Checkers Gold vs Chess Classic Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
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.
| Parameter | Checkers Gold | Chess Classic Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (26 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 83 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fishdog.net | Linda Mottley |
Customer experience
Checkers Gold
Chess Classic Challenge
In-app purchases
Checkers Gold
No in-app purchases
Chess Classic Challenge
No in-app purchases
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