Comparison

Chess Tiger Pro vs NoFluff

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

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About

Chess Tiger Pro

Master chess with interactive lessons and Grandmaster-level move suggestions. Learn rules effortlessly, play real games, and analyze your performance with detailed feedback. Suitable for beginners and experts alike, this ad-free app helps you improve your game at your own pace.

Highlights
  • Ad-free learning experience
  • Introductory chess lessons for beginners
  • Grandmaster-level move suggestions
  • Game analysis with move feedback
  • Strong chess engine for experts
  • Supports PGN import and game saving
Features
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Beginner or advanced, become a chess master, without ever being disturbed by ads. Do you want to master the most prestigious, the classiest game ever, while having fun? It's EASY! For starters, there are no ads to distract you. There's no account to create, and you don't even need to be connected to the Internet. So, how does it work? If you are a beginner, let yourself be guided by the introductory lessons included. The lessons are SHORT and EASY. Right from the start, you begin playing by moving pieces, and you learn the rules of the game while having fun. The first 40 lessons are free. Once you know the rules, you start playing real games! The coach shows you the moves a Grandmaster would pick. Not just one move, but THE 4 BEST MOVES. Sounds too simple? But think about it... How did you learn to speak as a child? Did you take grammar and spelling lessons? Of course not. You listened to the adults talk and then you went for it! Because that's how you learn! This app allows you to do just that, AND IT WORKS! From the very first games, you start learning effortlessly. You immediately enjoy playing, and after a while you notice that the right moves come to mind naturally, as if they were obvious. Gradually, you deactivate the suggestions and play by yourself. At the end of each game, the coach shows you the good and bad moves you've made. You can better understand what happened, and you can even try out other moves to improve. If this sounds unbelievable, you should read the user reviews for our app. It has one of the highest satisfaction ratings on the App Store, in all countries. FOR BEGINNERS, THIS APP... • contains introductory chess lessons that are suitable even for children. The first 40 are free. • shows you all the possible moves of a piece when you touch it. • explains why certain moves are forbidden. • can suggest 4 to 6 excellent moves at any one time. The green button lets you show or hide these suggestions. • can tell you when you can mate your opponent, so you can look for the winning move by yourself. • can warn you when your opponent is about to play a dangerous move. • provides 50 trainer levels of increasing difficulty. • analyzes your games and shows you how to improve. FOR EXPERTS: • Both USCF and FIDE rating scales are supported. • Chess Tiger Pro has one of the strongest chess engines for mobile devices (3040 USCF Elo). • On current devices, as incredible as it sounds, it plays at the world champion level. • You can set up any position. • You can save your games and replay them later. • You can exchange games with your friends very easily by email. • You can import game collections in PGN format. • The chess engine displays its thinking, up to 20 moves ahead. • You can analyze a game by replaying it. Chess Tiger Pro indicates bad moves by coloring them red. The 4 best moves in each position are shown in green. • Chess Tiger Pro supports variations: you can test other moves and then return to your original game. OTHER FEATURES INCLUDE: • The coach can comment on the game as you play (optional). • When the game is over, the coach can analyze it and show you how to improve. • 19 beautiful visual themes are included, which you can customize. • 10 styles of chess pieces are available. • You can choose from 20 chessboard styles (marble, blue marble, wood, metal, stone, …). • A collection of over 10,000 famous games by the greatest players of all time is included. For example, the entire career of Magnus Carlsen, since 2001, is available. • 4 playing styles are included, from «cautious» to «suicidal», which you can combine with all available levels. • Includes an opening book of more than one million moves. • Many customization options are available (graphics, sounds, engine output…). • ...and much more... privacy policy: http://www.chesstiger.com/iphone/About_privacy_en.html terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

NoFluff

Enjoy a straightforward chess experience without any distractions. This game offers multiple difficulty levels and a two-player mode for local fun. It's a challenging opponent, even on its easiest setting.

Highlights
  • Ad-free experience
  • No in-app purchases or fees
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Two-player mode
  • Offline gameplay
  • Challenging AI opponent
Features
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All the fun of a simple chess game, without all that annoying fluff. That's right, no ads, no fees, not even leader boards or online games. Not now, not ever. Enjoy! In all seriousness, a weekend fun project - a chess solver, turned into an interactive chess game for the mobile. The app currently supports 4 difficulty levels and a 2 player option if you wanna have fun with friends. Be ware, the opponent is quite strong, even on the easiest mode - I did not manage to beat it even once. With that said, I am not a chess professional myself either, only a developer who likes challenges. Ohh, the timer only stops once you won - or more possibly, lost your current game. So don't even think about moving the app to the background. I hope you will like it and will make your day just a little bit better. Enjoy!

Screenshots

Chess Tiger Pro4 screens
NoFluff4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NoFluff at Free against Chess Tiger Pro's $9.99. NoFluff also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Chess Tiger Pro's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 67%) and ratings volume (24K vs 16). On ads 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

NoFluff is free to download; Chess Tiger Pro costs $9.99 up front. Chess Tiger Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NoFluff asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chess Tiger Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Tiger Pro has 24K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Chess Tiger Pro's written reviews are positive against 67% of NoFluff's.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Chess Tiger Pro versus NoFluff: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Tiger ProNoFluff
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (24K ratings) — better4.6 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews94.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings24K — better16
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#103 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristophe ThéronActegon Solutions KeS Kft.

Customer experience

Chess Tiger Pro

All ratings23,597 ratings
Positive97.5%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews831 reviews
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.2%

NoFluff

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Chess Tiger Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inconsistencies in the 'Analyze My Game' feature
  • Occasional crashes or freezes, especially on older devices
  • Issues with the app not remembering purchased upgrades

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to export games in PGN format
  • Improve the 'Analyze My Game' feature to provide more detailed explanations
  • Incorporate more openings and endgame training
  • Allow customizing the computer's playing style beyond just difficulty level

NoFluff

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chess Tiger Pro

One-time1
  • Learn chess$4.99
None

NoFluff

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Tiger Pro free?
Chess Tiger Pro costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is NoFluff free?
NoFluff is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chess Tiger Pro or NoFluff?
Chess Tiger Pro is rated higher. Chess Tiger Pro averages 4.9 out of 5 from 24K ratings, while NoFluff averages 4.6 from 16 ratings.
Do Chess Tiger Pro or NoFluff have ads?
Neither Chess Tiger Pro nor NoFluff shows ads.

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