SimpleChess vs Chess Board app
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!
Chess Board app
A straightforward application for playing chess. It allows users to freely move pieces on a digital board, offering a simple and direct chess experience.
- Free chess board
- Free piece movement
- Simple interface
- Digital chess board
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This is the simple chess board app you can move the pieces freely.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Board app at none against SimpleChess's 8. Chess Board app also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). SimpleChess's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 12 months) and rating (4.0 vs 3.7). On price, 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
Both are free to download. SimpleChess sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Chess Board app asks for nothing beyond the download.
SimpleChess holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of SimpleChess's written reviews are positive against 38% of Chess Board app's.
SimpleChess ships an update every 8 days, Chess Board app every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleChess | Chess Board app |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews — better | 37.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Europe Echecs | Kazuya Maeda |
Customer experience
SimpleChess
Chess Board app
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
Chess Board app
No in-app purchases
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