Crazy Bishop vs BlueChess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crazy Bishop
This chess application offers 100 adjustable playing levels with high-quality graphics. Challenge the computer to win medals, unlock new board styles, and track your progress with ELO rating evaluations. It supports human vs. computer and human vs. human modes on a single device.
- 100 adjustable playing levels
- Medal challenges for unlocking styles
- ELO rating for progress tracking
- Human vs. Computer and Human vs. Human modes
- Edit and analyze positions
- Save/Load game records
- PGN file support
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Crazy Bishop has 100 adjustable playing levels based on the strong engine with very high quality graphics - FOR FREE!! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crazy Bishop is an universal app which supports all of iPhone/iPad! Adjustable playing strength from 100 levels! You can choose the strength of the computer from 258 to 2300 in ELO rating. Level 1 is extremely weak, and Level 100 is extremely difficult to beat! Crazy Bishop has 100 different levels of play from beginner to expert! Challenge to win medals by defeating computer! You will be rewarded to enable changing the board style and pieces design by collecting medals. Other Features: - High resolution Retina Display support - Human vs Computer, Human vs Human(sharing a single device) - Computer gives your level evaluation by ELO rating in rating mode, very useful for tracking your progress - Let you know your turn by vibration - Enter and analyze any position you like in edit mode - Hint facility to improve your game - Review mode during a game - Save/Load game records - Supporting PGN file for both reading and writing - PGN files can be transferred from your computer over USB cable on the iTunes - Export game records via e-mail in text format or as a PGN file - Enable to view full game history in the game record and restart game from the selected move, which should be very practical for improving your chess - Autosaves your current game
BlueChess
Engage in strategic gameplay with powerful chess engines. Choose between the BlueChess engine or the highly-rated Stockfish engine for your matches.
- Play against BlueChess engine
- Play against Stockfish engine
- Strategic gameplay
- Free to play
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Play a game of chess against the BlueChess engine or the Stockfish engine.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BlueChess at 5.0 against Crazy Bishop's 4.2. BlueChess also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Crazy Bishop's advantage is review sentiment (86% vs 50%) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BlueChess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crazy Bishop has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Crazy Bishop's written reviews are positive against 50% of BlueChess's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Crazy Bishop ships an update every 6 months, BlueChess every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crazy Bishop | BlueChess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UNBALANCE Corporation | GreenChess.com |
Customer experience
Crazy Bishop
BlueChess
In-app purchases
Crazy Bishop
No in-app purchases
BlueChess
No in-app purchases
