzzles$1.99
  • Basket of Berries$2.99
  • Berry Harvest$7.99

Questions

Is ChessUp free?
ChessUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Berroku free?
Berroku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ChessUp or Berroku?
Berroku is rated higher. ChessUp averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.7K ratings, while Berroku averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ChessUp or Berroku have ads?
Neither ChessUp nor Berroku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChessUp or Berroku?
ChessUp ships an update every 2 weeks, and Berroku every 4 days. Most recently, ChessUp was updated on October 25, 2026 and Berroku on October 25, 2026.

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