Comparison

Chess without ads vs Chess Classic Challenge

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

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About

Chess without ads

Learn and play chess without distractions. This app offers guided lessons for beginners and advanced analysis for experts, helping you improve your game with intelligent suggestions and post-game reviews. Play offline and enjoy a seamless, ad-free experience.

Highlights
  • Ad-free learning and play
  • Introductory lessons for beginners
  • Grandmaster move suggestions
  • Game analysis with good/bad moves
  • Supports USCF and FIDE rating scales
  • Strong mobile chess engine
  • Offline play
Features
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Beginner or advanced, become a chess master, without ever being disturbed by ads. Do you want to master the most prestigious, the classiest game ever, while having fun? It's EASY! For starters, there are no ads to distract you. There's no account to create, and you don't even need to be connected to the Internet. So, how does it work? If you are a beginner, let yourself be guided by the introductory lessons included. The lessons are SHORT and EASY. Right from the start, you begin playing by moving pieces, and you learn the rules of the game while having fun. The first 40 lessons are free. Once you know the rules, you start playing real games! The coach shows you the moves a Grandmaster would pick. Not just one move, but THE 4 BEST MOVES. Sounds too simple? But think about it... How did you learn to speak as a child? Did you take grammar and spelling lessons? Of course not. You listened to the adults talk and then you went for it! Because that's how you learn! This app allows you to do just that, AND IT WORKS! From the very first games, you start learning effortlessly. You immediately enjoy playing, and after a while you notice that the right moves come to mind naturally, as if they were obvious. Gradually, you deactivate the suggestions and play by yourself. At the end of each game, the coach shows you the good and bad moves you've made. You can better understand what happened, and you can even try out other moves to improve. If this sounds unbelievable, you should read the user reviews for our app. It has one of the highest satisfaction ratings on the App Store, in all countries. FOR BEGINNERS, THIS APP... • contains introductory chess lessons that are suitable even for children. The first 40 are free. • shows you all the possible moves of a piece when you touch it. • explains why certain moves are forbidden. • can suggest 4 to 6 excellent moves at any one time. The green button lets you show or hide these suggestions. • can tell you when you can mate your opponent, so you can look for the winning move by yourself. • can warn you when your opponent is about to play a dangerous move. • provides many trainer levels of increasing difficulty. • knows and applies perfectly all the official rules of chess. • is a very competent teacher of a very high level. • analyzes your games and shows you how to improve. FOR EXPERTS: • Both USCF and FIDE rating scales are supported. • This app has one of the strongest chess engines for mobile devices (3040 USCF Elo). • On current devices, as incredible as it sounds, it plays at the world champion level. • The chess engine displays its thinking, up to 20 moves ahead. • You can analyze a game by replaying it. The app indicates bad moves by coloring them red. The 4 best moves in each position are shown in green. • This app supports variations: you can test other moves and then return to your original game. OTHER FEATURES INCLUDE: • The coach can comment on the game as you play (optional). • When the game is over, the coach can analyze it and show you how to improve. • Several beautiful visual themes are included, which you can customize. • 4 playing styles are included, from «cautious» to «suicidal», which you can combine with all available levels. • Includes an opening book of more than one million moves. • Many customization options are available (graphics, sounds, engine output…). • ...and much more... privacy policy: http://www.chesstiger.com/iphone/About_privacy_en.html terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Chess Classic Challenge

Engage in classic chess with multiple difficulty levels and game modes. Play against friends or hone your skills with stats and hints. Offers various visual themes for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • 12 play levels (Novice to Expert)
  • Casual and Pro modes
  • 2 player hot-seat mode
  • Chess Stats, Timers, and Hints
  • 5 Chess Boards and 6 Chess Piece Sets
  • Sound effects
Features
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Chess is popular and is often played in competitions called chess tournaments. It is enjoyed in many countries. -- 12 play levels (Novice->Expert) This uses intelligent weakening for lower levels. Good for beginners. -- Casual and Pro modes. Learn on Casual and progress to Pro. -- 2 player hot-seat. Play against your friends! -- Chess Stats, Timers and Hints -- 5 Chess Boards and 6 Chess Piece Sets - sound effects - small size Chess is a board game for two players. It is played on a square board, made of 64 smaller squares, with eight squares on each side. Each player starts with sixteen pieces: eight pawns, two knights, two bishops, two rooks, one queen and one king. The goal of the game is for each player to try and checkmate the king of the opponent. Checkmate is a threat ('check') to the opposing king which no move can stop. It ends the game. During the game the two opponents take turns to move one of their pieces to a different square of the board. One player ('White') has pieces of a light color; the other player ('Black') has pieces of a dark color. There are rules about how pieces move, and about taking the opponent's pieces off the board. The player with white pieces always makes the first move. Because of this, White has a small advantage, and wins more often than Black in tournament games.

Screenshots

Chess without ads4 screens
Chess Classic Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chess without ads at 90% against Chess Classic Challenge's 0%. Chess without ads also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). Chess Classic Challenge's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Chess without ads sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 7 days. Chess Classic Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chess without ads holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess without ads has 38K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Chess without ads's written reviews are positive against 0% of Chess Classic Challenge's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess without ads ships an update fortnightly, Chess Classic Challenge every 83 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Chess without ads versus Chess Classic Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess without adsChess Classic Challenge
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (38K ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews90.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings38K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 83 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristophe ThéronLinda Mottley

Customer experience

Chess without ads

All ratings38,324 ratings
Positive94.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews481 reviews
Positive90.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative7.1%

Chess Classic Challenge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Chess without ads

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing on the login screen
  • Incompatibility with older devices
  • Inconsistent behavior when running out of free credits

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more chess variants (3-check, king of the hill, etc.)
  • Provide more detailed game analysis and feedback
  • Improve the en passant move functionality
  • Add online/multiplayer capabilities

Chess Classic Challenge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Chess without ads

Subscriptions3
  • PRO, 1 week$0.497 Days
  • PRO, 1 month$0.991 Month
  • PRO, 3 months$1.993 Months
One-time4
  • Learn chess$4.99
  • PRO, for life (SALE!)$9.99
  • PRO, for life (regular price)$12.99
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  • PRO FOR LIFE - TODAY ONLY$14.99
None

Chess Classic Challenge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess without ads free?
Chess without ads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess Classic Challenge free?
Chess Classic Challenge is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chess without ads or Chess Classic Challenge?
Chess without ads is rated higher. Chess without ads averages 4.7 out of 5 from 38K ratings, while Chess Classic Challenge averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Chess without ads or Chess Classic Challenge have ads?
Chess Classic Challenge shows ads; Chess without ads does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess without ads or Chess Classic Challenge?
Chess without ads ships an update fortnightly, and Chess Classic Challenge every 83 months. Most recently, Chess without ads was updated on September 27, 2026 and Chess Classic Challenge on September 5, 2026.

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