Chess!! vs Chess
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
Engage in chess with a comprehensive suite of tools for analysis, annotation, and online play. Explore game trees with side-lines, add detailed comments, and enjoy a stable FICS server connection. Features include a robust database, opening/endgame browsers, and training videos.
- Game tree representation with side-lines
- Detailed game annotation
- Stable FICS server communication
- Enhanced FICS interface
- Improved database and setup screen
- Opening and endgame browser
- Links to training videos
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With Chess-wise 3 you can play chess, analyse games, annotate game notations, play online, solve exercises, watch training videos and much more. - Games are represented as trees, so they can have side-lines. This means when analysing moves, this will not anymore overwrite the moves of the main game - On the new annotation screen, you can add comments and !! - or ?? to the moves - The communication with the FICS server has been complete rewritten and is now much more stable - The FICS interface has more features (support for multiple accounts, iMessage-like chatting, friend list) - Improved database (re-order games in a PGN file) and setup screen (move pieces on the board) - Landscape views for the opening and endgame browser, showing the possible moves next to the board - Over 250 links to free training videos - Separate screen to select the pieces orientation, when playing with 2 players - Help file with tutorial for each major use case Each screen has been re-designed to give a better user experience, focussing on the main actions that people want to do on that screen. Any suggestions for further improvements (as well as bug reports) are welcome at info@chess-wise.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Chess at none against Chess!!'s shown. Chess also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). Chess!!'s advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.6) and review sentiment (69% vs 41%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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 and Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chess!! holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Chess!!'s written reviews are positive against 41% of Chess's.
Chess!! ships an update every 5 months, Chess fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess!! | Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (60 ratings) — better | 3.6 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.0% of reviews — better | 40.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 60 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UAB Target Works | Marcel Nijman |
Customer experience
Chess!!
Chess
In-app purchases
Chess!!
- Remove Ads$4.99
Chess
- Unlock PRO$5.99









