Deep Green vs Medieval Chess 3D
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.
Medieval Chess 3D
Experience a classic chess game set in the Middle Ages with stunning 3D graphics and an antique atmosphere. Develop your battle strategy and defeat opponents to achieve checkmate. Enjoy addictive gameplay with a simple interface.
- Stunning 3D graphics
- Medieval atmosphere
- Classic chess gameplay
- Strategic battle development
- Simple interface
- Addictive gameplay
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Medieval Chess will take you to the Middle Ages, the era of brave knights, lovely princesses and kings, where you can enjoy game and develop your own battle strategy on the chessboard. This game is classic implementation of chess game with its unique 3D graphics and atmosphere of antiquity. Use your strategy skills and defeat your opponent putting checkmate. Features: - Stunning 3D graphics - Great atmosphere of the Middle Ages - Simple interface - Addictive gameplay
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Deep Green at 3.9 against Medieval Chess 3D's 3.0. Deep Green also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (76 vs 2). Medieval Chess 3D's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs paid) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Deep Green holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Deep Green has 76 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Deep Green's written reviews are positive against 50% of Medieval Chess 3D's.
| Parameter | Deep Green | Medieval Chess 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (76 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Cocoa Stuff | Dzmitry Pakamestau |
Customer experience
Deep Green
Medieval Chess 3D
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
Medieval Chess 3D
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Deep Green
No in-app purchases
Medieval Chess 3D
No in-app purchases
Questions
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