Comparison

Deep Green vs Knight Squares

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

Knight Squares

This arcade puzzle game challenges you to navigate a knight across a 5x5 chessboard. Collect points while strategically avoiding illegal moves and invalid squares. Compete with friends and aim for the highest score.

Highlights
  • Knight movement challenges
  • 5x5 chessboard
  • Point collection
  • Avoid illegal moves
  • Game Center integration
  • Challenge friends
Features
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Knight Squares is an arcade chess puzzle game where you have to move your knight through a 5x5 chess board collecting points and avoiding illegal moves and invalid squares. - Addictive and challenging gameplay - Full Game Center integration - Challenge friends to beat your high score

Screenshots

Deep Green4 screens
Knight Squares3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Knight Squares at 4.5 against Deep Green's 3.9. Knight Squares also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). Deep Green's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Knight Squares sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Deep Green asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Knight Squares holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 129 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Deep Green's written reviews are positive against 58% of Knight Squares's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Deep Green ships an update every 4 months, Knight Squares every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Deep Green versus Knight Squares: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeep GreenKnight Squares
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (77 ratings)4.5 (129 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.0% of reviews — better58.3% of reviews
Number of ratings77129 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.49.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCocoa StuffOval Software Oy

Customer experience

Deep Green

All ratings76 ratings
Positive71.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative23.7%
Written reviews212 reviews
Positive66.0%
Neutral9.9%
Negative24.1%

Knight Squares

All ratings129 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral6.2%
Negative6.2%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative25.0%

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

Knight Squares

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Deep Green

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Knight Squares

One-time1
  • Remove ads$1.99

Questions

Is Deep Green free?
Deep Green is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Knight Squares free?
Knight Squares is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Deep Green or Knight Squares?
Knight Squares is rated higher. Deep Green averages 3.9 out of 5 from 77 ratings, while Knight Squares averages 4.5 from 129 ratings.
Do Deep Green or Knight Squares have ads?
Neither Deep Green nor Knight Squares shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Deep Green or Knight Squares?
Deep Green ships an update every 4 months, and Knight Squares every 3 months. Most recently, Deep Green was updated on October 27, 2026 and Knight Squares on October 20, 2026.

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