Helpmate Puzzles vs Knightmare
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
Knightmare
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One knight. A very long night. Knightmare is a turn-based chess survival game. You are a lone knight on a chessboard. Enemy pieces are added over time as you battle them for your survival one move after the other. No king to protect. No checkmate to chase. How long can you survive?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Knightmare at Free against Helpmate Puzzles's $0.99. Knightmare also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 7 months). Helpmate Puzzles's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On ads and in-app purchases 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
Knightmare 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 ships an update every 7 months, Knightmare every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Helpmate Puzzles | Knightmare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gano Technologies LLC | Faraz Patankar |
In-app purchases
Helpmate Puzzles
No in-app purchases
Knightmare
No in-app purchases
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