Comparison

Simple chess board vs Tic Tac Toe CUBED!

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Free piece movement
  • Undo/Redo functionality
  • Board rotation
  • Checker piece option
  • Save/load positions
  • Configurable chess clock
  • Tweet current position
Features
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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.

About

Tic Tac Toe CUBED!

Experience a 3D evolution of the classic Tic Tac Toe game. Play against AI or a friend on a massive 9x9x9 board with multiple scoring possibilities. The player with the most points at the end of each round emerges victorious.

Highlights
  • 3D Tic Tac Toe gameplay
  • Play against AI
  • Local multiplayer mode
  • 9x9x9 game board
  • Multiple scoring methods
  • Point-based winning system
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Enjoy a fun new twist on Tic Tac Toe - 3D! In Tic Tac Toe Cubed, you can play against AI or a friend to compete in a 9x9x9 game of Tic Tac Toe! Across, diagonal, through, there's many ways to score points, and the player with the most points at the end of a round wins!

Screenshots

Simple chess board4 screens
Tic Tac Toe CUBED!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tic Tac Toe CUBED! at 5.0 against Simple chess board's 4.5. Tic Tac Toe CUBED! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Simple chess board's advantage is ratings volume (68 vs 3). 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. Simple chess board sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tic Tac Toe CUBED! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tic Tac Toe CUBED! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple chess board has 68 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Simple chess board versus Tic Tac Toe CUBED!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple chess boardTic Tac Toe CUBED!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (68 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings68 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 10 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuis LopezCole Dennis

Customer experience

Simple chess board

All ratings68 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.8%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative7.8%

Tic Tac Toe CUBED!

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 15 more
  • 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

Tic Tac Toe CUBED!

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple chess board

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99
None

Tic Tac Toe CUBED!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple chess board free?
Simple chess board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tic Tac Toe CUBED! free?
Tic Tac Toe CUBED! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Simple chess board or Tic Tac Toe CUBED!?
Tic Tac Toe CUBED! is rated higher. Simple chess board averages 4.5 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while Tic Tac Toe CUBED! averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Simple chess board or Tic Tac Toe CUBED! have ads?
Simple chess board shows ads; Tic Tac Toe CUBED! does not.

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