Comparison

Checkers Gold vs Chess Classic Challenge

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Checkers Gold

Enjoy a classic checkers experience with no ads or tracking. Play against a friend or the AI on various gameboards, with intuitive controls and visual cues for legal moves. Pieces smoothly glide into place for an engaging game.

Highlights
  • 1 or 2 player modes
  • Rules enforced
  • Pieces glide into position
  • 11 included gameboards
  • Legal move indicators
  • No ads or tracking
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No ads, no tracking. Checkers game for 1 or 2 players, rules enforced, pieces glide into position. Play checkers with a friend or against your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch on any of 11 included gameboards. Pieces and squares subtly glow to show you all legal moves, and pieces slide into position when released.

About

Chess Classic Challenge

Engage in classic chess with multiple difficulty levels and game modes. Play against friends or hone your skills with stats and hints. Offers various visual themes for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • 12 play levels (Novice to Expert)
  • Casual and Pro modes
  • 2 player hot-seat mode
  • Chess Stats, Timers, and Hints
  • 5 Chess Boards and 6 Chess Piece Sets
  • Sound effects
Features
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Chess is popular and is often played in competitions called chess tournaments. It is enjoyed in many countries. -- 12 play levels (Novice->Expert) This uses intelligent weakening for lower levels. Good for beginners. -- Casual and Pro modes. Learn on Casual and progress to Pro. -- 2 player hot-seat. Play against your friends! -- Chess Stats, Timers and Hints -- 5 Chess Boards and 6 Chess Piece Sets - sound effects - small size Chess is a board game for two players. It is played on a square board, made of 64 smaller squares, with eight squares on each side. Each player starts with sixteen pieces: eight pawns, two knights, two bishops, two rooks, one queen and one king. The goal of the game is for each player to try and checkmate the king of the opponent. Checkmate is a threat ('check') to the opposing king which no move can stop. It ends the game. During the game the two opponents take turns to move one of their pieces to a different square of the board. One player ('White') has pieces of a light color; the other player ('Black') has pieces of a dark color. There are rules about how pieces move, and about taking the opponent's pieces off the board. The player with white pieces always makes the first move. Because of this, White has a small advantage, and wins more often than Black in tournament games.

Screenshots

Checkers Gold4 screens
Chess Classic Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Checkers Gold at 100% against Chess Classic Challenge's 0%. Checkers Gold also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Chess Classic Challenge's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Chess Classic Challenge is free to download; Checkers Gold costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Checkers Gold holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Checkers Gold has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Checkers Gold's written reviews are positive against 0% of Chess Classic Challenge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checkers Gold ships an update every 12 months, Chess Classic Challenge every 83 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Checkers Gold versus Chess Classic Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckers GoldChess Classic Challenge
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (26 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 12 months — betterEvery 83 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfishdog.netLinda Mottley

Customer experience

Checkers Gold

All ratings26 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative19.2%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chess Classic Challenge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

None

Checkers Gold

No in-app purchases

None

Chess Classic Challenge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Checkers Gold free?
Checkers Gold costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chess Classic Challenge free?
Chess Classic Challenge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Checkers Gold or Chess Classic Challenge?
Checkers Gold is rated higher. Checkers Gold averages 4.0 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Chess Classic Challenge averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Checkers Gold or Chess Classic Challenge have ads?
Chess Classic Challenge shows ads; Checkers Gold does not.
Which is updated more often, Checkers Gold or Chess Classic Challenge?
Checkers Gold ships an update every 12 months, and Chess Classic Challenge every 83 months. Most recently, Checkers Gold was updated on October 21, 2026 and Chess Classic Challenge on October 29, 2026.

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