Chess without ads vs RoundGangs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
RoundGangs
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RoundGangs is where your group plays together — live, on camera, in real time. Not a single game with a chat box bolted on. A place your crew comes back to, with a growing library of social games built for faces and voices: you see the hesitation before someone answers, you hear the laugh that doesn't quite land, and you defend yourself out loud to people looking right at you. REAL PEOPLE, NOT BOTS Every player in your game is a person. No AI opponents, no filler, no lobbies padded out to look busy. PLAYING NOW • Mafia / Werewolf — the classic hidden-role night-and-day game, with multiple scenarios and role sets to keep experienced groups guessing • Mutiny Protocol — hidden saboteurs and shifting alliances, mission by mission More games are added over time, and everything below carries across all of them. ONE ROOM, ANY GAME Create a private table and invite your friends, or open it up and let anyone join. Hosts get a full moderator view to run the night themselves — assign roles, manage the phases, keep things moving. Lobby chat and voice mean everyone can hang out while the last player finds their headphones. CLUBS — YOUR GROUP, BETWEEN GAME NIGHTS This is the part a single game can't give you. Clubs keep your crew together across sessions and across games: member rosters, club-only tables, and leaderboards that settle the argument about who is actually the best liar. NEVER PLAYED BEFORE? Guided tutorials walk newcomers through their first game step by step, so nobody has to learn the rules while nine other people wait. BUILT FOR PLAYING WITH STRANGERS, SAFELY RoundGangs is an 18+ community. Report and block are available wherever you meet other players, and hosts can remove anyone disrupting their game. Camera and microphone are always optional — plenty of people play listening first. YOUR LANGUAGE Full support for English, German and Persian, including complete right-to-left layout. Get your group together and find out how good your friends actually are at lying. Questions or feedback: contact@roundgangs.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: RoundGangs at none against Chess without ads's 7. Chess without ads's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Chess without ads sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 7 days. RoundGangs asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess without ads ships an update fortnightly, RoundGangs every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess without ads | RoundGangs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (39K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 90.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 39K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Christophe Théron | Aisyal UG |
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
RoundGangs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chess without ads
- PRO, 1 week$0.497 Days
- PRO, 1 month$0.991 Month
- PRO, 3 months$1.993 Months
- 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
RoundGangs
No in-app purchases
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