Comparison

Next Chess Move vs Tchoc

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

Head to head
About

Next Chess Move

This application provides a powerful chess move calculator utilizing advanced engines like Stockfish 17.1 directly on your device. It also offers free access to numerous other engines running on remote hardware, with an optional upgrade for enhanced calculation strength and access to powerful servers and GPUs.

Highlights
  • On-device Stockfish 17.1
  • Free remote engine access
  • Large selection of chess engines
  • Optional Pro upgrade
  • Access to powerful cloud hardware
  • GPU acceleration for LcZero
Features
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NCM is a powerful chess calculator that runs Stockfish 19 directly on your device. The app also includes free access to a growing list of engines running on NCM's remote single core CPU hardware: • Stockfish latest official releases and development builds • Lc0 (all official networks and several contrib networks) • Akimbo • Alexandria • Altair • Arasan • Astra • asmFish • Avalanche • Berserk • Black Marlin • Booot • Caissa • Cinder • Cfish • Clover • Coda • Combusken • CorChess • Counter • Defenchess • Demolito • Devre • Ethereal • Fire • Frozenight • GNU Chess • Halogen • Hobbes • Horsie • Igel • Integral • Koivisto • Laser • Lc0 • Mantissa • Marvin • Minic • Motor • Nalwald • Nemorino • Obsidian • OpenTal • Patricia • Pawn • Pawnocchio • Peacekeeper • PlentyChess • Quanticade • Raphael • Reckless • Rice • RubiChess • Seer • ShashChess • Smallbrain • Starzix • Stash • Stockfish • Stormphrax • Sunfish • Tarnished • Titan • Triumviratus • Tucano • Vajolet2 • Velvet • Viridithas • Wasp • Weiss • Winter • Xiphos • Zahak The optional NCM Pro in-app purchase provides one year access to powerful hardware and features that significantly enhance the strength of calculations: • Ryzen 7950X 16 CPU-core servers • RTX 2080 GPUs for LcZero • 6-man syzygy tablebases on SSD drives

About

Tchoc

Features
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13 party games for friends in a single app. One phone in the middle of the table is all you need: no cards, no paper, no TV, no controllers. It is 10 pm, there are six of you and nobody has an idea left. That is the moment Tchoc was built for. WHEN TO PULL IT OUT • House parties and nights in with friends. • Family game night, or a rainy Sunday afternoon. • Icebreaker games at work, before the meeting starts. • Road trip games: 12 of the 13 games run fully offline. • Anywhere there are three or more of you. Group games, no equipment. THE 13 GAMES • Forbidden Words: get a word guessed without ever saying the three taboo words listed under it. • Guess in X Words: the card sets your clue budget, one to five words. The higher it is, the more the card scores. • Charades: silent charades. No words, no sound effects, no props. • Puppet Charades: you move your partner like a puppet, and they are the one who has to guess what they are miming. • Directed Charades: the same idea by voice, with the actor's eyes closed. • Headbands: phone on your forehead, the room describes the word. Tilt down to score, tilt up to skip. • Hum the Song: the group hums with their mouths closed, you name the title or the artist. • Sing the Song: this time they sing, and the title itself is off limits. • Debates: a divisive question, everyone weighs in. No sides, no timer, no vote. • Drawing Game: a drawing game with friends, finger on the screen. No letters, no numbers. • Imposter: the imposter game. One player does not know the secret word, and the table has to find them. 3 to 10 players. • Spicy Questions: intimate questions for adults. It is the one game in Tchoc restricted to adults, and it is marked as such in the app. • Whose Photo Is This?: the only multi-device game. Everyone joins with a six-character code and sends photos from their own gallery. They come up one at a time, unnamed, and everyone votes from their own phone. 17 THEMES, PLUS MUSIC Animals, Food, Jobs, Locations, Sports, Superheroes, Videogames, Actions, Art History, Cartoons, Celebrities, Historical Figures, Kids, Movies & TV, Mythology, Objects and For Adults. On the music side, five decades from the 1980s to the 2020s, in ten styles: pop, rock, cartoons, series and movies, video games, ads, women power, an easy selection, plus French songs and summer hits. HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a game and a theme. 2. Set the timer if you want: sixty seconds by default, anywhere from five seconds to five minutes. 3. Pass the phone. A round runs between thirty seconds and two minutes, and nobody reads a rulebook. WHAT MAKES TCHOC DIFFERENT • A wide variety of games, all of which are fun. • Lots of different themes so you'll never get bored • You can try everything for free, no account, no credit card, and no being stuck at Level 1 PRIVACY No ads, no account, no advertising trackers. We only measure anonymous gameplay statistics to improve the app. TCHOC. Party games for friends, on the phone already in your pocket.

Screenshots

Next Chess Move4 screens
Tchoc4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tchoc at Free against Next Chess Move's $2.99. Tchoc also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Next Chess Move's advantage is chart position (#42 vs unranked). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tchoc is free to download; Next Chess Move costs $2.99 up front. Next Chess Move sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tchoc asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Next Chess Move ships an update monthly, Tchoc fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Next Chess Move versus Tchoc: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext Chess MoveTchoc
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (133 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings133 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#42 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB20 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNext Chess Move LLCAppli Magine

Bugs and requests

Next Chess Move

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Critical bugs that break the game (e.g., same color pieces moving consecutively)
  • App doesn't turn on
  • Update has challenges
  • Cannot play anything
  • LC0 version 0.30 with Networks Family T81 causes 'engine disconnected' error
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  • App is pretty buggy
  • App decides to delete a piece randomly
  • Subscription is gone after payment
  • No option to restore purchase
  • Every move suggested is a blunder
  • Error response most of the time
  • App crushes when copying or pasting PGN
  • Illegal move issues with PGN/FEN
  • Castling not handled correctly in PGN
  • Algorithm inconsistency (doesn't play the same move for the exact same play)
  • Login doesn't work for extra servers
  • UI could be better
  • Cannot find an option to delete saved games

Requested features

34 requests
  • Fix critical bugs
  • Update UI
  • Release a proper update
  • Maintain the app properly
  • Update to current stockfish 17
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  • Add self-play mode with different engines
  • Add Komodo latest version
  • Fix LC0 issues with T81 network family
  • Show a few candidate options
  • Add feature to use screenshot/photo of board
  • Add arrow or directional lines for best move
  • Make it more didactic
  • Add premium features for paid users
  • Add option to play engine vs engine
  • Add some themes
  • Add analysis arrows
  • Copy full PGN when playing engine vs engine
  • Add database for openings for free
  • Add iPad version
  • Allow landscape format on iPad
  • Increase analysis time beyond 30 seconds
  • Add option to switch turns after calculating a move
  • Improve ergonomics
  • Name boards and show names
  • Add instructions on how to use
  • Option to delete saved games
  • Improve UI
  • Handle illegal moves and castling correctly in PGN/FEN
  • Allow castling
  • Add feedback and suggestions
  • Cut and paste FEN
  • Automatic play of calculated move
  • Print positions after moves or games
  • Flip board only for current board

Tchoc

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Next Chess Move

One-time1
  • NCM Pro$18.99
None

Tchoc

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Next Chess Move free?
Next Chess Move costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Tchoc free?
Tchoc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Next Chess Move or Tchoc have ads?
Neither Next Chess Move nor Tchoc shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Next Chess Move or Tchoc?
Next Chess Move ships an update monthly, and Tchoc fortnightly. Most recently, Next Chess Move was updated on October 24, 2026 and Tchoc on October 10, 2026.

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