BricksShooter vs Starchess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BricksShooter
Experience a legendary classic game on your iPad. This evergreen puzzle game, with origins tracing back to Ancient Egypt, offers timeless entertainment.
- Legendary computer game
- Classic puzzle gameplay
- Evergreen entertainment
- iPad optimized
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BrickShooter — legendary game finally on iPad. An evergreen classic game invented in Ancient Egypt you'll enjoy.
Starchess
Experience chess with a unique twist on a three-dimensional board. Pieces gain new movement capabilities, allowing for strategic plays in up, down, and diagonal directions. Enjoy a fresh challenge to your chess skills.
- Three-dimensional chess board
- Traditional chess rules
- Expanded piece movement (up, down, diagonal)
- Unique strategic gameplay
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Starchess has all of the same rules as traditional chess but now on a three-dimensional board. Pieces can move up, down and diagonally.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Starchess at 100% against BricksShooter's 24%. Starchess also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 15 months). BricksShooter's advantage is ratings volume (77 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). 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.
Starchess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BricksShooter has 77 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of BricksShooter's written reviews are positive against 100% of Starchess's.
BricksShooter ships an update every 15 months, Starchess every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BricksShooter | Starchess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (77 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Denis Chashchin | Nathan Lane |
Customer experience
BricksShooter
Starchess
In-app purchases
BricksShooter
No in-app purchases
Starchess
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is BricksShooter free?
Is Starchess free?
Which has better reviews, BricksShooter or Starchess?
Do BricksShooter or Starchess have ads?
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