Pente Live vs Chouette
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pente Live
Engage in strategic board game battles on a 19x19 grid. Compete globally in turn-based or live matches, test your skills against AI, and join tournaments. Explore various Pente and Gomoku variants with unique rules and capture mechanics.
- Turn-based and real-time online play
- Play against computer opponents
- Participate in tournaments
- King of the Hill mode
- Game database search
- Multiple Pente and Gomoku variants
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Pente is a board game that is easy to learn, difficult to master. Compete with players all over the world on a 19x19 board. There is - turn-based play, - realtime (live) play, - play against 2 different computer players, - participate in tournaments, - play King of the Hill and earn a crown, - search the game database by position for the most popular or best move! Gomoku: To win, place 5 (not more) of your stones in a straight continuous line (either horizontally, vertically or diagonally). Pente is like Gomoku but you can win by getting more than 5 in a row. In Pente you can capture stones by enclosing a pair of your opponent's stones. For example, if the stones are like this XOO and you place your stone so it becomes XOOX, then your opponents' stones are removed from the board, leaving X__X. You can also win at Pente by capturing 10 or more of your opponents stones. You can't play into a capture. Rated games have a "Tournament Rule". It restricts player 1's second move so that player 1's second move must be at least 3 intersections away from the center of the board. Keryo-Pente is like Pente but you can also capture 3 stones in a row. G-Pente restricts player 1's second move, like the tournament rule. It additionally prohibits playing on the 4th and 5th intersections away from the center of the board that are one the same horizontal or vertical line as player 1's first move. (These are the most common 2nd moves for white). D-Pente: Player 1 places 2 white and 2 black stones as a first move. Then player 2 decides to play as player 2, or decides to swap seats and take over as player 1! Afterwards, play continues like regular Pente. Poof-Pente: The main difference is that you can play into a capture! (e.g., from XO_X player plays XOOX) then the stones are "poofed" (removed from the board and counted as captures). Normal captures are still allowed and the number of captures to win remains at 10 stones. Up to 5 stones could be poofed in one move! Also note that my current implementation performs the following actions in sequence after a move: Check if move captured any opponents stones, if so remove stones from the board. Check if move creates a poof position, if so remove stones from the board. Check if player has a 5-in-a-row, if so the player wins. A player could capture and be poofed in the same move and the capture count could end up as 10-10. The game keeps going until one player has an advantage (i.e., gets more captured stones or gets five-in-a-row). There are no draws. Boat-Pente differs in the end game. Once a Pente is made (5 stones in a row), the game continues as long as the opponent is able to capture across the Pente! Capturing 5 pairs is still a win like in Pente and the tournament rule is used for rated games. Connect6: The goal is to be the first player to get 6 pieces in a row, either vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Player one plays one stone at the center of the board. After that each player gets to place two stones on the board at a time. DK-Pente is D-Pente with Keryo-Pente rules. O-Pente combines Keryo, Poof, and Boat Pente Go is also available on 3 different board sizes: 19x19, 13x13, and 9x9. Swap2-Pente is Pente with Swap2 rules. Swap2-Keryo is Keryo-Pente with Swap2 rules. ------ This app offers a 1 year auto-renewable subscription for $4.99 USD/year. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Prices may vary in countries other than the U.S. and are subject to change without notice. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period. If you don’t choose to purchase a subscription you can simply continue playing for free. The privacy policy and TOS can be found at https://pente.org/help/helpWindow.jsp?file=privacyPolicy
Chouette
This app simplifies scoring for backgammon games, including chouette, 1v1 matches, and money games. It handles complex calculations like box and captain rotation, individual stakes, and settlements. Easily track game progress, view player stats, and share results via PDF.
- Box and captain rotation with smart suggestions
- Individual stakes and flat rate options
- Doubling cube tracking
- Automatic settlement math
- 1v1 Match Mode with Crawford rule
- Big Display view for table-facing scoreboard
- Player stats and history
- One-tap PDF results sharing
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Chouetty is a backgammon score keeper and scoring app - chouette, 1v1 matches, and money games alike. It's built around chouette's demands (box and captain rotation, individual stakes, settlement math) but works just as well for a straight head-to-head match. Track exactly what a session actually needs: - Box and captain rotation, with smart suggestions for who's up next based on the last game - Individual stakes - give every player their own $/point rate, or use one flat rate for the table - Doubling cube tracking - who holds it, and automatic doubles recorded on back-to-back opening rolls - Automatic settlement math, including proper stake-capping between the box and each opponent - A running ledger of every round, with notes for anything worth remembering ("started on a 2 cube") - Mid-session settlements for settling out cubes without waiting for the night to end - 1v1 Match Mode - race to 5, 7, 13, or any target you set, with the Crawford rule applied automatically, or play an unlimited head-to-head money match with no target score - A Big Display view - flip the phone to landscape and put a large, table-facing scoreboard in the middle of the game - Player stats - win/loss records and history across every match and chouette - One-tap PDF results you can email or share the moment the game wraps up - Complete backup and restore - move your roster and history to a new phone, or hand it to a friend setting up their own copy - Built in 12 languages, including full right-to-left support for Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew No account required, no ads, no internet connection needed — Chouetty works entirely offline, the way these games usually get played: at a table, with real dice. Chouetty is free to use, with a limited number of free rounds per session. Chouetty Pro is an optional subscription for unlimited rounds in every chouette and match. Chouetty is a scorekeeping tool. It doesn't process payments, place bets, or determine any game outcome - it simply totals the numbers from a game already being played on a physical board, the same way a bill-splitting app tracks who owes what. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chouette at 100% against Pente Live's 50%. Chouette also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). Pente Live's advantage is ratings volume (340 vs 5). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Pente Live sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and Chouette sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chouette holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pente Live has 340 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Pente Live's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chouette's.
Pente Live ships an update every 5 days, Chouette every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pente Live | Chouette |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (340 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 340 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Walied Othman | HJT CONSORTIUM INC |
Customer experience
Pente Live
Chouette
Bugs and requests
Pente Live
Reported bugs
12 issues- Drops stone in wrong spot
- Move ends up in different position
- Changes last location
- Freezes
- Bumps out of a game
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- App down
- Screen frozen
- App freezes
- App keeps crashing intermittently
- Crashes after every game
- App quits every time to start a game
- Game froze
Requested features
9 requests- Replay button
- Landscape mode on iPad
- Slower AI response time
- Improved UI
- Take back move option
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- Pinch to zoom and separate 'finish move' button
- Dark mode
- Option to disable ads
- Sign in with AppleID or Google
Chouette
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pente Live
- Pente.org subscription$4.991 Year
Chouette
- Chouetty Pro$4.991 Month
- Chouetty Pro$49.991 Year









