Comparison

ChessVisionDrills vs Turing’s Machine Lite

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Tactical pattern recognition
  • Focus on forks and skewers
  • Daily practice drills
  • Improves chess vision
  • Not a full chess game
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

ChessVisionDrills4 screens
Turing’s Machine Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ChessVisionDrills versus Turing’s Machine Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessVisionDrillsTuring’s Machine Lite
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (11 ratings)4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael andersonDBRG Ltd.

Customer experience

ChessVisionDrills

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative33.3%

Turing’s Machine Lite

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ChessVisionDrills

No in-app purchases

None

Turing’s Machine Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChessVisionDrills free?
ChessVisionDrills costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Turing’s Machine Lite free?
Turing’s Machine Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ChessVisionDrills or Turing’s Machine Lite?
Turing’s Machine Lite is rated higher. ChessVisionDrills averages 3.8 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Turing’s Machine Lite averages 4.5 from 4 ratings.
Do ChessVisionDrills or Turing’s Machine Lite have ads?
Neither ChessVisionDrills nor Turing’s Machine Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChessVisionDrills or Turing’s Machine Lite?
ChessVisionDrills ships an update every 14 months, and Turing’s Machine Lite every 9 months. Most recently, ChessVisionDrills was updated on October 23, 2026 and Turing’s Machine Lite on October 24, 2026.

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