Comparison

Chess Tutor vs BlockIn

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

Head to head
About

Chess Tutor

This app guides new players from novice to skilled chess players through interactive tutorials, mini-games, and puzzles. It offers various learning modules, practice challenges, and the ability to play full games against a computer opponent with adjustable difficulty.

Highlights
  • Interactive tutorials on piece movement and rules
  • Skill-honing mini-games and puzzles
  • Checkmate challenges for all skill levels
  • Play against a computer opponent with 5 difficulty levels
  • Customizable board colors and piece sets
  • Knight's Tour puzzle
Features
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Chess Tutor has been specifically developed for beginners and new chess players. It can take you through from complete novice to a good chess player. It makes learning and developing in chess fun by a range of tutorials, mini-games and puzzles that hone skills before the full chess game is tackled. Of course, you can just play it at chess if you please! The main features are: >Tutor Levels - How pieces move - The rules of the game - Special moves such as forks, pins, skewers and en-passant - Practice challenges to be completed in less than 1 minute - Puzzles - Can you check mate in as few moves as challenged - Ranging from beginner to advanced - Complete puzzles to unlock more > Minigames - Play games against the computer - Games for beginners and more experienced players - Games that teach end game techniques and practice specific pieces - Complete games to unlock more games and challenges > Challenges - Challenge style puzzles - Puzzles for beginners and more advanced players - The famous "Knight's Tour" puzzle > Play Chess - Computer opponent with 5 levels of difficulty - 3 piece sets to choose from - 3 board colours - animated pieces - Sounds - Undo/take back - Play White or Black - Integrated opening book

About

BlockIn

A relaxing puzzle game where you slide tiles of the same color to connect them. Strategize to overcome challenges and win all levels without a time limit. Enjoy this brain-training experience anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Slide tiles to connect same colors
  • Combine tiles for strategic play
  • No time limit for relaxed gameplay
  • Challenging levels
  • Brain training puzzles
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Slide and relax! Block In: Puzzle Game is a game for relaxing with many challenges. With this game, all you need to do is to slide the tiles with the same color to connect together as sample provided. But be careful because when tiles with same color are close to each other, they will combine together and cannot be moved any more. No time limit, you can enjoy game for any time, anywhere. Find out the best strategy and win all levels to prove that no obstacles can hinder your way to success. Enjoy your time!

Screenshots

Chess Tutor4 screens
BlockIn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BlockIn at 5.0 against Chess Tutor's 2.3. BlockIn also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). Chess Tutor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price 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

Both are free to download. BlockIn sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess Tutor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BlockIn holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Tutor ships an update every 2 weeks, BlockIn every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Chess Tutor versus BlockIn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess TutorBlockIn
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperR.D. HareLe Huu Nghia

Customer experience

Chess Tutor

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

BlockIn

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Chess Tutor

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BlockIn

One-time1
  • In-App Purchases$0.99

Questions

Is Chess Tutor free?
Chess Tutor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BlockIn free?
BlockIn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chess Tutor or BlockIn?
BlockIn is rated higher. Chess Tutor averages 2.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while BlockIn averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Chess Tutor or BlockIn have ads?
Chess Tutor shows ads; BlockIn does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess Tutor or BlockIn?
Chess Tutor ships an update every 2 weeks, and BlockIn every 2 days. Most recently, Chess Tutor was updated on October 15, 2026 and BlockIn on October 7, 2026.

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