Comparison

Chess!! vs Chess

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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).

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Chess!!4 screens
Chess3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess!! ships an update every 5 months, Chess fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Chess!! versus Chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess!!Chess
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (60 ratings) — better3.6 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews69.0% of reviews — better40.7% of reviews
Number of ratings60 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUAB Target WorksMarcel Nijman

Customer experience

Chess!!

All ratings60 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews129 reviews
Positive69.0%
Neutral10.1%
Negative20.9%

Chess

All ratings16 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive40.7%
Neutral18.6%
Negative40.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chess!!

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
1 purchases

Chess

One-time1
  • Unlock PRO$5.99

Questions

Is Chess!! free?
Chess!! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess free?
Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chess!! or Chess?
Chess!! is rated higher. Chess!! averages 4.0 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Chess averages 3.6 from 16 ratings.
Do Chess!! or Chess have ads?
Chess!! shows ads; Chess does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess!! or Chess?
Chess!! ships an update every 5 months, and Chess fortnightly. Most recently, Chess!! was updated on October 14, 2026 and Chess on October 15, 2026.

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