Helpmate Puzzles vs Mini Chess 5x4
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
Mini Chess 5x4
Experience a unique tactical challenge with a smaller board in this classic strategy game. It offers puzzles, achievements, and an endless mode with randomly generated positions. Play completely offline with no ads or data collection.
- 5x4 chess board variant
- Tactical complexity
- Multiple puzzles
- Achievements and unlockables
- Endless position generator
- Offline play
- No ads
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A mini version of the worlds most popular board game. It may look simple on first sight, but do not underestimate the new tactical complexity of a small board. I created multiple puzzles, achievements and unlockables. When you finish all puzzles you unlock and endless position generator, which allows you to play on forever in randomly generated positions. This app is free and has no ads. We also collect no personal data and the app works completely offline. Thanks for giving it a try! :-).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mini Chess 5x4 at 100% against Helpmate Puzzles's 17%. Mini Chess 5x4 also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.3). Helpmate Puzzles's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2). On ads, 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
Mini Chess 5x4 is free to download; Helpmate Puzzles costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mini Chess 5x4 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Helpmate Puzzles's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mini Chess 5x4's.
Helpmate Puzzles ships an update every 7 months, Mini Chess 5x4 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helpmate Puzzles | Mini Chess 5x4 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gano Technologies LLC | Rudolf Dr. Jagdhuber |
Customer experience
Helpmate Puzzles
Mini Chess 5x4
In-app purchases
Helpmate Puzzles
No in-app purchases
Mini Chess 5x4
No in-app purchases
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