Comparison

Chess without ads vs TenTacToe

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

TenTacToe

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Ten takes a classic game and turns it into a deep, multi-layered strategy experience. Played on a massive 3x3 grid where every square contains another smaller 3x3 board, the goal is simple: get three in a row on a small board to claim the giant square. Claim three giant squares in a row to win the game. But there is a catch. You don't get to choose which small board you play on. The move you make dictates exactly where your opponent must play next. If you place your piece in the top-right corner of a small board, your opponent is forced to make their next move somewhere in the top-right giant board. Every single move is both an attack on a local board and a forced trap for your opponent on the global board. FEATURES Seamless iMessage Multiplayer: Built exclusively as an iMessage app. No separate accounts or sign-ups required—just tap the app drawer in your chat and send a move to a friend. Planning Mode (Sandbox): Need to think five moves ahead? Open the Sandbox to safely test out future moves, predict your opponent's responses, and game out complex strategies without altering the real game. Smart Hints: Turn on Hints to calculate the mathematical win probability of every possible move, generating a color-coded heatmap of the best (and worst) choices on the board. Pass & Play: Hanging out in person? Enable Pass & Play to play locally on a single device. Wildcards: If your opponent forces you to a board that is already won or completely full, you earn a Wildcard and can place your next piece anywhere on the entire grid. Do you have the foresight to trap your opponent, sacrifice a small board to win the big one, and claim victory?

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TenTacToe at none against Chess without ads's 7. Chess without ads's advantage is device support and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price 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. TenTacToe asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chess without ads versus TenTacToe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess without adsTenTacToe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (39K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings39K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristophe ThéronNathan Coleman

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

TenTacToe

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

TenTacToe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess without ads free?
Chess without ads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TenTacToe free?
TenTacToe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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