Lichess vs Poker Brawl
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lichess
Play chess online with millions of users, participate in tournaments, solve puzzles, and analyze games. This free and open-source application offers a comprehensive chess experience for players of all levels, with features for learning and casual play.
- Real-time and correspondence chess
- Arena tournaments
- Chess puzzles
- Game analysis with Stockfish
- Interactive study feature
- Chess clock
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Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations. Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. The following features are available right now: - play real time or correspondence chess - play arena tournaments - play against online bots - solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline - race against the clock in Puzzle Storm - analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server - board editor - study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature - learn board coordinates - play over the board with a friend - watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments - watch Lichess TV and online streamers - use a chess clock for your over the board games - many different board themes and piece sets - custom background themes - translated into 55 languages
Poker Brawl
Engage in competitive, turn-based poker matches against other players. Improve your rating with each win and climb the leaderboards. This game focuses on skill and strategy, not real money betting.
- Head-to-head poker matches
- Turn-based gameplay
- Rating-based competition
- Leaderboard rankings
- Free-to-play
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Go head-to-head against other players to compete for the best rating! Play when it's convenient for you with correspondence-style turn-based gameplay. Poker Brawl features real competitive free-to-play heads-up poker. As you battle against other players, your rating goes up or down based on your results. The best players will make it to the top of the leaderboards. Are you one of them? NOTE: This game does not offer any possibility of betting or winning real money. It is purely meant for the enjoyment of the competitive aspect of poker. No in-app purchases will influence your ability or chance at winning this game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Poker Brawl at 4.9 against Lichess's 4.1. Poker Brawl also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 52%) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Lichess's advantage is ratings volume (662 vs 35) and chart position (#47 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Poker Brawl holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lichess has 662 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Lichess's written reviews are positive against 87% of Poker Brawl's.
Lichess ships an update fortnightly, Poker Brawl weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lichess | Poker Brawl |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (662 ratings) | 4.9 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.8% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 662 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #47 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | LICHESS.ORG | Poker Brawl, LLC |
Customer experience
Lichess
Poker Brawl
Bugs and requests
Lichess
Reported bugs
1 issue- Swipe-to-go-back gesture interferes with piece placement
Requested features
3 requests- Name of opening in opening explorer
- Ability to add and subtract additional things on the homepage
- Reset/replay button on puzzles
Poker Brawl
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lichess
No in-app purchases
Poker Brawl
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Lichess free?
Is Poker Brawl free?
Which has better reviews, Lichess or Poker Brawl?
Do Lichess or Poker Brawl have ads?
Which is updated more often, Lichess or Poker Brawl?
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