Simple chess board vs Chess World Master
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple chess board
This app provides a digital chessboard with unrestricted piece movement and a configurable chess clock. Save and load board positions, undo/redo moves, and even use checker pieces. It's ideal for analyzing games or setting up custom scenarios.
- Free piece movement
- Undo/Redo functionality
- Board rotation
- Checker piece option
- Save/load positions
- Configurable chess clock
- Tweet current position
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A simple chess board and a chess clock without movement restrictions. Free movement as a real board. Current features are: • Move pieces freely, add or remove them. • Undo/Redo last movement. • Rotate board and/or pieces. • Use checkers game pieces. • Save/load positions for later use, or delete them when you don't need them anymore (swipe over them). Starting positions for chess and checkers are available. • Use a chess clock where you can configure initial time, move time increment, increment after a number of movement, hourglass time, ... • Set time independent for black and white if required. • Save/load time settings for later use. Already available some common times. • Tweet your current position.
Chess World Master
Engage in real-time online chess matches against players globally, or practice your skills against AI. Enjoy local multiplayer, review past games, and track your progress with achievements and leaderboards. The game supports 16 languages for a broad audience.
- Global real-time online matches
- AI opponent with 5 difficulty levels
- Local 2-player mode on one device
- Game record review and saving
- Achievements and leaderboards
- 16 language support
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This app is an online chess game with a matching system based on similar rating. Compete in chess with the players from all over the world and become the best chess master! [ Features ] - Online mode: Available to match with rivals from all over the world in real time. - Player mode: Playing with AI with 1 to 5 level. - 2 Player mode: Available to play 2 players in a device together - Replay mode : Provided a game record view mode and 50 record save slots. - Available to reset your online record in the game. - Supported achievement and leaderboard. - Supported 16 languages. Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/mobirixplayen YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/user/mobirix1
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Simple chess board at 88% against Chess World Master's 42%. Simple chess board also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Chess World Master's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Simple chess board sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess World Master asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simple chess board holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 68 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Simple chess board's written reviews are positive against 42% of Chess World Master's.
Simple chess board ships an update every 10 months, Chess World Master every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple chess board | Chess World Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (68 ratings) — better | 4.3 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better | 42.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 68 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Luis Lopez | MOBIRIX |
Customer experience
Simple chess board
Chess World Master
Bugs and requests
Simple chess board
Reported bugs
7 issues- Keyboard not appearing to enter text/save
- Cannot figure out how to save position
- Pieces shift on their own
- Kings and queens on wrong squares initially
- Save position fails with 'You must insert text' error
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- App froze mid-game
- Write a review tab has trouble
Requested features
20 requests- Add scoresheet functionality
- Export game for analysis
- Move counter
- Portrait view on iPad
- Board expansion to fill screen
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- Ability to turn board around
- More board color options
- Option to hide timers
- PGN save and import facility
- PGN export
- Chess notation feature
- Larger board size (optional timers)
- Change chess set for better viewing
- Fix 'write a review' tab issue
- Delete saved games/setups easily
- Better graphics
- More realistic piece movement enforcement
- Improve piece dragging and selection
- Make piece representations larger
- Add variations
Chess World Master
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple chess board
- Remove ads$0.99
Chess World Master
No in-app purchases
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