Helpmate Puzzles vs CHESS/RUPT
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/RUPT
This turn-based arcade survival game offers a unique twist on chess. Players move familiar pieces across a dynamic board that cracks and falls away, requiring strategic adaptation to survive. It features daily challenges, various game modes, and an optional upgrade for unlimited plays.
- Turn-based arcade survival gameplay
- Dynamic, changing game board
- Daily Challenge mode
- Crown Trials for streak scores
- Multiple game modes (Arcade, Puzzle, Battle)
- Optional unlimited plays upgrade
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Move a familiar chess piece. Capture another to change what you can do. Then find a way off a board that is breaking beneath you. CHESS/RUPT turns the moves you already know into fast, tactical runs. Move as the king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, and pawn; transform when you capture; and survive while tiles crack, collapse, and reshape the board. Start with a free Daily Challenge or Daily Puzzle. Everyone gets the same rules that day, so you can solve it your way, protect a streak, and compare scores on optional Game Center leaderboards. Want a longer run? Crown Trials, Puzzle Mode, Free Play, and battle modes turn familiar chess movement into new problems: * Survive a shrinking board and escalating enemy pressure * Plan captures through portals, frozen pieces, and changing movement * Claim territory, chase signals, outlast a snake, or be the last piece standing * Play short sessions offline, then submit optional Game Center scores Daily Challenge and Daily Puzzle are free. One optional, one-time Unlimited Plays purchase unlocks all non-daily modes. No ads, subscriptions, consumable currency, or random loot.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CHESS/RUPT at 100% against Helpmate Puzzles's 17%. CHESS/RUPT also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.3). Helpmate Puzzles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On ratings volume, ads 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
CHESS/RUPT is free to download; Helpmate Puzzles costs $0.99 up front. CHESS/RUPT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Helpmate Puzzles asks for nothing beyond the download.
CHESS/RUPT holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Helpmate Puzzles's written reviews are positive against 100% of CHESS/RUPT's.
Helpmate Puzzles ships an update every 7 months, CHESS/RUPT every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helpmate Puzzles | CHESS/RUPT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gano Technologies LLC | Ankur Gupta LLC |
Customer experience
Helpmate Puzzles
CHESS/RUPT
In-app purchases
Helpmate Puzzles
No in-app purchases
CHESS/RUPT
- Unlimited Plays$2.99
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