Comparison

Chess Score Pad vs Super Bomber

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

Head to head
About

Chess Score Pad

This app provides a modern, distraction-free electronic scoresheet for over-the-board chess tournament play. Record moves effortlessly, review positions, and export games in PGN or PDF formats for post-game analysis. Designed by a tournament player, it streamlines the scoring process so you can focus on the game.

Highlights
  • Effortless move recording (tap or drag)
  • Automatic game saving
  • Easy move correction
  • Step-through and slider game review
  • PGN export for analysis
  • PDF scoresheet export with diagram
  • Optional legal-move and time tracking
Features
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Chess Score Pad A modern electronic scoresheet designed for over-the-board tournament play. Record moves effortlessly and export PGN for post-game analysis. Chess Score Pad replaces paper scoresheets with a clean, distraction-free way to record your games move by move — so you can focus on playing, not writing. Designed by a tournament player with hundreds of USCF-rated games, Chess Score Pad is built for over-the-board chess and post-game review. Record games naturally • Enter moves by tapping or dragging pieces • No coordinates to write, no notation to translate • All moves are saved automatically — no “Save” button required • Easy move correction if a mistake happens Review positions and games • Step through moves one at a time • Scrub through the game with a live position slider • On iPad, view the board and notation side by side • Quickly return to critical positions after the game Export and share • Export games as PGN for analysis in your chess database • Share via AirDrop, Mail, Messages, Files, Notes, Clipboard, and compatible chess apps • Export a professional PDF scoresheet with a position diagram Built for tournament play • Start recording immediately — game details are optional • “Next Game of Event” copies event info and increments the round • Automatically place your pieces at the bottom of the board • Optional legal-move and position checking • Optional move-time tracking Flexible notation • Long or short algebraic notation • Figurine or standard notation Important note Chess Score Pad is an electronic scoresheet and does not provide analysis or engine assistance. Chess Score Pad is not currently certified for tournament use. It may be permitted at the discretion of the tournament director. More screenshots and documentation are available at the Support URL.

About

Super Bomber

An action strategy game where you guide a hero through challenging levels, collecting items and defeating monsters within a time limit. Features include beautiful graphics, varied gameplay, and the ability to create and share custom maps.

Highlights
  • Exciting action strategy gameplay
  • Beautiful graphics and attractive play
  • Variety of helpful game items
  • Five levels of unique monsters
  • Map editor for custom and random maps
  • Share maps via social networks or email
Features
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Super Bomber - An extremely exciting action strategy game for your smartphone. - Beautiful graphics, attractive game play, you will control the hero to get through many game levels from easy to difficult. - Variety of game items will help you get through game level. - Five levels of monster with different skills will prevent you from complete a level. - The time for each map is 90 seconds. You need to eliminate all the monsters in game and find the exit door to escape. - Twenty four predefined maps and many downloadable maps. - Challenge your self with self-designed map and random map. - Share with friend via social network or email.

Screenshots

Chess Score Pad3 screens
Super Bomber4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Super Bomber at Free against Chess Score Pad's $9.99. Super Bomber also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 18.6). Chess Score Pad's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (179 vs 2). On review sentiment, ads 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

Super Bomber is free to download; Chess Score Pad costs $9.99 up front. Super Bomber sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Chess Score Pad asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Super Bomber holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Score Pad has 179 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Chess Score Pad's written reviews are positive against 67% of Super Bomber's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Chess Score Pad versus Super Bomber: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Score PadSuper Bomber
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (179 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.9% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings179 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.65.1.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB85 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperCalcFxC, LLCLuong Hoang

Customer experience

Chess Score Pad

All ratings178 ratings
Positive91.0%
Neutral5.1%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive64.9%
Neutral13.5%
Negative21.6%

Super Bomber

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Chess Score Pad

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Board not accessible to voiceover users
  • Contact option on website is broken
  • Screen controls are flaky, requiring repeated attempts
  • Cost me a tournament game due to flaky controls
  • Cannot use 'Save to Files' in iPad if the result is draw (1/2)
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  • Shows own pieces checking own King
  • Does not show when checking opponent's King
  • App is 32bit and may not work in the future

Requested features

16 requests
  • Make board accessible to voiceover users or allow notation entry
  • Ability to enter ??, !!, !? and ?! notations
  • Cloud support (iCloud/Dropbox)
  • Option to load a game
  • Built-in player list
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  • Export multiple games at once
  • Different board colors or lighter dark green squares
  • Ability to save games in .pgn format automatically
  • Get app approved for USCF tournaments
  • iCloud capabilities for syncing games
  • Enhanced time controls for correspondence matches
  • Feature to make notes and annotate games
  • Review or journal mode for inputting variations and annotations
  • Standard algebraic notation
  • More tags for app store search (e.g., PGN)
  • Move notations with time

Super Bomber

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Chess Score Pad

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Super Bomber

One-time4
  • Nuclear Bomb Pack$0.99
  • Freeze Bomb Pack$0.99
  • Thunderbolt Bomb Pack$0.99
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  • Super Bomber Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Chess Score Pad free?
Chess Score Pad costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Super Bomber free?
Super Bomber is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chess Score Pad or Super Bomber?
Super Bomber is rated higher. Chess Score Pad averages 4.6 out of 5 from 179 ratings, while Super Bomber averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Chess Score Pad or Super Bomber have ads?
Neither Chess Score Pad nor Super Bomber shows ads.

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