SimpleChess vs Chess Grandmaster 2017
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 Grandmaster 2017
This chess application features a powerful AI engine with adjustable difficulty levels tailored to different player ratings. Its minimalist interface is designed for optimal user experience on iOS devices.
- Powerful Artificial Intelligence
- Minimalist user interface
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Optimized for iOS 10
- Player rating recommendations
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Insanely powerful Artificial Intelligence Adopts the minimalist design for the user interface to maximize user experience Artificial intelligence created with the latest software, optimized for iOS 10 Difficulty 1 : Recommended for players with rating 1000 - 1400 Difficulty 2 :Recommended for players with rating 1400- 1600 Difficulty 3: Recommended for players above 1600
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Grandmaster 2017 at none against SimpleChess's 8. Chess Grandmaster 2017 also leads on rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). SimpleChess's advantage is review sentiment (53% vs 27%). 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 Grandmaster 2017 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess Grandmaster 2017 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of SimpleChess's written reviews are positive against 27% of Chess Grandmaster 2017's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | SimpleChess | Chess Grandmaster 2017 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 4.4 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews — better | 27.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | — |
| 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 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Europe Echecs | Chienfu Huang |
Customer experience
SimpleChess
Chess Grandmaster 2017
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 Grandmaster 2017
No in-app purchases
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