Comparison

Checkers vs Catamots

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

Catamots

Features
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Catamots evoluciona i ara també és una app! Pots jugar des de l'ordinador amb la web (www.catamots.cat), o des de mòbil o tauleta amb l'app. Diferents opcions de joc: - Partides clàssiques (fins acabar les fitxes) o partides exprés (6 tirades per jugador, amb 35 segons per tirada). - Contra un, dos o tres contrincants, o contra la màquina. Característiques: - De franc i sense publicitat. - Es poden crear partides públiques (s'hi pot unir qualsevol) o per invitació. - Es pot fer una llista d'amics, per convidar més fàcilment. - Vocabulari actualitzat i ampli, basat en el Leximots, diccionari oficial de l'Scrabble en català. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/leximots/id1567864661 - Torns amb temps limitat (partides seguides). - Les estadístiques només comptabilitzaran les partides clàssiques (completes) contra persones. - El sistema no dona pistes de quina jugada fer, o si la paraula que es vol posar és vàlida o no. - Disseny simple i sense distraccions.

Screenshots

Checkers4 screens
Catamots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Catamots at none against Checkers's shown. Catamots also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checkers ships an update every 10 months, Catamots every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Checkers versus Catamots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckersCatamots
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (127 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews51.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings127 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerfishdog.netAssociacio Club Scrabble escolar

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

Catamots

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Checkers

No in-app purchases

None

Catamots

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Checkers free?
Checkers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Catamots free?
Catamots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Checkers or Catamots have ads?
Checkers shows ads; Catamots does not.
Which is updated more often, Checkers or Catamots?
Checkers ships an update every 10 months, and Catamots every 6 weeks. Most recently, Checkers was updated on October 13, 2026 and Catamots on October 1, 2026.

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