Comparison

Chess Tutor vs Train Chess

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

Train Chess

Master hundreds of essential positional endgames to elevate your chess skills. Practice against an engine to improve your late-game win rate and conversion. This app focuses on crucial endgame scenarios for strategic improvement.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of positional endgames
  • Engine practice
  • Improve win rate
  • Master endgame conversion
  • Strategic improvement
Features
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Train Chess features hundreds of must-know positional endgames that will improve your game. Master positions against the engine and increase your win rate late in the game and master your endgame conversion.

Screenshots

Chess Tutor4 screens
Train Chess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Train Chess at 5.0 against Chess Tutor's 1.3. Train Chess also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 12 months). Chess Tutor's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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

Train Chess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Tutor ships an update every 12 months, Train Chess every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Chess Tutor versus Train Chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess TutorTrain Chess
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.3 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperR.D. HareCamren Todd

Customer experience

Chess Tutor

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Train Chess

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

In-app purchases

None

Chess Tutor

No in-app purchases

None

Train Chess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Tutor free?
Chess Tutor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Train Chess free?
Train Chess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chess Tutor or Train Chess?
Train Chess is rated higher. Chess Tutor averages 1.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Train Chess averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Chess Tutor or Train Chess have ads?
Chess Tutor shows ads; Train Chess does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess Tutor or Train Chess?
Chess Tutor ships an update every 12 months, and Train Chess every 4 days. Most recently, Chess Tutor was updated on September 30, 2026 and Train Chess on October 2, 2026.

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