Comparison

Simple chess board vs White Pawn

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

White Pawn

Enhance your chess experience by connecting a physical chessboard to your device. Analyze games with a powerful engine, play against others online or offline, and solve engaging puzzles. Share your best moves as animated GIFs.

Highlights
  • Connect physical chessboards
  • Game analysis with engine
  • Online and offline play
  • Chess puzzles
  • Export games as GIF
  • Standalone chess clock
Features
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Want to take your chess game to the next level? WhitePawn is the ultimate chess app for players of all levels. Connect your chessboard with a USB or Bluetooth connection and play with friends online or offline. WhitePawn also allows you to analyze games with a powerful engine and play fun puzzles. # Physical chessboard Connect your physical chess set to the app and get the ultimate chess experience. WhitePawn can be played on both touchscreen or physical devices, has an inbuilt move announcement function and can display moves on connected chess hardware too. # Analyse Games With the WhitePawn app, you'll never have to annotate or analyse your games with a computer anymore! Get all the benefits of engine analysis, but on your device. Analyse your game, find out where you went wrong, find out how to improve. # Play Online Whether you're a pawn or a king, WhitePawn's here to make your day better. Play chess across the world - on WhitePawn Online or Lichess, with friends, or strangers! Connect with the world of chess. # Play Offline Use the app completely offline, play games which are automatically stored then export them as PGN for your favorite chess analysis software or directly export it to lichess. # Chess Puzzles Play handcrafted chess puzzles and bring your position understanding to the next level. Missing some puzzles, create your own puzzles and import them to the App. # Share Games Had a stunning game? Want to share that game with your friends? Edit and export your game as GIF-Animation and share it with everyone! # Standalone Chess Clock Use the app as a normal chess clock for offline games on electronic and non-electronic chess boards. # Supported external hardware DGT Pegasus Millennium eONE Millennium Supreme Tournament 55 Millennium Exclusiv Millennium Performance Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Simple chess board4 screens
White Pawn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: White Pawn at none against Simple chess board's shown. White Pawn also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 10 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Simple chess board's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (88% vs 65%). On price, in-app purchases 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. Simple chess board sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and White Pawn sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Simple chess board holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple chess board has 68 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Simple chess board's written reviews are positive against 65% of White Pawn's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple chess board ships an update every 10 months, White Pawn daily. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Simple chess board versus White Pawn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple chess boardWhite Pawn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (68 ratings) — better4.1 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews — better65.4% of reviews
Number of ratings68 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB269 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuis LopezKhadim Fall

Customer experience

Simple chess board

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

White Pawn

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive65.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative34.6%

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

White Pawn

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple chess board

One-time1
  • Remove ads$0.99
6 purchases

White Pawn

One-time6
  • 0.99€ Donation$0.99
  • Donation 2.99€$2.99
  • 4.99€ Donation$4.99
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  • 9.99€ Donation$9.99
  • 19.99€ Donation$19.99
  • 49.99€ Donation$49.99

Questions

Is Simple chess board free?
Simple chess board is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is White Pawn free?
White Pawn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple chess board or White Pawn?
Simple chess board is rated higher. Simple chess board averages 4.5 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while White Pawn averages 4.1 from 11 ratings.
Do Simple chess board or White Pawn have ads?
Simple chess board shows ads; White Pawn does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple chess board or White Pawn?
Simple chess board ships an update every 10 months, and White Pawn daily. Most recently, Simple chess board was updated on October 16, 2026 and White Pawn on October 15, 2026.

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