Lichess vs Freestyle Chess Generator
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
Freestyle Chess Generator
Generate random starting positions for freestyle chess (chess960). Easily copy the FEN string or open the generated position directly in Lichess for analysis. This application is completely free to use and contains no advertisements.
- Random chess960 starting positions
- FEN string generation
- One-click Lichess integration
- Free to use
- Ad-free experience
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This app generates random valid starting positions for freestyle chess (chess960). You can copy the FEN or open the position with one click in a Lichess analysis. This app is completely free and without ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Freestyle Chess Generator at 100% against Lichess's 52%. Freestyle Chess Generator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Lichess's advantage is ratings volume (662 vs 1) and chart position (#44 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.
Freestyle Chess Generator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lichess has 662 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Freestyle Chess Generator's.
| Parameter | Lichess | Freestyle Chess Generator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (662 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 662 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #44 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LICHESS.ORG | Rudolf Dr. Jagdhuber |
Customer experience
Lichess
Freestyle Chess Generator
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
Freestyle Chess Generator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lichess
No in-app purchases
Freestyle Chess Generator
No in-app purchases
Questions
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