Comparison

BB Checkers vs Army Chess King

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

Head to head
About

BB Checkers

This app brings the classic board game to your mobile device, offering a fun and engaging experience for all ages. Enjoy strategic gameplay with intuitive controls, challenging AI, and global competition.

Highlights
  • Classic board game gameplay
  • Intuitive controls
  • Single player modes
  • Beginner tutorial
  • Smart AI opponent
  • Global leaderboards
Features
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家傳戶曉的傳統波子棋同時登陸iPhone, iPad! 適合小朋友玩樂,成人回憶,老友記消遣,一家大細分享。 作者誠意設計簡易操作,仿如真實在棋盤上玩樂。 易學易用,益智好玩,一再回味。 港台式玩法,可隔空跳,電腦對手不會停在你的棋子區域。 A super board game that can be played individually or with partners. The game is a modern and simplified variation of Halma. The aim of the game is simply to enter all one's pieces into the star corner on the opposite side of the board, before opponents do the same. Fast-paced moving allows pieces to catapult over multiple empty positions when hopping. It is so much fun to control a piece to hop over a non-adjacent piece. Features: ★ Fluid and fast pieces navigation ★ Three addictive single player mode ★ Beginner tutorial mode ★ Smart AI ★ Compete your ranks with million of players worldwide in game center

About

Army Chess King

This two-player board game simulates army wars with unique mechanics like changeable piece layouts and position-dependent movement rules. It offers various game modes, including "Hidden Rank" and "Visible Rank," with tools for saving layouts and tracking scores. Engage in strategic battles with customizable options and share your progress.

Highlights
  • Human-CPU game mode
  • Hidden and Visible Rank game types
  • Game playback and demo
  • Undo move functionality
  • Customizable layouts and handicaps
  • Score tracking and leaderboards
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Only 10% of the players can win "Army Chess King"! =============================== In-App-Demo helps you to know how to play! Introduction: Army Chess is a two-player board game that simulates army wars. It is a traditional and popular game, and thousands of millions of people are playing this game every day. Army Chess differs from the international chess game, on the following four aspects. 1. Layout of chess piece is changeable, rather than fixed. 2. Moving rules depend on positions, rather than on chess pieces themselves. 3. Attacking results depend on ranks, rather than on who starts the attack. 4. Game type can be "Hidden Rank" or “Visible Rank”, rather than the latter only. Because of these differences, Army Chess requires more strategies and can become more interesting. Main Features: (Game mode) Human-CPU game (Game types) Visible Rank Hidden Rank (Game) Playback Demo(CPU-CPU) Undo Live(WeChat) (Options) Move Firstly(Me, CPU) Handicap Number(Visible type:0-10, Hidden type:0-25) Layout(Manual,Random) Draw Conditions(Moves, Repetition) (Tools) Tool (Import and Save for layout and game) Scores (Current game, History game) Leaderboards Points in $ and Assistant Points in ¥ (Others) Social network service(WeChat, QQ, Weibo, Facebook, Twitter, EMail) Multi-languages for chess pieces(Chinese,English,Japanese, Weapon images, Rank badges) User Feedback Some Rules: Each side has 25 chess pieces of 12 different ranks (1-9, A, B, and C). Rank 1 is the highest and can defeat all other lower-rank chess pieces, and so on. Chess Piece of A is Army Flag. Losing this chess piece loses the game. Chess Piece of B is Bomb. It can remove all kinds of chess pieces including itself. Chess Piece of C is Castle. None chess piece can defeat it except the chess piece of Engineer (Rank 9) or Bomb. Only the chess piece of Engineer can fly. =============================== Chinese Description =============================== ◉《军棋小霸王》是有史以来最强的军棋游戏,只有10%的玩家赢过! ◉如果你选择了明棋,你当然输得明明白白;如果选择了暗棋,也不会让你输得不明不白! ◉不要犹豫,请赶快下载! 军棋小霸王,陪你玩军棋。 主要功能: 人机对战 明棋,暗棋 (游戏) 实况转播(微信) 回放 演示(计算机对战) 悔棋 (选项) 先手(自己,计算机) 让子(明棋0-10个,暗棋0-25个) 布阵(手动,随机) 更改和棋条件(闲棋步数,重复次数) (工具) 工具(布阵存取,游戏存取) 成绩(当前游戏,历史游戏,游戏中心) 排行榜(总胜数,总战数,连胜数,总得分,平均得分,最高得分,辅助积分) 计分(美元$和辅助积分¥) (其它) 分享圈(微信, QQ, 新浪微博,腾讯微博,推特,脸谱,邮件) 分享项目(单项成绩,全部成绩,截屏,实况,游戏) 多语言(中文,英语,日语,繁体,武器配图,等级徽章) 用户反馈 =============================== 不知道如何玩军棋吗?请先看一遍“演示游戏”

Screenshots

BB Checkers1 screens
Army Chess King3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BB Checkers at 4.5 against Army Chess King's 3.5. BB Checkers also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 48%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BB Checkers holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BB Checkers has 405 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of BB Checkers's written reviews are positive against 48% of Army Chess King's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BB Checkers ships an update every 10 days, Army Chess King monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
BB Checkers versus Army Chess King: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBB CheckersArmy Chess King
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (405 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better48.0% of reviews
Number of ratings405 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS4.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShun Wan TangShen Zhongyuan

Customer experience

BB Checkers

All ratings406 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews120 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.2%
Negative12.5%

Army Chess King

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive48.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative48.0%

Bugs and requests

BB Checkers

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • When will this app be updated for iOS 11?
  • The game is cheating
  • Illegal moves spotted!
  • Computer CHEATS
  • This game cheats itself and let's you cheat. Seems to use different rules
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  • The computer cheats
  • Non standard rule
  • Other players cheat!
  • It freezes and sends you home

Requested features

6 requests
  • When will this app be updated for iOS 11?
  • Rules please
  • It'd be better if it has a free play mode
  • need an option to turn off the stars that give you all the possible positions you can move
  • settings so sound could be switched off
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  • helpfile outlining rules for moving

Army Chess King

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

BB Checkers

No in-app purchases

None

Army Chess King

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BB Checkers free?
BB Checkers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Army Chess King free?
Army Chess King is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BB Checkers or Army Chess King?
BB Checkers is rated higher. BB Checkers averages 4.5 out of 5 from 405 ratings, while Army Chess King averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do BB Checkers or Army Chess King have ads?
Army Chess King shows ads; BB Checkers does not.
Which is updated more often, BB Checkers or Army Chess King?
BB Checkers ships an update every 10 days, and Army Chess King monthly. Most recently, BB Checkers was updated on October 22, 2026 and Army Chess King on October 21, 2026.

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