ChessVisionDrills vs Think Like a Master
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.
Think Like a Master
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Can you think like a chess legend? Think Like a Master puts you in the shoes of José Raúl Capablanca — one of the greatest chess players who ever lived. Study his real games, guess his moves, and discover what separates world-class chess thinking from the rest. HOW IT WORKS Each session replays a real Capablanca game from his historical record. After a short opening, you take control. For every position where Capablanca had to make a decision, you make your move first — then see how the master responded. Did you find his move? Did you find something even better? Were you close, or did you miss something critical? WHAT YOU'LL LEARN • How a world champion evaluates positions and selects moves • Which moves Stockfish considers the top candidates in any position • Where your thinking diverges from elite-level play • How to spot the tactical and strategic patterns used by the greats THE CAPABLANCA AI CHALLENGE At the heart of the app is an AI model trained exclusively on Capablanca's games — not just to find good moves, but to find his moves. The model has studied his patterns, his style, his preferences. It knows he favored clean piece activity over speculative attacks. It knows he simplified when ahead. It knows how he thought. Every time you guess a move, the AI is guessing too. You're not just competing against Stockfish's cold engine evaluation — you're trying to outthink a model built in Capablanca's image. Did you find the move the engine rates highest? Or did you find the move that he would have played? Sometimes those are the same. Often they're not. That tension is where the real chess learning happens. FEATURES • 597 real games from Capablanca's complete career • Stockfish-powered analysis shows the top 5 candidate moves for every position • AI style model trained on Capablanca's games predicts his preferred move • See when you think like the engine, when you think like the master, and when you found something neither did • Post-game report card grades your performance with detailed statistics • Deep analysis mode reveals continuations after every key decision • Fully on-device — no internet required for analysis • Covers his full career from 1901 through 1939 YOUR REPORT CARD After each game you receive a full breakdown: • How often you matched Capablanca exactly • How often your move was in the top 5 candidates • How often you found something better than the master • Your blunder count and where you went wrong MORE MASTERS COMING Capablanca is just the beginning. Future updates will bring more legendary players from chess history — each with their own AI model trained on their unique style. Every great player thought differently. Every one is worth studying. FOR ALL CHESS PLAYERS Whether you're learning the game or pushing toward a higher rating, studying master games is one of the most effective ways to improve. Think Like a Master makes it interactive — not passive. Stop watching. Start thinking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Think Like a Master at Free against ChessVisionDrills's $1.99. Think Like a Master also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 14 months). ChessVisionDrills's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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
Think Like a Master is free to download; ChessVisionDrills costs $1.99 up front. Think Like a Master sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ChessVisionDrills asks for nothing beyond the download.
ChessVisionDrills ships an update every 14 months, Think Like a Master every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChessVisionDrills | Think Like a Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael anderson | Kenneth Sparks |
In-app purchases
ChessVisionDrills
No in-app purchases
Think Like a Master
- Remove Ads$2.99
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