Chess vs Sudoku⁹
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess
Enjoy a classic chess experience on your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. This app offers a clean interface, beautiful graphics, and intuitive gameplay perfect for casual players. Play against a computer opponent, review game history, and track your progress.
- 1- or 2-player games on one device
- Tap-to-move piece selection
- Highlights legal moves
- Full game history and move list
- Built-in chess clock
- Get hint feature
- Undo moves
Read full descriptionHide full description
tChess Lite is the popular chess game designed just for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. tChess is like a virtual chess board on your device. It's fun and easy to use--perfect for the casual player! This game features a very clean UI design and beautiful graphics. tChess is a fast and stable program. Pick up a game in your free time... and there's no problem listening to your music while you play. (tChess Lite is a fully-functional version of tChess for casual chess players. If you're an active player and want enthusiast-level features, take a look at tChess Pro, which is over 1000 ELO stronger and has received rave reviews from Grandmaster Susan Polgar, PE's Chess Cast, and iPhone app critics.) tChess Lite Features: - Perfect for 1- or 2-player games (on the same device, no network connection required) - Tap-tap to move pieces - Highlights legal moves - View full game history in the Move List - Go back or forward move by move and replay completed games - Built-in chess clock - "Get hint" feature to improve your game - Easy to undo moves - Saves your game automatically if you exit the program or take a call - Play against any ELO rating from 500 to 1200 - Computer opponent is the most fun and realistic for beginners and casual players - Use the Profile feature to play rated games and track your progress - Over 15,000 openings for fresh, varied games tChess Lite is developed by Tom Kerrigan, author of the TSCP and Stobor chess engines.
Sudoku⁹
This logic-based number-placement puzzle challenges players to fill grids with digits 1-9. Each row, column, and 3x3 subgrid must contain all digits without repetition. It's a classic brain teaser for honing deductive reasoning skills.
- Number placement logic
- Row and column constraints
- 3x3 region rules
- Deductive reasoning challenge
- Classic brain teaser
Read full descriptionHide full description
Fill in the empty squares with digits so that each row, each column and each 3×3 region contains all of the digits from 1 to 9.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Sudoku⁹ at Free against Chess's $0.99. Sudoku⁹ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). Chess's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 2). On update cadence, 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
Sudoku⁹ is free to download; Chess costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sudoku⁹ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess has 77 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Chess ships an update every 5 months, Sudoku⁹ every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess | Sudoku⁹ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (77 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tom Kerrigan | Alexander Berson |
Customer experience
Chess
Sudoku⁹
Bugs and requests
Chess
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inconsistent pawn movement rules
- Stalemate issues and computer refusing to resign
- Connectivity problems with Game Center
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to set up custom board positions
- More difficulty levels and ELO ratings
- Online/multiplayer functionality
- Notification options for opponent moves
- Chess puzzle/training mode
Sudoku⁹
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chess
No in-app purchases
Sudoku⁹
No in-app purchases









