Chess Online vs BlueChess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Online
Engage in online chess matches with friends and challenge players worldwide. Improve your skills in offline practice modes to climb the ranks and surprise opponents. The app features a streamlined interface for an uninterrupted chess experience.
- Online multiplayer chess
- Offline practice mode
- Level progression
- Simple user interface
- Play with friends
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Play with your friends on online chess game; Practise and upgrade your levels for Offline mode. Practice more and supprise your friends later on Online Ches! All UI are very simple, so you can focus on Chess itself. Hope you like it and enjoy it every day!
BlueChess
Engage in strategic gameplay with powerful chess engines. Choose between the BlueChess engine or the highly-rated Stockfish engine for your matches.
- Play against BlueChess engine
- Play against Stockfish engine
- Strategic gameplay
- Free to play
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Play a game of chess against the BlueChess engine or the Stockfish engine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BlueChess at 5.0 against Chess Online's 3.7. BlueChess also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with ads). Chess Online's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 2) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
BlueChess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Online has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Chess Online's written reviews are positive against 50% of BlueChess's.
Chess Online ships an update every 6 months, BlueChess every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Online | BlueChess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with ads | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CronlyGames Inc. | GreenChess.com |
Customer experience
Chess Online
BlueChess
In-app purchases
Chess Online
No in-app purchases
BlueChess
No in-app purchases
Questions
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