Chess!! vs Chess Online·
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess!!
Engage in a classic board game with a professional, luxury design. Play against friends or a challenging AI with multiple difficulty levels and advanced move support.
- Exclusive user interface and sound effects
- Single player vs. AI
- Two player mode
- 9 difficulty levels
- Move undo function
- Advanced moves (promotion, castling, en passant)
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Chess!! - professional, luxury design chess game that you can play with your friends or against challenging computer opponent. Features: * Exclusive user interface and great sound effects * Single player and two players game - play with your friends or against artificial intelligence engine * 9 levels of difficulty * Move undo function that allows you multiple retries and workout of your game standing * Advanced moves like promotion, castling, en passant are included and not forgotten The game uses modified version of exclusive Amy Chess Engine originally developed by Thorsten Greiner. FAQ: How to do castling? - Tap king then tap castling move (it is 2 squares long).
Chess Online·
Engage in classic chess matches against friends or a challenging AI. Save your progress and resume games later. Offers multiple AI difficulty levels for varied gameplay.
- Unlimited free games
- Play against AI
- Play against friends
- Multiple AI difficulty levels
- Save game progress
- Pass-and-play mode
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Chess by Solitaire Games Free is the best New chess game on the App Store! Challenge your friends to a classic game of chess or play against the computer. Can you beat all the levels of difficulty? Features of Chess: - Play UNLIMITED free games - Challenge the AI or a friend - AI has multiple levels of difficulty - Save game progress and continue later - Pass-and-play against friends with option to flip board every move
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chess!! at 69% against Chess Online·'s 4%. Chess!! also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.5). Chess Online·'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Chess!! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess Online· asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess!! holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Online· has 328 ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Chess!!'s written reviews are positive against 4% of Chess Online·'s.
Chess!! ships an update every 5 months, Chess Online· every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess!! | Chess Online· |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (60 ratings) — better | 3.5 (328 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.0% of reviews — better | 3.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 60 | 328 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 141 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UAB Target Works | Solitaire Games Free |
Customer experience
Chess!!
Chess Online·
Bugs and requests
Chess!!
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Chess Online·
Reported bugs
12 issues- AI makes illegal moves (castling through check, moving into check)
- Queens placed on incorrect color squares
- Castling not recognized as legal move
- En passant not implemented
- Pawns cannot capture pieces correctly
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- Game prevents legal moves without reason
- Stalemate incorrectly declared when player can win
- Move gets stuck on last action, cannot proceed
- App accesses clipboard without user interaction
- Multiplayer matchmaking fails to find opponents
- Pawns only promote to queen, no other options
- Difficulty settings don't scale properly
Requested features
10 requests- Place ads only at game start/end, not during gameplay
- Add premium option to remove advertisements
- Improve AI to follow all chess rules correctly
- Better color scheme for board and pieces
- Add animation to piece movements
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- Implement en passant rule
- Enable castling functionality
- Add chess puzzles feature
- Improve piece promotion options beyond queen only
- Add undo/move retraction feature
In-app purchases
Chess!!
- Remove Ads$4.99
Chess Online·
No in-app purchases
Questions
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