100 Squares vs Chess Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
100 Squares
Fill a 100-box grid by strategically placing numbers, leaving specific gaps horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. Compete with others by checking and adding your scores to a network leaderboard. Enjoy a simple yet challenging puzzle experience.
- Fill 100 boxes
- Strategic placement rules
- Help mode available
- Undo moves
- Network scores and comments
- Leaderboard functionality
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Rule of the game Your goal : To fill the 100 boxes! - Begin with a box of your choice - You have to fill the grid leaving 2 boxes for horizontal and vertical, and 1 for diagonals. Help mode is available. - You can cancel a play many times, but not twice. Good luck! - Check out the scores on the network and add yours with a breif comment. Warning don't shake too hard ! © JF Pautex 2010-2017
Chess Board
Play chess against another person on a digital board. Move pieces by selecting or dragging them. Features include undo, redo, and reversing the board.
- Two-player mode
- Piece selection and dragging
- Undo and redo moves
- Reverse board option
- Start from beginning
- Intuitive icon-based controls
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Your next move, across the table. Clear pixel pieces on a blue and cream board. Use one iPhone or iPad as a chess board and play face to face with family or friends. Tap or drag a piece to move it. Includes promotion, board flipping, coordinates and sound. Go back to an earlier position or move forward again to rethink each move together. Games save automatically on your device. Save, reopen, rename and delete up to 10 games for free, and continue after closing the app. A one-time Additional Features purchase removes ads and unlocks unlimited saved games, move records, comments on each move, and iCloud backup and restore. Existing purchasers receive ad removal at no extra charge. iCloud backups run automatically after changes, with an on/off switch. Offline changes are retried when the app can connect again. Restore is manual and keeps games already on your device. Free, with ads. Playing and saving on your device work offline. Ads, purchases, purchase restoration and iCloud backup need an internet connection. For iOS and iPadOS 15 or later. iPhone portrait and iPad portrait or landscape. Choose from 10 languages in Settings: Japanese, English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Changing the language keeps your current game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: 100 Squares at 100% against Chess Board's 50%. 100 Squares also leads on rating (3.0 vs 2.0) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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.
100 Squares holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of 100 Squares's written reviews are positive against 50% of Chess Board's.
100 Squares ships an update every 21 months, Chess Board every 59 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 100 Squares | Chess Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months — better | Every 59 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jean-Francois Pautex | Yuki Honda |
Customer experience
100 Squares
Chess Board
In-app purchases
100 Squares
No in-app purchases
Chess Board
No in-app purchases
