Helpmate Puzzles vs Chess Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Helpmate Puzzles
Engage in a unique chess puzzle experience where both sides work together to checkmate the opponent. This game offers over 1300 challenging puzzles, ranging from simple one-move solutions to complex multi-move scenarios.
- Cooperative checkmate puzzles
- Over 1300 puzzles
- 1 to 4.5 mover puzzles
- Challenging gameplay
- Addicting puzzle variety
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Helpmate puzzles are a fun variation of regular chess puzzles! The twist is that both sides cooperate in order to checkmate black. The puzzles are challenging and addicting! This app is loaded with over 1300 puzzles from simple 1 movers all the way up to very challenging 4.5 movers in half move increments. 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
Chess Board
Play chess against another person on a digital board. Move pieces by selecting or dragging them. Features include undo, redo, and reversing the board.
- Two-player mode
- Piece selection and dragging
- Undo and redo moves
- Reverse board option
- Start from beginning
- Intuitive icon-based controls
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Your next move, across the table. Clear pixel pieces on a blue and cream board. Use one iPhone or iPad as a chess board and play face to face with family or friends. Tap or drag a piece to move it. Includes promotion, board flipping, coordinates and sound. Go back to an earlier position or move forward again to rethink each move together. Games save automatically on your device. Save, reopen, rename and delete up to 10 games for free, and continue after closing the app. A one-time Additional Features purchase removes ads and unlocks unlimited saved games, move records, comments on each move, and iCloud backup and restore. Existing purchasers receive ad removal at no extra charge. iCloud backups run automatically after changes, with an on/off switch. Offline changes are retried when the app can connect again. Restore is manual and keeps games already on your device. Free, with ads. Playing and saving on your device work offline. Ads, purchases, purchase restoration and iCloud backup need an internet connection. For iOS and iPadOS 15 or later. iPhone portrait and iPad portrait or landscape. Choose from 10 languages in Settings: Japanese, English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. Changing the language keeps your current game.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Chess Board at Free against Helpmate Puzzles's $0.99. Chess Board also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 17%). Helpmate Puzzles's advantage is rating (3.3 vs 2.0) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Chess Board is free to download; Helpmate Puzzles costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Helpmate Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Helpmate Puzzles has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 17% of Helpmate Puzzles's written reviews are positive against 50% of Chess Board's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Helpmate Puzzles ships an update every 7 months, Chess Board every 59 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helpmate Puzzles | Chess Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (7 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 59 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gano Technologies LLC | Yuki Honda |
Customer experience
Helpmate Puzzles
Chess Board
In-app purchases
Helpmate Puzzles
No in-app purchases
Chess Board
No in-app purchases
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