Comparison

ChessUp vs Brilliancy

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

Brilliancy

Features
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Brilliancy is a curated collection of the greatest combinations in chess history — the finishing blows from real, celebrated games. You're given a position from a famous game — Morphy at the opera, the Immortal Game, Rubinstein's Immortal, Fischer at thirteen, Kasparov's king hunt — and you play the last few moves to land the blow. Solve it, and the story behind the game is yours: who played it, what it meant, and the legend (and the myth-busting) around it. • Nearly thirty famous brilliancies — sacrifices, mating nets, and single unforgettable moves • Play the real finish move by move — powered by a full chess engine, so every position is genuine and verified • Warm, candlelit design and an unhurried pace — no timers, no pressure • Earn points for speed and accuracy, track your progress, share a spoiler-free result card • Browse the whole collection and play in any order you like • No accounts, no ads, no tracking — everything stays on your device, and it works offline For anyone who loves the history of the game as much as the moves. Informational and for enjoyment; not chess coaching or analysis software.

Screenshots

ChessUp4 screens
Brilliancy3 screens

Verdict

The call

ChessUp and Brilliancy are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ChessUp versus Brilliancy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessUpBrilliancy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBryght Labs Inc.FEARGUS A CRISANTO ROTH

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

Brilliancy

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ChessUp

No in-app purchases

None

Brilliancy

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChessUp free?
ChessUp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Brilliancy free?
Brilliancy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ChessUp or Brilliancy have ads?
Neither ChessUp nor Brilliancy shows ads.

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