Realistic Chinese Checkers vs The Public Variable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Realistic Chinese Checkers
Experience a classic board game with realistic crystal ball pieces. Choose between two engaging modes: Capture, featuring a strong AI for solo play or up to six players, or Free mode for a more casual, rule-free experience.
- Realistic crystal ball pieces
- Capture mode with AI
- Up to 6 player multiplayer
- Free mode for casual play
- Symmetric hexagonal board
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Realistic Chinese Checkers with unbelievable real crystal balls. There are 2 play modes: Capture and Free. Capture mode: You can play with Computer or up to 6 players. Computer player have very strong AI. Detail: All sixty game pieces start out in the hexagonal field in the center of the game board. The center position is left unoccupied, so pieces form a symmetric hexagonal pattern. Color is irrelevant in this variant, so players take turns hopping any game piece over any other eligible game piece(s) on the board. The hopped-over pieces are captured (retired from the game, as in American checkers) and collected in the capturing player's bin. The game ends when no further jumps are possible. The player with the most captured pieces is the winner. The board is tightly packed at the start of the game; as more pieces are captured, the board frees up, often allowing multiple captures to take place in a single move. Free mode: Just like a Chinese checkers board. No rule, no AI. You can play anyway you like.
The Public Variable
Experience a unique augmented reality theatre piece exploring perspective and communication. This evolving digital space will eventually host the full production, offering an immersive artistic experience accessible from anywhere.
- Augmented reality theatre
- Perspective exploration
- Immersive digital space
- Evolving content
- Accessible anywhere
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I'm building a feature length AR experience, scene by scene. A piece of theatre about perspective, and how we stopped hearing each other. And how we might fix it. And, through this platform, a piece of theatre you can experience wherever you are. This space will be updating and expanding until it eventually contains the entire piece, and more. Your support couldn't mean more than it would right now. publicvariabletheatre.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Public Variable at Free against Realistic Chinese Checkers's $6.00. The Public Variable also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Realistic Chinese Checkers's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 2). On device support and iOS requirement 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
The Public Variable is free to download; Realistic Chinese Checkers costs $6.00 up front. Realistic Chinese Checkers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Public Variable asks for nothing beyond the download.
The Public Variable holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Realistic Chinese Checkers has 28 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Realistic Chinese Checkers ships an update every 10 months, The Public Variable every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Realistic Chinese Checkers | The Public Variable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.00 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.9 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 1.4 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Oscar Tsang | John Sullivan |
Customer experience
Realistic Chinese Checkers
The Public Variable
In-app purchases
Realistic Chinese Checkers
- Remove advertisement$1.99
The Public Variable
No in-app purchases
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