ChessPen vs Board Brain
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChessPen
Record and manage chess games with a user-friendly interface. This app offers robust data storage and export options for players of all levels, from casual to tournament participants.
- Chess notation recording
- Sleek interface
- Easy-to-use UI
- Powerful data storage
- Data export capabilities
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Chess Notation app for casual, club, and tournament players alike. Sleek interface, easy-going UI, and powerful data storage & export capabilities.
Board Brain
This app helps chess players of all levels enhance their skills through interactive games and exercises. It focuses on mastering chessboard coordinates, understanding piece movements, and recognizing square colors to improve overall game vision.
- Interactive games
- Skill-building exercises
- Chessboard coordinate mastery
- Piece movement understanding
- Square color recognition
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BoardBrain is designed to help both novice and experienced chess players improve their skills. It offers interactive games and exercises that focus on mastering chessboard coordinates, understanding piece movements, and recognizing square colors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Board Brain at 5.0 against ChessPen's 4.3. Board Brain also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 25 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Board Brain holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively.
ChessPen ships an update every 25 months, Board Brain every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChessPen | Board Brain |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ENVISIONAIRY LLC | Selvarajan Thangavel |
Customer experience
ChessPen
Board Brain
In-app purchases
ChessPen
No in-app purchases
Board Brain
No in-app purchases
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