Chess Tactics and Lessons vs MorseZapp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Tactics and Lessons
Master chess strategy and openings with this app. Practice unlimited tactics, follow detailed lessons, and save your favorite openings. Create your own content and learn from a supportive community.
- Unlimited tactics practice
- Detailed chess lessons
- Opening practice and saving
- Create custom tactics and lessons
- Learn from mistakes with explanations
- Community comments and discussion
- Customizable board design
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“Chess is 99% tactics” (R. Teichmann.) From beginner to expert, practicing tactics is hands-down the best way to master the game. Play 30,000+ tactics, lessons, and openings while the app adjusts to your ability as you play. Join thousands of users who improve their game with daily tactics. Beginner-friendly, even if you don't know the rules of chess yet. "This app is a must have for any chess player - student or master." -Tom Taylor, USA "This is easily the best purchase I've made since owning a smartphone." -Miles C. Samuels, USA "This app has improved my game tremendously!" - anonymous fandom on the App Store FEATURES - Tactics: Play as many tactics as you want, for free. - Lessons: Get deeper into strategy with detailed lessons including positions from Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit' and the World Championship. - Openings: Practice makes perfect! Save and practice openings from the Grandmasters and more. - Create your own tactics, lessons, and openings for others to try. - Learn from your mistakes with solutions, explanations, and chess engine analysis. - Join the community: comment on tactics and learn from other users. New tactics are added every day, so you'll never run out. ------ Chess Tactics PRO subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes account upon purchase. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. See Privacy Policy and Terms of Service for more information. Privacy Policy: https://chesstacticsapp.com/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://chesstacticsapp.com/terms.html Acknowledgements: Chess Pieces by jurgenwesterhof on WikiCommons (adapted from work of Cburnett) Icons by bezier master, Cutiecon, and Shawn Wong from the Noun Project.
MorseZapp
Learn International Morse Code with a fun, interactive game. Tap dits and dashes to zap letters before they reach the bottom, with sound and visual cues to aid recognition. Progress through levels to improve speed and accuracy.
- Interactive Morse code trainer
- Tap pad for dit/dash input
- Sound and visual learning aids
- Progressive difficulty levels
- Sound-only recognition challenges
- Customizable level packages
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MorseZapp is a great way to learn morse code. It's a fun and unique CW trainer of International Morse Code. Each level challenges you to learn the correct sequence of dits and dashes to zap the letter before it hits the bottom of the screen. Great for learning morse code for amateur radio, ham radio, military, or just tapping out a message to your friends. You tap the dit and dash sequence on the tap pad at the bottom of the screen to create the correct letter. Tap fast for a dit, and hold a little longer for a dash. Sound hints and visual clues help you with beginner levels, showing you the sequence for the letter that is up and playing the sound for that letter to help you recognize it both visually and with audio. Levels help you get the timing right, and each level progressively gets faster to work on your speed and to challenge you. Sound only levels make you listen to the dit and dash sequence and then choose the correct letter from a list before it hits the bottom. This helps with sound recognition. * Free to try with the Free Package and Levels. Packages and levels will be improving all the time and we will be adding new packages based on user feedback to challenge you and help you learn morse code / cw faster. You can also create your own package and levels, and share these with others. Have an idea or suggestion? We are always happy to receive feedback, ideas, word lists that you think would make the game better and help you learn. Just contact us and we'll see about adding your word list to our list of packages. Privacy Policy: https://tahelpya.com/privacy ToS: https://www.tahelpya.com/morsezapp-terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chess Tactics and Lessons at 4.8 against MorseZapp's 4.0. Chess Tactics and Lessons also leads on ratings volume (5K vs 76) and review sentiment (85% vs 71%). MorseZapp's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Chess Tactics and Lessons sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and MorseZapp sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chess Tactics and Lessons holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Tactics and Lessons has 5K ratings behind it against 76, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Chess Tactics and Lessons's written reviews are positive against 71% of MorseZapp's.
Chess Tactics and Lessons ships an update every 5 weeks, MorseZapp every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Tactics and Lessons | MorseZapp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5K ratings) — better | 4.0 (76 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5K — better | 76 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lockwood Productions, LLC | Soki Creative LLC |
Customer experience
Chess Tactics and Lessons
MorseZapp
User reviews
Chess Tactics and Lessons
From 5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😃 Great for learning tactics
- 👍 Enjoyable and addictive
- 🚀 Excellent training tool
- 🤗 Helpful for improving chess skills
- 💯 Best tactics app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy after updates
- 💰 Subscription model too expensive
- 🤔 Some tactics are questionable
- 🙄 Too many queen sacrifices
- 😣 Difficult to navigate
MorseZapp
From 76 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great for learning Morse code
- 🚀 Fast learning progress
- 💡 Fun and engaging concept
- ✅ Effective for memorizing letters
- 💰 Good value for paid version
Room to improve
- 🐛 App won't run/load packages
- 🐛 Inconsistent timing/detection
- 🐛 Repetitive sounds hinder learning
- 🐛 Too much, too fast for some
- ❓ Unclear pricing for Pro
Bugs and requests
Chess Tactics and Lessons
Reported bugs
4 issues- Server connection issues
- White screen after updates
- Inability to delete account
- Incorrect move explanations
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to save tactics
- Offline mode
- Difficulty filtering
- Improved user interface
- More comprehensive lessons
MorseZapp
Reported bugs
15 issues- Immediate error message: problem loading packages
- App won't run on newer iPhones
- Warning displayed: Problem Loading Packages
- App won't run
- Ended up with a screen with a large green rectangle
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- Starts at first level every time
- Button malfunctions
- Box doesn't clear when messing up
- Detection of dits/dahs is inaccurate
- Tones run into each other
- Bad timing issues, incorrect answers not recognized
- Some letters not registering
- Keys not registering
- RX time sometimes doesn't pick up
- App has trouble registering taps at highest speed
Requested features
23 requests- Add iambic paddle mode
- More modes and options
- Punctuation marks package
- Display meaning of Q codes/CW codes
- Iambic paddle mode
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- Lowercase/uppercase options for GUI
- Smart randomization for listening mode
- Keyboard mode for advanced listening
- Ability to create more than 20 words in custom packages
- Option to disable hints
- Add more letters to the free package
- Make learning modules longer
- Add bombs to letter learning
- Proper grammar in courses
- Listen to podcasts while practicing (volume controls)
- Tool working with light instead of sound
- Speed up characters with Farnsworth method
- Improve detection for fast learners
- Option to choose between similar sounding characters
- Add word and sentence practices
- More intense listening exercises
- Farnsworth method speed options
- Custom learning packages
In-app purchases
Chess Tactics and Lessons
- Monthly PRO Subscription$3.991 Month
- Annual Pro Subscription$29.991 Year
- Marble Chess Board$0.99
- Orange Chess Board$0.99
- Remove ads$0.99
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- Green Chess Board$0.99
- Enable Saved Puzzles$1.99
MorseZapp
- MorseZapp Pro Subscription$2.991 Year
- Buy All Packages$2.99
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