Chess Premium vs Peggity
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Premium
Enjoy a classic chess experience without ads or internet. Play against a challenging AI with adjustable difficulty or a friend offline. Features stunning visuals, instant auto-saves, and undo support for uninterrupted gameplay.
- No ads or internet required
- Adjustable AI difficulty levels
- Offline two-player mode
- Stunning Retina display visuals
- Instant auto-save
- Undo support and score tracking
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Chess Premium — The Chess Game Your iPhone Deserves No ads. No internet required. Just chess, beautifully designed for your iPhone and iPad. Whether you're picking up chess for the first time or looking for a worthy opponent at 2am, Chess Premium delivers. Play against a sophisticated AI with adjustable difficulty — from patient teacher to ruthless opponent — or hand the phone to a friend for a classic two-player match. What makes it Premium: • Stunning visuals built for Retina displays — not ported from another era • AI engine that actually challenges you, with difficulty levels that grow with your game • Offline play, always available — no Wi-Fi, no account, no nonsense • Auto-saves instantly when you take a call or switch apps • Undo support, configurable player names, and full score tracking No subscriptions. No ads. Buy once, play forever. Download Chess Premium and play your first game in seconds. ———— Love classic games? Optime makes a full suite of board and card games — including Backgammon Pro, Checkers Premium, and Sudoku. Search ""Optime Software"" to see them all.
Peggity
A classic peg solitaire puzzle game offering hundreds of thousands of potential solutions. Enhance your experience with an optional in-app purchase to unlock a solver feature that guides you to a single remaining peg.
- Classic peg solitaire gameplay
- Hundreds of thousands of solutions
- Optional solver for guided play
- Single in-app purchase for solver
- Suitable for ages 4+
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Traditional peg jump solitaire puzzle game. Much fun! For an in-app purchase of just $0.99, you can enable the solver that will lead you to any of the 146,328 solutions of the puzzle which leave just one piece left! Download now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Peggity at Free against Chess Premium's $9.99. Peggity also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). Chess Premium's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ads 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
Peggity is free to download; Chess Premium costs $9.99 up front. Peggity sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess Premium asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess Premium holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Premium has 5.4K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Chess Premium's written reviews are positive against 75% of Peggity's.
Chess Premium ships an update every 3 months, Peggity every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Premium | Peggity |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (5.4K ratings) — better | 3.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.4K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #25 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Optime Software LLC | Phrenetic Apps, LLC |
Customer experience
Chess Premium
Peggity
Bugs and requests
Chess Premium
Reported bugs
5 issues- Incorrect checkmate detection
- Pawns moving in illegal ways
- Pieces randomly disappearing
- Slow performance after upgrade
- Ads still showing after purchase
Requested features
6 requests- Option to turn off stalemate
- Ability to save and load games
- Notation or move history display
- More board and piece theme options
- Tutorials or strategic tips
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- Ability to play against friends
Peggity
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chess Premium
No in-app purchases
Peggity
- Puzzle Solver$0.99
