Comparison

Chess Tutor vs Airship

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

Airship

Connect with friends and other players in a variety of multiplayer games. Customize your avatar and compete in exciting game modes like BedWars, Marble Racer, and Bird Tower Defense. Regular updates bring new content and challenges.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer connectivity
  • Avatar customization
  • BedWars game mode
  • Marble Racer game mode
  • Bird Tower Defense game mode
  • Regular updates
Features
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Get ready to play fun multiplayer games with friends on Airship! Airship lets you connect to a server and play with other players. Everything is multiplayer by default. Customize your own avatar with unique outfits. Gamemodes: - Catch a Fish: A social fishing game with cozy vibes and lots of fish! - Airfront: Conquer territory, launch nukes, sink fleets and betray allies in the real-time territory conquest game! - Parkour Game: Run across the rooftops of the city. Don't fall! Airship updates regularly to provide new game modes, avatar clothing and more!

Screenshots

Chess Tutor4 screens
Airship3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Airship at 58% against Chess Tutor's 0%. Airship also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Airship holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Airship has 122 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Chess Tutor's written reviews are positive against 58% of Airship's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Tutor ships an update every 2 weeks, Airship weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Chess Tutor versus Airship: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess TutorAirship
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (4 ratings)4.0 (122 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews57.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4122 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB336 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperR.D. HareEasy.gg

Customer experience

Chess Tutor

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

Airship

All ratings122 ratings
Positive71.3%
Neutral9.8%
Negative18.9%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive57.5%
Neutral12.3%
Negative30.1%

Bugs and requests

Chess Tutor

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Airship

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Inability to play certain games
  • Compatibility issues

Requested features

2 requests
  • More game modes
  • Improved server stability

In-app purchases

None

Chess Tutor

No in-app purchases

None

Airship

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Tutor free?
Chess Tutor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Airship free?
Airship is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chess Tutor or Airship?
Airship is rated higher. Chess Tutor averages 2.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Airship averages 4.0 from 122 ratings.
Do Chess Tutor or Airship have ads?
Chess Tutor shows ads; Airship does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess Tutor or Airship?
Chess Tutor ships an update every 2 weeks, and Airship weekly. Most recently, Chess Tutor was updated on October 15, 2026 and Airship on October 16, 2026.

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