Comparison

Chess Knight Go vs Simple chess board

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

Head to head
About

Chess Knight Go

Engage in strategic board game battles with a digital opponent or a friend. Choose from four difficulty levels to challenge your skills and enjoy immersive background music and sounds.

Highlights
  • Play against computer AI
  • Two-player mode
  • Four AI difficulty levels
  • Background music and sounds
  • Universal app support
Features
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Enjoy playing Chess every night of the week with Chess Knight Go! Play against the computer with 4 AI levels or 2 players against a friend. Chess is a board game played between two players. It is played on a chessboard, which is a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the beginning of the game each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, whereby the king is under immediate attack (in "check") and there is no way to remove or defend it from attack on the next move. Features: - Both one and two player modes. - Fun AI with 4 levels (easy, medium, hard and expert). - Great background music and sounds. - Universal version supports iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad devices. We hope you enjoy Chess Knight Go!

About

Simple chess board

This app provides a digital chessboard with unrestricted piece movement and a configurable chess clock. Save and load board positions, undo/redo moves, and even use checker pieces. It's ideal for analyzing games or setting up custom scenarios.

Highlights
  • Free piece movement
  • Undo/Redo functionality
  • Board rotation
  • Checker piece option
  • Save/load positions
  • Configurable chess clock
  • Tweet current position
Features
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A simple chess board and a chess clock without movement restrictions. Free movement as a real board. Current features are: • Move pieces freely, add or remove them. • Undo/Redo last movement. • Rotate board and/or pieces. • Use checkers game pieces. • Save/load positions for later use, or delete them when you don't need them anymore (swipe over them). Starting positions for chess and checkers are available. • Use a chess clock where you can configure initial time, move time increment, increment after a number of movement, hourglass time, ... • Set time independent for black and white if required. • Save/load time settings for later use. Already available some common times. • Tweet your current position.

Screenshots

Chess Knight Go4 screens
Simple chess board4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Simple chess board at 4.5 against Chess Knight Go's 3.9. Simple chess board also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 52%). Chess Knight Go's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Chess Knight Go sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple chess board sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple chess board holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 83 and 68 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Chess Knight Go's written reviews are positive against 88% of Simple chess board's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Knight Go ships an update every 2 months, Simple chess board every 10 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Chess Knight Go versus Simple chess board: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Knight GoSimple chess board
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (83 ratings)4.5 (68 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.7% of reviews88.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings83 — better68
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnsenaSoft, S.A. de C.V.Luis Lopez

Customer experience

Chess Knight Go

All ratings83 ratings
Positive69.9%
Neutral10.8%
Negative19.3%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive51.7%
Neutral18.4%
Negative29.9%

Simple chess board

All ratings68 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.8%

Bugs and requests

Chess Knight Go

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Simple chess board

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Keyboard not appearing to enter text/save
  • Cannot figure out how to save position
  • Pieces shift on their own
  • Kings and queens on wrong squares initially
  • Save position fails with 'You must insert text' error
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  • App froze mid-game
  • Write a review tab has trouble

Requested features

20 requests
  • Add scoresheet functionality
  • Export game for analysis
  • Move counter
  • Portrait view on iPad
  • Board expansion to fill screen
Show 15 more
  • Ability to turn board around
  • More board color options
  • Option to hide timers
  • PGN save and import facility
  • PGN export
  • Chess notation feature
  • Larger board size (optional timers)
  • Change chess set for better viewing
  • Fix 'write a review' tab issue
  • Delete saved games/setups easily
  • Better graphics
  • More realistic piece movement enforcement
  • Improve piece dragging and selection
  • Make piece representations larger
  • Add variations

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chess Knight Go

One-time1
  • Remove ad$0.99
1 purchases

Simple chess board

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99

Questions

Is Chess Knight Go free?
Chess Knight Go is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple chess board free?
Simple chess board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chess Knight Go or Simple chess board?
Simple chess board is rated higher. Chess Knight Go averages 3.9 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while Simple chess board averages 4.5 from 68 ratings.
Do Chess Knight Go or Simple chess board have ads?
Simple chess board shows ads; Chess Knight Go does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess Knight Go or Simple chess board?
Chess Knight Go ships an update every 2 months, and Simple chess board every 10 months. Most recently, Chess Knight Go was updated on November 6, 2026 and Simple chess board on November 6, 2026.

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