Deep Green vs Israel Map Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Deep Green
This app provides a classical chess experience with a clean, native interface and customizable piece designs. It supports open game formats, offers a unique chess engine with adjustable strength, and features a private, ad-free environment.
- Clean, native user interface
- Customizable chess piece designs
- Open game format (PGN/FEN)
- Adjustable strength chess engine
- Private and ad-free experience
- System-level integration
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A no-nonsense classical chess app. - CLEAN UI: Deep Green offers a distraction-free experience in a clean, native user interface, with Liquid Glass on iOS 26 and later. - CUSTOM PIECE DESIGN: Beautiful chess set designed specifically for Deep Green and rendered at high resolution in both outline and 3D throughout the app. - MADE FOR IPAD: Dedicated menu bar, multiple windows, and refined trackpad, mouse, and Apple Pencil support. Squares highlight as you hover over the board. - MADE FOR IPHONE DUO: Adapts to both displays and every pose. The board centers on the fold like a folding chess board, and the game controls follow the system into the vertical bar. - TIGHT SYSTEM INTEGRATION: System-level sharing, drag and drop, AirDrop, undo/redo, contextual menus, Quick Look previews of chess files, Dark Mode, high contrast support and more. - OPEN GAME FORMAT: Games can be shared, saved, copied, pasted, imported, exported in the ubiquitous, open source PGN and FEN formats. Deep Green can open chess files straight from the Files app. - UNIQUE CHESS ENGINE: Enjoyable opponent with adjustable strength, praised for its humane gameplay, developed for Deep Green on the Apple Newton more than 25 years ago. - TWEAKABLE APPEARANCE: Engage the knights in the game by having them turn towards the center of the board, apply a humane, slightly random placement of the pieces. - IN YOUR LANGUAGE: Available in English, German, and Danish. - MODERN ARCHITECTURE: Written in Swift as a fully native app – modern, maintainable, and prepared for the future. - PRIVATE, AD-FREE: No ads, no tracking, no analytics, no nonsense. If you like Deep Green, please rate it favorably on the App Store.
Israel Map Puzzle
Arrange pieces to complete a map of Israel. Drag pieces to the empty spot to solve the puzzle. Shake your device for an instant solution.
- Sliding tile puzzle mechanics
- Map of Israel imagery
- Drag-and-drop piece movement
- Instant solve feature via shaking
- Simple and intuitive gameplay
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Move pieces using the empty spot to form the image of the map of Israel. Pieces are moved by dragging one piece at a time to the empty spot. Shaking the device solves the puzzle at once.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Israel Map Puzzle at 5.0 against Deep Green's 3.9. Israel Map Puzzle also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). Deep Green's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 33%) and ratings volume (76 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Israel Map Puzzle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deep Green has 76 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Deep Green's written reviews are positive against 33% of Israel Map Puzzle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Deep Green | Israel Map Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (76 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cocoa Stuff | Daniel Rossler |
Customer experience
Deep Green
Israel Map Puzzle
Bugs and requests
Deep Green
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes when promoting pawns
- Board orientation issues when rotating device
- Unresponsive UI elements
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
Requested features
5 requests- Game saving and loading functionality
- Online/multiplayer mode
- Customizable board/piece themes
- Difficulty settings for beginners
- Indicators for check, checkmate, and draw
Israel Map Puzzle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Deep Green
No in-app purchases
Israel Map Puzzle
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Deep Green free?
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