ChessVisionDrills vs Turing’s Machine Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChessVisionDrills
Enhance your chess tactics by practicing common patterns like forks and skewers. This app focuses on visual recognition to improve your game, rather than playing full matches. Consistent daily use can lead to becoming a stronger chess player.
- Tactical pattern recognition
- Focus on forks and skewers
- Daily practice drills
- Improves chess vision
- Not a full chess game
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This game challenges you to find forks and skewers in chess. It's not a chess playing game but rather a drill to help you recognize common chess tactics quickly. Use it everyday to become a stronger chess player.
Turing’s Machine Lite
Experience the original chess computer program conceived by Alan Turing. Play against a classic engine or a modern, stronger version. Includes puzzles, practice levels, and two-player modes for a virtual chessboard experience.
- Original TuroChamp implementation
- Modern engine up to 2000 Elo
- Puzzles and practice levels
- Two-player modes (Bluetooth/LAN)
- Virtual chessboard (Tabletop mode)
- Mini-tournament mode
- Elo rating estimation
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Can you beat Turing’s Machine? NOTE: This is the ‘lite’ version of Turing’s Machine. The full version contains many more difficulty levels, puzzles, pieces and boards. In 1947, Alan Turing and David Champernowne created the world’s first chess playing computer program, which they named “TuroChamp”. The program was devised with pencil and paper, the calculations being performed manually by Turing and Champernowne themselves - each move would take them half an hour or more to calculate. This app includes an implementation of the original “TuroChamp”, so you can play the original version, as conceived in 1947, without having to carry out all those tedious pencil and paper calculations. We’ve also added deeper search and a more modern version of the engine, so you can play a stronger version of Turing’s machine - up to around 2000 Elo. Finally, we’ve added puzzles, practice levels and various two-player modes, so that you can use your device as a virtual chessboard. TuroChamp was the very first chess computer program and it still holds up well despite its idiosynchratic playing style - a style entirely appropriate to the incisive, determined and eccentrically humorous character of its creators. Perhaps more significantly, it represents the only A.I. left to us by the father of Artificial Intelligence. Other features include: - Support for all skill levels from total novice to expert (2000 Elo). - Supports all orientations, so you can make full use of your iPad Smart Case or stand. - Supports iOS multitasking, so you can follow along with videos/ebooks. - Focus mode, to hide the UI so you can focus on the board. - Two player mode over BlueTooth / Lan. - Tabletop mode so you can use your device as a virtual chessboard. - Puzzles and practice levels, so you can practice your endgames or play some interesting challenge levels. - Mini-tournament mode - a six-game mini tournament mode for the more serious player. - Various different boards, pieces and graphical options. - Elo rating estimation from your game results.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Turing’s Machine Lite at Free against ChessVisionDrills's $1.99. Turing’s Machine Lite also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 60%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
Turing’s Machine Lite is free to download; ChessVisionDrills costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Turing’s Machine Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of ChessVisionDrills's written reviews are positive against 100% of Turing’s Machine Lite's.
ChessVisionDrills ships an update every 14 months, Turing’s Machine Lite every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChessVisionDrills | Turing’s Machine Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (11 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael anderson | DBRG Ltd. |
Customer experience
ChessVisionDrills
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In-app purchases
ChessVisionDrills
No in-app purchases
Turing’s Machine Lite
No in-app purchases
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