SimpleChess vs Easy Chess ™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleChess
Engage in a straightforward and rapid chess experience. Compete globally, customize your board and pieces, and track your ELO ranking. Enhance your skills with tactical training and puzzle battles.
- Online multiplayer chess
- Customizable chessboards and pieces
- Tactical training modules
- Puzzle battles
- ELO ranking tracking
- Chess960 variant
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Play chess online - it's that simple! Simple, practical and fast, SimpleChess makes playing chess as easy as child's play! • It's free! • Compete against opponents from all over the world • Customize your chessboard, with 20 piece types and 40 chessboard designs • 10 different themes (5 dark, 5 light) • Choose your game rating: fast, blitz, bullet, or create the rating of your choice • Track your progress with your ELO ranking • Make progress with our tactical training modules • Challenge other players to a puzzle battle • Play Chess960, a variant of the chess game • Earn XP experience points with every game Become a member and enjoy additional features: • Analyze your games by computer • Find your friends easily • And enjoy full access to our training modules!
Easy Chess ™
This app offers a simplified chess experience designed for newcomers to the game. Enjoy challenging yet winnable matches against the computer, with features to help you learn and play at your own pace.
- Undo moves
- Save and load games
- 4 difficulty levels
- Timer-based games
- Designed for beginners
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Easy Chess is a fun chess game for beginners! The difficulty has been set so that if you are new to chess, you will have great time winning the computers while still have fun and challenging games. Features: * Undo * Save/load unfinished game * 4 levels of difficulties * Timer based game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Easy Chess ™ at 4.5 against SimpleChess's 4.0. Easy Chess ™ also leads on ratings volume (497 vs 8) and review sentiment (64% vs 53%). SimpleChess's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 13 months). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. SimpleChess sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Easy Chess ™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Easy Chess ™ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Easy Chess ™ has 497 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of SimpleChess's written reviews are positive against 64% of Easy Chess ™'s.
SimpleChess ships an update every 8 days, Easy Chess ™ every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleChess | Easy Chess ™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 4.5 (497 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews | 64.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 497 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Europe Echecs | VM Mobile Team |
Customer experience
SimpleChess
Easy Chess ™
Bugs and requests
SimpleChess
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Easy Chess ™
Reported bugs
1 issue- App keeps making user share with friends
Requested features
1 request- Ability to save games
In-app purchases
SimpleChess
- Essential Pack (Monthly plan)$2.991 Month
- Premium Pack (Monthly plan)$3.991 Month
- Essential Pack (Annual Plan)$24.991 Year
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- Premium Pack (Annual Plan)$34.991 Year
- 1 month extend$0.99
- 3 months extend$1.99
- 6 month extend$3.99
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- 1 year extend$5.99
Easy Chess ™
- Premium$3.99
Questions
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