SimpleChess vs Chess Deluxe
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 Deluxe
Engage in classic chess matches against AI opponents across four difficulty levels, a local friend, or players worldwide. Beginners benefit from highlighted legal moves for each piece.
- Play against computer AI
- Local multiplayer mode
- Online multiplayer mode
- Four AI difficulty levels
- Highlight possible moves
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Play chess against the computer, a friend on the same device, or someone over the internet. When playing against the computer, you can choose between four different difficulties. This game uses the international rules. To help beginners, when a piece is selected the possible moves are highlighted.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Deluxe at none against SimpleChess's 8. SimpleChess's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 7 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 Deluxe asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for SimpleChess against 4.0 for Chess Deluxe. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of SimpleChess's written reviews are positive against 32% of Chess Deluxe's.
SimpleChess ships an update every 8 days, Chess Deluxe every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleChess | Chess Deluxe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 4.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews — better | 32.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 115 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Europe Echecs | MOBILEFUSION APPS LTD |
Customer experience
SimpleChess
Chess Deluxe
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 Deluxe
No in-app purchases
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