Chess Time vs Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Time
Engage in online chess matches with friends or players worldwide. This app supports correspondence play with extended move times and offers features like in-game chat and customizable themes. Track your progress with an auto-calculated ELO rating.
- Online correspondence chess
- Play with friends
- Global player matchmaking
- In-game chat
- Customizable chess sets and themes
- Auto-calculated ELO rating
- PGN export
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Free online chess - Invite your friends or play against anyone in the world. Chess Time is a full featured online correspondence chess app allowing a player up to multiple days to make a move. Create and play multiple at length chess games. Chess Time features: A global audience of real chess players. Invite friends to play online games. In-game chat. -- Play chess against friends that have other mobile devices. Multiple Chess sets and themes. Play un-rated games to train without affecting your score. -- Auto-calculated ELO chess rating. Export completed games as PGN. Chess Time will send a notification for each move and a reminder for you to move. We recommend enabling notifications. ——————————— -- SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE --- PREMIUM Membership Subscription Options: - Monthly Premium Subscription - Yearly Premium Subscription Premium Membership features: * No Ads * 75 Simultaneous Active Games — Additional 25! * Compete with Premium Members * Exclusive Premium Leaderboard * Daily PGN Emails — Completed game PGNs are emailed daily! Perfect for players studying their games. — TERMS & DETAILS — Chess Time Premium features are only guaranteed on up-to-date iOS devices. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged the same amount for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a Free Trial, if offered, is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Prices may vary by location. Terms of Use: http://chesstimeapp.com/Terms-and-Conditions.php Privacy Policy: http://chesstimeapp.com/Privacy-Policy.php
Chess
Engage in classic chess with a feature-rich application. Play against AI across ten difficulty levels, challenge friends locally or online, and hone your skills with thousands of puzzles. Customize your experience with various board and piece styles.
- Play against AI or friends
- 10 difficulty levels
- Online and LAN multiplayer
- 38,000+ chess puzzles
- Customizable boards and pieces
- Load/save games (PGN)
- Thousands of classic games
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A well designed chess app with a lot of powerful features. Features: - Play as white or black, against the computer or a friend. - 10 difficulty levels, from novice to grandmaster. - Support online gameplay. - Support LAN game via bluetooth/Wi-Fi. - Include more than 38000 chess puzzles, divided into 13 collections. - Computer hint and unlimited undo for beginners. - Changeable chessboards and piece sets, 2D/3D piece styles. - Load and save games to PGN files. - Autosaving your current game. - Setup position, intelligent validity check. - Randomly go to any point in the current game. - Provide thousands of classic chess games to download, such as grandmaster games, world championship games. - More functions: handicap, view move list, automatic move playback, etc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chess Time at 4.7 against Chess's 3.1. Chess Time also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 49%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 21 months). Chess's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 15.6). On price, ads, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Chess Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess Time holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Time has 1.7K ratings behind it against 75, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Chess Time's written reviews are positive against 49% of Chess's.
Chess Time ships an update every 10 days, Chess every 21 months. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Chess Time | Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better | 3.1 (75 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews — better | 48.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 75 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 5.1.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Haptic Apps LLC | 况 郭 |
Customer experience
Chess Time
Chess
Bugs and requests
Chess Time
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game incorrectly declaring draws on checkmate
- Inability to castle or move pieces in certain situations
- Notification issues across different devices
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to invite friends to watch ongoing games
- Option to disable move analysis for rated games
- Faster move processing and real-time gameplay
- More diverse chess piece and board designs
- In-app purchase to remove ads permanently
Chess
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chess Time
- Chess Time Premium$1.991 Month
- Chess Time Premium - Annual$17.991 Year
- IOS Chess Time Pro$4.99
Chess
No in-app purchases
