Tactics vs Chess Tablebase for Stockfish
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tactics
Sharpen your chess skills by solving tactical puzzles. The app offers hints and tracks your progress, with positions repeating for practice. Compete for a high score and play as a guest or with your PlayChess account.
- Solve chess tactic positions
- Get hints for solutions
- Guest or PlayChess account login
- Repeat unsolved positions
- High score list
- Universal app support
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Master the game of Chess by solving tactic positions. - Get a hint if you don't know the solution - You can solve tactics as guest or login with your PlayChess account - Positions which you haven't solved, will appear again later - High score list - Universal application
Chess Tablebase for Stockfish
Manage chess endgame tablebase files for enhanced Stockfish AI analysis. Import pre-installed or custom files, and query positions for win/draw outcomes. Ideal for serious chess players seeking to improve engine performance.
- Manage chess endgame tablebase files
- Integrates with SmallFish iOS app
- Import pre-installed 5-men tablebases
- Import custom tablebase files
- Query endgame positions for win/draw
- Enhances Stockfish engine performance
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Chess Tablebase for Stockfish is a file management app for managing chess endgame tablebases. Seamlessly integrating with the SmallFish iOS chess app for Stockfish, it enables you to import your tablebase files into the SmallFish app, which operates on the latest Stockfish AI. Additionally, you can query specific endgame positions to determine if they result in a win or a draw. This app provides the answers you need. Download this app to import the pre-installed 5-men tablebase files, you may also import your own tablebase files. The app has the instructions that you can follow. --------------------- TABLEBASE BUNDLE --------------------- This app bundles all 5-men chess tablebase piece configurations. You may also want to download 6-men tablebase files . ----------------- REQUIREMENTS ----------------- This app is a 1GB download. You will need the following if you want to run tablebase with Stockfish on your iOS device: - 1GB disk space for this app - The SmallFish chess app - running the Stockfish engine - Another 1GB disk space to process the tablebase files -------------- DESCRIPTION -------------- Chess endgame tablebase is a vast database containing pre-calculated, exhaustive analyses of chess endgame positions. It can instantly determine whether your position is a win, loss, or draw without the need for lengthy analysis. This app is ideal for enhancing your Stockfish engine's analytical performance. The tablebase included with this app can provide an approximate 50 ELO improvement to the Stockfish engine, making it highly recommended for all serious chess players.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chess Tablebase for Stockfish at 83% against Tactics's 14%. Chess Tablebase for Stockfish also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Tactics's advantage is iOS requirement (5.2 vs 14.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Tactics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess Tablebase for Stockfish asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chess Tablebase for Stockfish holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chess Tablebase for Stockfish has 21 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Tactics's written reviews are positive against 83% of Chess Tablebase for Stockfish's.
Tactics ships an update every 3 weeks, Chess Tablebase for Stockfish fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tactics | Chess Tablebase for Stockfish |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 5.2 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 944 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChessBase GmbH | Ted Wong |
Customer experience
Tactics
Chess Tablebase for Stockfish
In-app purchases
Tactics
- 100 tactics positions$0.99
Chess Tablebase for Stockfish
No in-app purchases
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