Comparison

SimpleChess vs FlowVision

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

FlowVision

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Trace the whole shape. Never lift your finger. Never draw the same line twice. That is the entire rule of Flow Vision — and it is the last thing about it that will feel simple. Each puzzle is a figure drawn in light: dots joined by lines, waiting to be completed in a single unbroken stroke. Find the one path that covers every line exactly once and the shape closes with a satisfying snap. Choose wrong and you will feel it three moves later — one line stranded on the far side of the drawing, no way back to it. Nothing is chasing you. No timer, no lives, no streak to protect. Flow Vision is built for the state it is named after: the quiet, complete focus of a problem that fits entirely inside your head. A CATALOG BUILT TO CLIMB Ten worlds are laid out ahead of you, Iron through Legend, each with its own colour and its own temperament. The climb opens with 50 hand-checked Iron puzzles — enough to learn to see the path before you commit to it — and the higher tiers unlock as the catalog grows. Every puzzle you close is recorded with three stars and carried across every device you own. NATIVE ON EVERY SCREEN YOU OWN One app, built properly for each platform: iPhone — one thumb, one stroke. iPad — trace with a fingertip or Apple Pencil. Mac — a real Mac app, with menu bar commands and Undo Stroke on Command-Z. Apple Vision Pro — puzzles suspended in your space, solved with a look and a pinch. Progress syncs through iCloud on its own. The puzzle you leave on the train is the puzzle waiting on your Mac. BEING STUCK IS OPTIONAL Every level ships with its solution. Watch it draw itself, stroke by stroke, and see exactly where your path went wrong. Solution credits are there if you want them — and every puzzle in the game stays fully solvable without spending anything. MADE THE WAY IT SHOULD BE No ads. Not one, not anywhere. No account, no sign-up, no tracking. Plays completely offline — on a plane, in a tunnel, at 3%. VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Reduce Motion supported throughout. Light and dark, following your system or your choice. Mute any single sound effect, or all of them. Siri and Shortcuts: "Play Flow Vision." Written in Swift with SwiftUI and SpriteKit. No third-party SDKs, no analytics, nothing phoning home. One line. Every line. Once.

Screenshots

SimpleChess4 screens
FlowVision4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SimpleChess at every 8 days against FlowVision's every 5 months. SimpleChess also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SimpleChess sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and FlowVision sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleChess ships an update every 8 days, FlowVision every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SimpleChess versus FlowVision: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleChessFlowVision
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews52.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEurope EchecsAhmed DALHI

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
3 purchases

FlowVision

One-time3
  • 1 Solution Credit$0.99
  • 5 Solution Credits$2.99
  • 10 Solution Credits$3.99

Questions

Is SimpleChess free?
SimpleChess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlowVision free?
FlowVision is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SimpleChess or FlowVision have ads?
Neither SimpleChess nor FlowVision shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpleChess or FlowVision?
SimpleChess ships an update every 8 days, and FlowVision every 5 months. Most recently, SimpleChess was updated on October 26, 2026 and FlowVision on October 25, 2026.

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