Comparison

SimpleChess vs Chess Board Master

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Online multiplayer chess
  • Customizable chessboards and pieces
  • Tactical training modules
  • Puzzle battles
  • ELO ranking tracking
  • Chess960 variant
Features
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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!

About

Chess Board Master

Features
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As you know, Chess is one of the oldest strategy games in the world. Chess is an excellent board logic game that develops such skills as tactics, strategy and visual memory. chess Board Master allows a player of any level to enjoy the game. Chess pieces: - The pawn moves to one field forward or two fields at the first move of this figure; beats diagonally to one field forward. - The king moves to one field in the vertical, horizontal or diagonal. - The queen moves to any distance vertically, horizontally or diagonally. - The rook moves to any distance vertically or horizontally. - The knight moves to the field two fields along the vertical and one horizontally or one field vertically and two horizontally. - The bishop moves to any distance diagonally. Features: - Chess Puzzles - Hints of moves - four different themes - Alternate mode - 2 player mode - Realistic graphics - Small size How to play: All you have to do is select a piece on the board. If you have multiple options, a dot will appear to help you choose. The objective is to eliminate your opponent's pieces by capturing them and eventually checkmate the king. The objective of the game is to checkmate the opponent: this occurs when the opponent's king is in check, and there is no legal way to remove it from the attack. It is never legal for a player to make a move that puts or leaves the player's own king in check.

Screenshots

SimpleChess4 screens
Chess Board Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Board Master at none against SimpleChess's 8. SimpleChess's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. SimpleChess sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Chess Board Master asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SimpleChess versus Chess Board Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleChessChess Board Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEurope EchecsSumita Hirpara

In-app purchases

8 purchases

SimpleChess

Subscriptions4
  • 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
One-time4
  • 1 month extend$0.99
  • 3 months extend$1.99
  • 6 month extend$3.99
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  • 1 year extend$5.99
None

Chess Board Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SimpleChess free?
SimpleChess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess Board Master free?
Chess Board Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SimpleChess or Chess Board Master have ads?
Chess Board Master shows ads; SimpleChess does not.

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