Comparison

Checkers vs RainCat

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

Head to head
About

Checkers

Engage in a classic strategy board game for two players. Move your pieces diagonally, capture opponents by jumping, and aim to crown your pieces for enhanced movement. The game concludes when a player loses all their pieces or cannot make a valid move.

Highlights
  • Two-player gameplay
  • Diagonal piece movement
  • Capturing opponent pieces
  • Piece crowning for advanced movement
  • Optional mandatory jump rule
  • Game ends on piece loss or no moves
Features
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Checkers is a game for 2 players. The players sit on opposite sides of the checkerboard, and position their 12 pieces on the 12 closest dark squares. One player has 12 pieces of one color, the other player has pieces of another color. The player with the darker pieces moves first. Play then alternates between the 2 players. A piece can move diagonally one square toward the opposite side of the board only. If the opponent’s piece is blocking, and the diagonal square beyond is free, a piece is allowed to jump over the opponent’s piece to the 2nd diagonal square and remove the opponent’s piece from the board. From the landing square of the jump, if an additional jump is possible, the player may continue with a 2nd jump. If a player is able to jump and capture an opponent’s piece, the rules require that the jump be made. However, in Settings in this app, this rule can be turned off. When a player’s piece arrives on the furthest forward row of squares (the opponent’s side of the board), the piece gets crowned and can then move or jump in any direction diagonally. The game ends when one player has lost all his pieces or is unable to move.

About

RainCat

Guide a cat through the rain, using an umbrella to protect it from the elements and collect food. Compete for high scores and enjoy a local multiplayer mode inspired by air hockey.

Highlights
  • Protect cat from rain
  • Collect food
  • Achieve high scores
  • Local multiplayer mode
  • Air hockey style gameplay
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RainCat is a simple and satisfying game where you need to protect your feline friend while it roams around to get food. Use your umbrella to protect the cat from the troublesome rain and gain your high score in the process! Protect the kitty, eat the food, up your level, get high scores! Local multiplayer! Play a frantic air hockey style game, but with cats and umbrellas! Learn to make this game! https://medium.com/hello-thirteen23/raincat-lesson-1-79a750ef319f#.c9cm6pllz Check out the source code for the game! https://github.com/thirteen23/RainCat

Screenshots

Checkers4 screens
RainCat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RainCat at 100% against Checkers's 52%. RainCat also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Checkers's advantage is ratings volume (130 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RainCat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Checkers has 130 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Checkers's written reviews are positive against 100% of RainCat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checkers ships an update every 10 months, RainCat every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Checkers versus RainCat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckersRainCat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (130 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings130 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 10 months — betterEvery 17 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfishdog.netthirteen23

Customer experience

Checkers

All ratings127 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral3.9%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews52 reviews
Positive51.9%
Neutral11.5%
Negative36.5%

RainCat

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Checkers

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Settings for jumping don't work
  • Game plays for the user
  • Picture sometimes switches to landscape
  • Buggy program with absurd moves
  • Program does not remember settings
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  • Board orientation issues
  • Shadows misplaced in graphics

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add another difficulty level
  • Improve AI
  • Allow loser of previous game to go first
  • Online multiplayer

RainCat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Checkers

No in-app purchases

None

RainCat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Checkers free?
Checkers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is RainCat free?
RainCat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Checkers or RainCat?
RainCat is rated higher. Checkers averages 4.7 out of 5 from 130 ratings, while RainCat averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Checkers or RainCat have ads?
Checkers shows ads; RainCat does not.
Which is updated more often, Checkers or RainCat?
Checkers ships an update every 10 months, and RainCat every 17 months. Most recently, Checkers was updated on October 22, 2026 and RainCat on October 13, 2026.

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