Comparison

Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles vs Angle Explorer

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

Head to head
About

Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles

Challenge yourself with over 1200 interactive chess puzzles designed to help you achieve checkmate in two moves. Suitable for both beginners and experienced players, this app offers a fun way to improve your tactical skills with a variety of classical problems.

Highlights
  • Over 1200 interactive chess problems
  • Checkmate in 2 moves objective
  • Variety of classical puzzles
  • Timing clock for puzzle solving
  • Multiple chess piece sets and color schemes
  • Leaderboards and social sharing
Features
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The Ultimate mate in 2 moves chess puzzle app! Sharpen your chess skills with Mate in 2 Puzzles! Beginners and experienced players will enjoy solving these chess problems! This app has over 1200 interactive chess problems ranging from easy to harder puzzles that will challenge you and help improve your chess skills. The object is to finish each game by forcing a checkmate in 2 moves. The puzzles consist of a large number of classical puzzles collected from a variety of sources. These puzzles are fun to play and can be enjoyed at your leisure on your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Mate in 2 chess problems are especially useful for learning to play chess or anyone wanting to improve their skills. New features added in Version 2.0 include: ------------------------------ - Completely revamped chess engine that is much stronger - Timing clock is displayed while you are working on each puzzle. How long you take to solve a puzzle is stored. - New options: more chess piece sets (total of 7) and more colors schemes (total of 7) including wood and marble. (Improved the options menu as well) - Social Gaming: Leaderboards to compare the number of puzzles you have solved with your friends and other players. Facebook integration - including the ability to post your progress and ask your friends for help on a puzzle. - Universal app - works on iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad - high resolution graphics all around (where supported). For even more chess puzzle challenges check out these apps: - Mate in 1 Puzzles - Mate in 3 Puzzles - Mate in 4+ Puzzles

About

Angle Explorer

A puzzle game that tests your math skills. Solve geometric challenges by recalling school math lessons, sometimes requiring paper and pencil for complex calculations. Progress through increasing difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Mathematical challenges
  • Geometric puzzles
  • Difficulty progression
  • Recall school math
  • Paper and pencil calculations
Features
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This puzzle game features difficulty levels that are determined by mathematical challenges. Recall the math lessons you learned in school to find the answers. Sometimes, you may even need to use paper and pencil for calculations.

Screenshots

Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles4 screens
Angle Explorer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles at 91% against Angle Explorer's 0%. Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles also leads on monetization model (free vs paid). On price, 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

Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles costs $0.99 and Angle Explorer $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

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Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles versus Angle Explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMate in 2 Chess PuzzlesAngle Explorer
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.8 (70 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings70 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.012.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGano Technologies LLCI.D.P.

Customer experience

Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles

All ratings70 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews135 reviews
Positive91.1%
Neutral3.7%
Negative5.2%

Angle Explorer

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezes or goes haywire requiring restart
  • Occasional crashes during gameplay
  • App skips puzzles when navigating
  • Game Center prompts become annoying
  • Performance issues on older devices

Requested features

11 requests
  • Ability to freely move pieces and explore variations
  • Sandbox mode to test alternative moves
  • Play as black against white
  • Hint that only shows which piece to move, not destination
  • Landscape and portrait orientation support
Show 6 more
  • Puzzle tracking by number of moves
  • Mark puzzles solved with hints vs. solutions
  • More gradual difficulty progression
  • Page scroll feature for navigation
  • Disable Game Center prompts
  • Show why opponent made specific moves

Angle Explorer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles

No in-app purchases

None

Angle Explorer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles free?
Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Angle Explorer free?
Angle Explorer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles or Angle Explorer have ads?
Neither Mate in 2 Chess Puzzles nor Angle Explorer shows ads.

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