Comparison

Chess without ads vs My Blunders

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

Head to head
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

My Blunders

Features
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Most chess apps give you someone else's puzzles. My Blunders builds them from your own games, so you practise the positions where you actually went wrong. Enter your Lichess or Chess.com username. The app downloads your recent games, checks every move with Stockfish right on your device, and turns your mistakes into puzzles. The first ones appear while the rest of your games are still being checked, and new ones keep arriving in the background as you solve. You don't need an account or a password. If you'd like to start before importing anything, there's a built-in library of famous blunders from chess history. FOUR WAYS TO TRAIN - Puzzles: Find the move you missed in your own games. If you're stuck, Hint shows which piece to move without giving the answer away. Once it's solved, replay your game move or the engine's best line on a separate board, or play the position out against the engine. - Opening: Your games mapped into an opening tree. See where you leave the book, spot your weak lines and drill the worst of them. You can also save your repertoire as an A1 poster, a tree of boards with the engine evaluation and your wins, draws and losses under each one. - Coordinates: Learn the board by heart. Name squares against the clock, tell light squares from dark ones at a glance, and step through famous games move by move. - Play: A full game against an engine set to your rating. Each move is judged as you play, and the best move appears on a mini board where you can try it. Turn on the clock and the engine paces itself like a person, quick in the opening and slower when the position gets sharp. Choose a board in Green, Wood or Walnut, with a separate one for light and dark mode. PRIVACY - No account, no ads, no tracking. - The app reads only your public games. They go straight from Lichess or Chess.com to your device. There is no My Blunders server. - All analysis runs on the device and works offline once your games are downloaded. My Blunders is free, with no in-app purchases or subscriptions.

Screenshots

Chess without ads4 screens
My Blunders4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Blunders at none against Chess without ads's 7. On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Chess without ads sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 7 days. My Blunders asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess without ads ships an update fortnightly, My Blunders weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Chess without ads versus My Blunders: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess without adsMy Blunders
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (38K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings38K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristophe ThéronSAMI ABDULNOUR

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

My Blunders

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

My Blunders

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess without ads free?
Chess without ads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My Blunders free?
My Blunders is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chess without ads or My Blunders have ads?
Neither Chess without ads nor My Blunders shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chess without ads or My Blunders?
Chess without ads ships an update fortnightly, and My Blunders weekly. Most recently, Chess without ads was updated on October 16, 2026 and My Blunders on October 12, 2026.

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