Esfera Chess vs Chness
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Esfera Chess
Experience chess on a unique 3D spherical board with 132 hexagonal and pentagonal cells. Enjoy familiar pieces with entirely new strategic possibilities due to the curved surface. Play against AI, a friend locally, or learn with an interactive tutorial.
- 132-cell geodesic sphere board
- Familiar chess pieces, new strategy
- Local AI and pass-and-play modes
- Interactive 10-step tutorial
- Animated piece movements
- Full iPad support
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Chess reimagined on a sphere. Two armies clash on a geodesic world of 132 hexagonal and pentagonal cells — familiar pieces, completely new strategy. Every piece you know from chess is here — kings, queens, rooks, bishops, knights, and pawns — but the curved surface changes everything. There are no edges, no corners, and no safe back rank. Attacks come from every direction. PLAY LOCALLY Challenge the built-in AI, or pass-and-play with a friend on the same device. Pick your color before every game. LEARN An interactive 10-step tutorial teaches every piece type hands-on. Tap a piece to see where it can move. An in-game rules reference is always available. FEATURES - 132-cell geodesic sphere with translucent surface - Pinch to zoom, swipe to rotate, two-finger twist - Animated piece movements with auto-rotating globe - Cinematic intro sequence - Sound effects for moves, captures, and check - Full iPad support - No ads. No pay-to-win. Just chess on a sphere.
Chness
Engage in unique chess experiences with a novel multiplayer chess variant and other board customizations. Play with any number of participants in these innovative chess games.
- Novel many-player chess generalization
- Circle chess variant
- Other board variants
- Play with any number of people
- Unique chess experiences
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Chness allows you to play chess variants with any number of people. It includes a novel many-player generalization of chess as well as circle chess and other board variants.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chness at 5.0 against Esfera Chess's 4.4. Chness also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Esfera Chess's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chness holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Esfera Chess has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Esfera Chess | Chness |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 92 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Squz | Emma Weaver |
Customer experience
Esfera Chess
Chness
In-app purchases
Esfera Chess
No in-app purchases
Chness
No in-app purchases
