Comparison

Into The Fragment vs Explosive Chess

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

Head to head
About

Into The Fragment

Explore an unstable digital space by fixing bugs and stabilizing the environment. This free-to-play game offers a unique experience inspired by limbo, where players transfer their consciousness to repair a glitchy world.

Highlights
  • Explore an unstable digital space
  • Fix bugs to stabilize the environment
  • Transfer consciousness mechanic
  • Inspired by limbo gameplay
  • Free-to-play
Features
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Into The Fragment is a free to play game inspired by limbo. The Fragment is a space where one can transfer their consciousness however the fragment is currently very unstable, not ready for public use and filled with bugs. It is up to the player to explore the fragment and fix as many bugs as possible.

About

Explosive Chess

Features
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Explosive Chess is a turn-based strategy game that combines chess movement with tactical, timed bomb explosions. Move your pieces like chess — but the only way to destroy anything is with bombs. Every turn you choose: move a piece, or arm a bomb. Bombs detonate on a fuse, blast in patterns determined by the piece that armed them, and friendly fire is real. Your own King can be destroyed by your own bomb. HOW TO PLAY Select a piece and move it — or switch to Arm mode and place a bomb on any square it threatens. Every piece has a unique blast shape. Rooks blast in a cross. Knights blast in an L-pattern that ignores everything in between. Pawns blast diagonally forward. The only way to win is to destroy the enemy King. FEATURES · Single-player vs AI with three difficulty levels — Easy, Medium, and Hard · Pass & Play multiplayer on one device · Three power-ups hidden in destructible rubble: Extra Bomb, Fuse Control, and Shield · Randomized board layouts every game — no two games play the same · No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Buy it once, own it forever.

Screenshots

Into The Fragment3 screens
Explosive Chess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Into The Fragment at Free against Explosive Chess's $2.99. Into The Fragment also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Into The Fragment is free to download; Explosive Chess costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Into The Fragment ships an update every 9 days, Explosive Chess every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Into The Fragment versus Explosive Chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInto The FragmentExplosive Chess
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.0 (25 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size227 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJust Faith Studios LLCJason Fawley

In-app purchases

None

Into The Fragment

No in-app purchases

None

Explosive Chess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Into The Fragment free?
Into The Fragment is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Explosive Chess free?
Explosive Chess costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Into The Fragment or Explosive Chess have ads?
Neither Into The Fragment nor Explosive Chess shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Into The Fragment or Explosive Chess?
Into The Fragment ships an update every 9 days, and Explosive Chess every 2 weeks. Most recently, Into The Fragment was updated on October 24, 2026 and Explosive Chess on October 24, 2026.

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