Chess ∙ vs Easy Chess ™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess ∙
Experience a visually appealing and engaging chess game on your iPhone and iPod Touch. Play against friends or a customizable AI opponent with features like undo and automatic saving. Enjoy a free, ad-supported experience.
- 1 and 2 player gameplay
- Challenging computer opponent
- Great graphics and sound
- Configurable difficulty
- Undo function
- Automatic save
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Are you tired of playing chess games that look like they were designed for a Commodore 64 instead of an iPhone? We've got the antidote for you. Chess Free is the best chess game for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and it's free! Chess Free supports both 1 player and 2 player gameplay, so you can play against friends or test your skills against a challenging computer opponent. Chess Free offers a host of exciting features, including: * Great graphics and exciting sound effects * Configurable player names and score tracking * Outstanding AI engine with configurable difficulty level * Board rotation for two player games * Undo function * Automatic save when you get a phone call or exit the application Chess Free is supported by unobtrusive banner advertising. Chess Premium is the same great app without the ads.
Easy Chess ™
This app offers a simplified chess experience designed for newcomers to the game. Enjoy challenging yet winnable matches against the computer, with features to help you learn and play at your own pace.
- Undo moves
- Save and load games
- 4 difficulty levels
- Timer-based games
- Designed for beginners
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Easy Chess is a fun chess game for beginners! The difficulty has been set so that if you are new to chess, you will have great time winning the computers while still have fun and challenging games. Features: * Undo * Save/load unfinished game * 4 levels of difficulties * Timer based game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess ∙ at none against Easy Chess ™'s 1. Chess ∙ also leads on ratings volume (205K vs 497) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months). Easy Chess ™'s advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Easy Chess ™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess ∙ asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Chess ∙ against 4.5 for Easy Chess ™. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess ∙ has 205K ratings behind it against 497, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of Chess ∙'s written reviews are positive against 64% of Easy Chess ™'s.
Chess ∙ ships an update every 4 months, Easy Chess ™ every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess ∙ | Easy Chess ™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (205K ratings) | 4.5 (497 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 205K — better | 497 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #79 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Optime Software LLC | VM Mobile Team |
Customer experience
Chess ∙
Easy Chess ™
User reviews
Chess ∙
From 205K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fun to play everyday
- 👍 Good free game
- 👍 Nice little game
- 👍 Very good practice
- 👍 Addictive
Room to improve
- 🐛 AD crazy
- 🐛 Major glitches make the game impossible
- 🐛 Force draw
- 🐛 Issues, needs fixing but has potential
- 🐛 Disappearing Pieces
Easy Chess ™
From 497 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Nice graphics
- 👍 Comfortable interface
- 👍 Good AI
- 👍 Free to play
- 👍 User-friendly
Room to improve
- 🤔 Robot not very clever
- 🤔 Too hard for beginners
- 🤔 Easy mode still tough
- 🤔 Inconsistent difficulty
Bugs and requests
Chess ∙
Reported bugs
10 issues- Rook being able to move diagonally
- Stalemate glitch where it will preemptively call stalemate before it even happens
- Call stalemate when only the king can't move, and the other pieces can still move
- Pieces move too fast
- Doesn't allow en-passant moves by pawns
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- Refuses to allow legitimate win, claims draw instead
- Doesn't recognize stalemate
- Doesn't recognize checkmate
- Pieces disappearing
- Illegal moves by the AI
Requested features
6 requests- Undo from stalemate
- Highland opponents last move in green and my last move in blue
- Allow a third level of zoom to fill the screen
- Display a numeric value when difficulty slider is moved
- Ability to turn off safety where you can't move king to where it would get taken out
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- Ability to turn off draw by stalemate rule
Easy Chess ™
Reported bugs
1 issue- App keeps making user share with friends
Requested features
1 request- Ability to save games
In-app purchases
Chess ∙
No in-app purchases
Easy Chess ™
- Premium$3.99
