Comparison

Tic Tac Toe vs Chess Tactics Trainer

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

Head to head
About

Tic Tac Toe

Enjoy a classic game of Tic Tac Toe with various difficulty levels and multiplayer options. Play locally or online, track your progress with statistics, and experience accessible gameplay with VoiceOver support.

Highlights
  • Two-player mode
  • Local and online multiplayer
  • Three AI difficulty levels
  • Game Center integration
  • Statistics tracking
  • VoiceOver support
Features
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The Tic Tac Toe game! Simple, quick, funny! - Two players - Local or online multiplayer - Three difficulty levels: * easy: the game plays (almost) randomly; * medium: the game knows some strategy; * hard: the game knows almost all best strategies (but you can win with some tricks, and sometime it makes mistakes). - Game center - Statistics This game supports VoiceOver for better accessibility.

About

Chess Tactics Trainer

Features
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Solve chess puzzles blindfold - no board, just the piece list. Chess Tactics Trainer lets you build the position in your head, calculate the winning line and tap in your move. Few exercises sharpen visualisation and calculation as much - and you get the same training on the board too. BLINDFOLD TRAINING - THE HEART OF THE APP No board, only the piece list: "White: Kg1, Re7, Bc3 ...". You picture the position, find the best move and enter it with compact keys: the piece (none for a pawn), then file and rank of the destination square - for example Re8. Castling has its own keys. Nothing gives the answer away, because you no longer pick from a list of legal moves - you announce your move just like in a real blindfold game. - 5,000 blindfold puzzles, difficulty rising gradually from 600 to 2500 Elo - Optional strict mode: a move that is impossible in the position counts as a wrong answer - Separate blindfold rating, so you can see how your visualisation improves - The input screen fits completely even on small iPhones - no scrolling, full focus on the position TRAIN WITH BOARD The position is in front of you. Drag a piece directly or select the origin and destination squares. From 200,000 puzzles the app draws positions rated within 50 points of your current rating - challenging, never overwhelming. CHECK AGAINST STOCKFISH If not everything was right in a session, you can replay the position and try your own line. Stockfish answers at full strength and shows the evaluation after every move - so you work out yourself why your move fails, instead of just being shown the solution. YOUR RATING After every session the app calculates your new rating using the FIDE Elo method: each puzzle counts as an opponent with its own rating, K factor 20, and your thinking time affects the result. You start at 1200 on the board and 600 blindfold. STATISTICS Every session becomes a visible stage: rating history, accuracy, average time, personal best and the next milestone. So you can see where you stand and what comes next. 8 LANGUAGES The app is available in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Ukrainian. Switch the language directly in the app at any time - independent of your device settings. NO DISTRACTIONS - No ads - No subscription - a single purchase - No account, no sign-in - Fully usable offline, on a plane or on the train - iPhone and iPad FREE TRIAL AND FULL VERSION 30 board puzzles and 10 blindfold puzzles are free. The full version permanently unlocks all 200,000 board puzzles and all 5,000 blindfold puzzles. Buy once, no subscription - restorable on every device using the same Apple Account.

Screenshots

Tic Tac Toe4 screens
Chess Tactics Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess Tactics Trainer at none against Tic Tac Toe's 1. Chess Tactics Trainer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). Tic Tac Toe's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. Tic Tac Toe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess Tactics Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tic Tac Toe ships an update every 4 months, Chess Tactics Trainer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tic Tac Toe versus Chess Tactics Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTic Tac ToeChess Tactics Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (797 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings797 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSonya MarcarelliElisabeth Zuyeva

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tic Tac Toe

One-time1
  • Upgrade$1.99
None

Chess Tactics Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tic Tac Toe free?
Tic Tac Toe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess Tactics Trainer free?
Chess Tactics Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tic Tac Toe or Chess Tactics Trainer have ads?
Tic Tac Toe shows ads; Chess Tactics Trainer does not.
Which is updated more often, Tic Tac Toe or Chess Tactics Trainer?
Tic Tac Toe ships an update every 4 months, and Chess Tactics Trainer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tic Tac Toe was updated on October 18, 2026 and Chess Tactics Trainer on October 8, 2026.

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