Checkers+ vs Checkers*
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkers+
Enjoy classic checkers with a friend or AI. Features beautiful boards, enforced rules, and subtle visual cues for legal moves. Choose from three AI difficulty levels, perfect for all ages.
- 1 or 2 player modes
- Enforced game rules
- 3 AI difficulty levels
- Multiple board themes
- Visual legal move indicators
- Pieces glide into position
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1 or 2 players, rules enforced, pieces glide into position, no ads. Play checkers with a friend or play against one of 3 robot players on your choice of beautiful wood, metal or glass checkerboards. Pieces and squares subtly glow to show you all legal moves and pieces slide into position when released. Set your opponent to Easy, and even the youngest players can win. Tap the Settings button to make one side or the other a human player (or both), or just set both sides to robot players and watch the battle unfold.
Checkers*
Engage in a classic strategy game where the objective is to capture or block all of your opponent's pieces. Enjoy a simple yet challenging experience designed for quick play.
- Capture opponent's pieces
- Block opponent's pieces
- Classic strategy gameplay
- Simple interface
- Quick play sessions
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Capture or block all of the opponent's pieces.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Checkers* at Free against Checkers+'s $0.99. Checkers* also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Checkers+'s advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). On rating, ads, 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
Checkers* is free to download; Checkers+ costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Checkers+ against 5.0 for Checkers*. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Checkers+ ships an update every 9 months, Checkers* every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Checkers+ | Checkers* |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fishdog.net | Alexander Berson |
Customer experience
Checkers+
Checkers*
In-app purchases
Checkers+
No in-app purchases
Checkers*
No in-app purchases
