Comparison

Test Your Chess vs Play960

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

Head to head
About

Test Your Chess

Assess your chess skills with three established tests developed by chess masters. Track your progress, save your work, and compare your scores with others.

Highlights
  • Three comprehensive chess ability tests
  • Save and resume tests
  • Game Center integration
  • 3 hours of testing material
  • Tests for all skill levels
Features
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Ever wonder how good a chess player you really are? What your rating should/would be? Are you a chess master? Test Your Chess contains three established, definitive tests of chess ability developed by International Master Dr. Danny Kopec and Life Master Hal Terrie. These chess masters have been developing a system to test chess ability for decades and Test Your Chess contains a range of their tests for players of every ability. Test Your Chess Features Include: - Three comprehensive 45 minute tests that have stood the test of time - The Novice Test, The Intermediate Test, and the Bratko-Kopec Test (an advanced industry standard test for testing computer and human chess strength) - Save and resume a test if you get interrupted - Game Center integration for high scores and achievements - Brag to your friends about how great a player you are - 3 hours of testing material - The only comprehensive tests of chess ability in the world!

About

Play960

Generate random Chess960 positions for over-the-board play. You can view positions by number, reverse lookup using a piece keyboard, and customize the display. Easily copy FEN notation to other apps.

Highlights
  • Generate random Chess960 positions
  • View positions by number
  • Reverse lookup with piece keyboard
  • Customizable display options
  • Copy/paste FEN notation
  • Full-screen mode
Features
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This is a Chess960 (Freestyle Chess, a.k.a. Fischer Random) position generator for over-the-board (OTB) play. With this app you can: • Generate a random Chess960 position. • Show position as white, black, or FEN. • Find a Chess960 position by entering a number between 0 and 959. • Reverse Lookup: Use a piece keyboard to obtain the position number. Select each piece, or use the "1" or fast-forward button to randomize either the next square or remainder of the position. • Full Screen Mode: Show the position for both white and black in setup or board view. • Configure the display: Auto full-screen, square colors, figurines or letters, FEN castling symbols. • Copy/paste the position or FEN into another app.

Screenshots

Test Your Chess4 screens
Play9604 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Play960 at Free against Test Your Chess's $0.99. Play960 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months). Test Your Chess's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Play960 is free to download; Test Your Chess costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Play960 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Test Your Chess ships an update every 8 months, Play960 every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Test Your Chess versus Play960: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTest Your ChessPlay960
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOak Snow Consulting LLCClaude Banta

Customer experience

Test Your Chess

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

Play960

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Test Your Chess

No in-app purchases

None

Play960

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Test Your Chess free?
Test Your Chess costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Play960 free?
Play960 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Test Your Chess or Play960?
Play960 is rated higher. Test Your Chess averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Play960 averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Test Your Chess or Play960 have ads?
Neither Test Your Chess nor Play960 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Test Your Chess or Play960?
Test Your Chess ships an update every 8 months, and Play960 every 3 months. Most recently, Test Your Chess was updated on October 10, 2026 and Play960 on October 5, 2026.

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