Comparison

Chess Problems Lite vs My Chess Puzzles

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

Head to head
About

Chess Problems Lite

Sharpen your chess skills with directmate puzzles. This app offers 10 interactive problems, from easy mate-in-one to challenging mate-in-four moves. It features a revamped chess engine, a timing clock, customizable piece sets and color schemes, and social leaderboards with Facebook integration.

Highlights
  • Directmate chess puzzles
  • Mate in 1 to 4+ moves
  • Revamped chess engine
  • Timing clock for puzzles
  • Customizable piece sets and color schemes
  • Leaderboards and Facebook integration
Features
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A lite version of the Ultimate mate in 1 to 4+ chess puzzle apps! Sharpen your chess skills! Beginners and experienced players will enjoy solving these chess problems! This app has 10 interactive chess problems ranging from easy mate in one move problems to very challenging mate in four moves. The object is to finish each game by forcing a checkmate in a given number of moves. In the full versions of this app there are a much larger 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. Chess problems are especially useful for learning to play chess or anyone wanting to improve their skills. New features added 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 2 Puzzles - Mate in 3 Puzzles - Mate in 4+ Puzzles

About

My Chess Puzzles

Enhance your chess skills with over 10,000 interactive puzzles focused on checkmating in a specific number of moves. Solve tactical problems, compete on leaderboards, and improve your game with verified solutions.

Highlights
  • Over 10,000 interactive chess puzzles
  • Mate in 2 to 10 moves
  • Forced checkmate challenges
  • Puzzles from real games
  • Automatic solution verification
  • Game Centre Leaderboard competition
Features
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My Chess Puzzles (Chess Tactics) includes over 10.000 interactive chess problems ranging from mate in 2 moves all the way to mate in 10 moves! The object is to finish each puzzle by forcing a checkmate in a given number of moves. The goal of all chess puzzles is to checkmate your virtual (AI) opponent no matter what moves they make (a forced mate), in the requested number of moves. All of the puzzles were hand picked and were either taken from actual games or are compositions inspired by actual games. All chess puzzles are automatically verified, so all solutions are guaranteed to be correct and complete. You can also compete with other players using Game Centre Leaderboard system. You get 10 points every puzzle you solve. But if you use retry or hint, you get less points. Plus, puzzles get harder in higher levels but you get more points.

Screenshots

Chess Problems Lite4 screens
My Chess Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Problems Lite at none against My Chess Puzzles's 3. Chess Problems Lite also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (83% vs 73%). My Chess Puzzles's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 7 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price 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. My Chess Puzzles sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Chess Problems Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

My Chess Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Chess Puzzles has 130 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Chess Problems Lite's written reviews are positive against 73% of My Chess Puzzles's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Problems Lite ships an update every 7 months, My Chess Puzzles every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Chess Problems Lite versus My Chess Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Problems LiteMy Chess Puzzles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (8 ratings)4.6 (130 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better73.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8130 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGano Technologies LLCGLOBILE BILISIM BILGISAYAR HIZMETLERI ILETISIM DANISMANLIK SANAYI TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI

Customer experience

Chess Problems Lite

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%

My Chess Puzzles

All ratings130 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral4.6%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive73.0%
Neutral8.1%
Negative18.9%

In-app purchases

None

Chess Problems Lite

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

My Chess Puzzles

One-time3
  • 10 Hints$0.99
  • 30 hints$1.99
  • 100 Hints$2.99

Questions

Is Chess Problems Lite free?
Chess Problems Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Chess Puzzles free?
My Chess Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chess Problems Lite or My Chess Puzzles?
My Chess Puzzles is rated higher. Chess Problems Lite averages 4.3 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while My Chess Puzzles averages 4.6 from 130 ratings.
Do Chess Problems Lite or My Chess Puzzles have ads?
My Chess Puzzles shows ads; Chess Problems Lite does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess Problems Lite or My Chess Puzzles?
Chess Problems Lite ships an update every 7 months, and My Chess Puzzles every 3 days. Most recently, Chess Problems Lite was updated on September 21, 2026 and My Chess Puzzles on September 29, 2026.

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