Gallica vs Notichess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gallica
Access millions of digitized historical documents from the National Library of France and its partners. Browse books, newspapers, manuscripts, and more. Save, share, and download content for offline reading.
- Access millions of digitized documents
- Searchable catalogue
- Read documents in full
- Save favorites
- Share on social media
- Download as ePubs or PDFs
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Gallica is the digital library of the National Library of France (BnF) and its partners. The app provides free online access to millions of documents: books, newspapers and periodicals, manuscripts, letters and private archives, maps, illustrations, posters, photographs, music scores, video and audio recordings. Discover the digitized collections of the BnF through various functionalities: search the catalogue, read documents in full, save your favorites, share them on social media and download them as ePubs or PDFs. Covering a wide range of topics including history, literature, science, philosophy, art history, law, economics and politics, the Gallica app will appeal to a wide audience as well as students, researchers and members of the education sector. This app has been developed for connected use.
Notichess
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L'application d’échecs où chaque partie devient un pas en avant. Notichess relie ton analyse, ton répertoire et ton entraînement tactique et stratégique dans un système qui apprend de toi.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Notichess at daily against Gallica's every 5 months. Gallica's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Gallica ships an update every 5 months, Notichess daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gallica | Notichess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 37.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 252 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bibliotheque nationale de France | NotiPro |
In-app purchases
Gallica
No in-app purchases
Notichess
No in-app purchases
