Comparison

Chess Tutor vs Chessticize

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

Chessticize

Practice chess puzzles offline with purpose. This free, open-source trainer helps build pattern recognition through rating-matched puzzle sprints and a unique arrow duel mode. Review missed puzzles and analyze positions with on-device AI.

Highlights
  • Offline puzzle solving
  • Rating-matched puzzle sprints
  • Arrow Duel mode
  • Scheduled puzzle review
  • On-device Stockfish analysis
  • Private by design
  • Open-source
Features
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Practice chess puzzles with purpose—without ads or an account. Chessticize is a free, open-source chess puzzle trainer designed to work offline. Solve short, rating-matched puzzle Sprints to build pattern recognition. Arrow Duel turns each puzzle into a choice between two candidate moves, helping you notice and reject the tempting blunder before you play it. SOLVE PUZZLES WITH INTENT • Puzzle Sprint: solve a compact set of rating-matched chess puzzles against the clock. • Arrow Duel: compare two candidate moves in the same position and choose the better one. • Custom Runs: choose puzzle themes, pace, and difficulty for what you want to practice. MAKE EVERY MISTAKE COUNT Missed and unclear puzzles enter scheduled Review, bringing them back when they are due. Replay lets you revisit completed puzzles and explore positions with on-device Stockfish analysis—without changing your Rating or Review schedule. SEE YOUR PUZZLE PRACTICE Follow separate Ratings for Standard and Arrow Duel, review recent Runs, and filter History to revisit individual puzzles. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Solve bundled puzzles without a network connection. • No ads and no Chessticize account. • No analytics or tracking, and no puzzle activity sent to Chessticize. • Progress starts on your device. Private iCloud Sync can merge progress across your Apple devices and can be turned off; Chessticize does not operate a sync server or receive that data. • Review reminders use local notifications. OPEN SOURCE Chessticize is published under GPL-3.0-or-later. The app includes bundled puzzle data and Stockfish for on-device analysis, with source and licenses available from the app's Settings screen and public project page. ALSO INCLUDED • Curated puzzle themes • Adjustable pace, duration, and difficulty • Optional move sounds and haptic feedback • iPhone and iPad layouts

Screenshots

Chess Tutor4 screens
Chessticize4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chessticize at 100% against Chess Tutor's 0%. Chessticize also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Chessticize holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Chess Tutor's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chessticize's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Tutor ships an update every 2 weeks, Chessticize every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Chess Tutor versus Chessticize: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess TutorChessticize
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB303 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperR.D. HareShu Zhang

Customer experience

Chess Tutor

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

Chessticize

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Chess Tutor

No in-app purchases

None

Chessticize

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Tutor free?
Chess Tutor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chessticize free?
Chessticize is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chess Tutor or Chessticize?
Chessticize is rated higher. Chess Tutor averages 2.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Chessticize averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Chess Tutor or Chessticize have ads?
Chess Tutor shows ads; Chessticize does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess Tutor or Chessticize?
Chess Tutor ships an update every 2 weeks, and Chessticize every 2 days. Most recently, Chess Tutor was updated on October 23, 2026 and Chessticize on October 24, 2026.

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