Chess ∙ vs NoFluff
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.
NoFluff
Enjoy a straightforward chess experience without any distractions. This game offers multiple difficulty levels and a two-player mode for local fun. It's a challenging opponent, even on its easiest setting.
- Ad-free experience
- No in-app purchases or fees
- Four difficulty levels
- Two-player mode
- Offline gameplay
- Challenging AI opponent
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All the fun of a simple chess game, without all that annoying fluff. That's right, no ads, no fees, not even leader boards or online games. Not now, not ever. Enjoy! In all seriousness, a weekend fun project - a chess solver, turned into an interactive chess game for the mobile. The app currently supports 4 difficulty levels and a 2 player option if you wanna have fun with friends. Be ware, the opponent is quite strong, even on the easiest mode - I did not manage to beat it even once. With that said, I am not a chess professional myself either, only a developer who likes challenges. Ohh, the timer only stops once you won - or more possibly, lost your current game. So don't even think about moving the app to the background. I hope you will like it and will make your day just a little bit better. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: NoFluff at none against Chess ∙'s shown. NoFluff also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and review sentiment (67% vs 56%). Chess ∙'s advantage is ratings volume (205K vs 16) and chart position (#68 vs unranked). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Chess ∙ against 4.6 for NoFluff. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess ∙ has 205K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Chess ∙'s written reviews are positive against 67% of NoFluff's.
| Parameter | Chess ∙ | NoFluff |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (205K ratings) | 4.6 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.5% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 205K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #68 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Optime Software LLC | Actegon Solutions KeS Kft. |
Customer experience
Chess ∙
NoFluff
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
NoFluff
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chess ∙
No in-app purchases
NoFluff
No in-app purchases
