Comparison

Deep Green vs Rogue King

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Rogue King

Features
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You are the king. Your army is gone. All you have is your wits and an arsenal of superpowers that break every rule of chess. Rogue King is a roguelike chess game where you control a lone king fighting through waves of enemy pieces. Survive each level, earn new abilities, and push deeper into the run. Superpowers change everything. Leap like a knight. Charge like a rook. Freeze enemies in place. Summon decoys. Teleport across the board. Move twice in one turn. Every run plays differently. Simple to learn, hard to master. If you know how chess pieces move, you know enough to start. The strategy comes from combining powers and outsmarting increasingly dangerous enemy formations. No timers. No ads. No internet required. Just you, the board, and the next move. How many levels can you clear?

Screenshots

Deep Green4 screens
Rogue King3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Deep Green at none against Rogue King's 1. Rogue King's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Rogue King sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Deep Green asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deep Green ships an update every 4 months, Rogue King daily. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Deep Green versus Rogue King: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeep GreenRogue King
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (77 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings77 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCocoa StuffJENNY FRANCES O HOWE BROWNE

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

Rogue King

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Deep Green

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Rogue King

One-time1
  • Tip the Developer$0.99

Questions

Is Deep Green free?
Deep Green is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rogue King free?
Rogue King is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Deep Green or Rogue King have ads?
Neither Deep Green nor Rogue King shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deep Green or Rogue King?
Deep Green ships an update every 4 months, and Rogue King daily. Most recently, Deep Green was updated on November 6, 2026 and Rogue King on October 31, 2026.

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