Classic Nim vs Lichess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Classic Nim
Experience the classic strategy game of Nim. Challenge yourself or a friend by taking turns removing stones from piles. The goal is to avoid being the last player to take a stone.
- Configurable board
- One player mode
- Two player mode
- Leveled AI opponent
- Classic Nim gameplay
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The classic board game Nim. Players take turns removing stones from piles and try not to be the last one to remove a stone. Features a configurable board, one and two player modes, as well as a leveled AI.
Lichess
Play chess online with millions of users, participate in tournaments, solve puzzles, and analyze games. This free and open-source application offers a comprehensive chess experience for players of all levels, with features for learning and casual play.
- Real-time and correspondence chess
- Arena tournaments
- Chess puzzles
- Game analysis with Stockfish
- Interactive study feature
- Chess clock
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Lichess is a free/libre, open-source chess application powered by volunteers and donations. Today, Lichess users play more than five million games every day. Lichess is one of the most popular chess websites in the world while remaining 100% free. The following features are available right now: - play real time or correspondence chess - play arena tournaments - play against online bots - solve chess puzzles from a wide variety of themes, online or offline - race against the clock in Puzzle Storm - analyse your games with latest Stockfish locally or on the server - board editor - study chess with a collaborative and interactive study feature - learn board coordinates - play over the board with a friend - watch live chess broadcasts from all major chess tournaments - watch Lichess TV and online streamers - use a chess clock for your over the board games - many different board themes and piece sets - custom background themes - translated into 55 languages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Classic Nim at 4.7 against Lichess's 4.1. Classic Nim also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 53%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Lichess's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months) and chart position (#39 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Classic Nim holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lichess has 813 ratings behind it against 99, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Classic Nim's written reviews are positive against 53% of Lichess's.
Classic Nim ships an update every 9 months, Lichess fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Classic Nim | Lichess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (99 ratings) — better | 4.1 (813 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better | 53.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 99 | 813 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #39 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Drew Bratcher | LICHESS.ORG |
Customer experience
Classic Nim
Lichess
Bugs and requests
Classic Nim
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Lichess
Reported bugs
1 issue- Swipe-to-go-back gesture interferes with piece placement
Requested features
3 requests- Name of opening in opening explorer
- Ability to add and subtract additional things on the homepage
- Reset/replay button on puzzles
In-app purchases
Classic Nim
No in-app purchases
Lichess
No in-app purchases
