BlueChess vs ! Chess !
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlueChess
Engage in strategic gameplay with powerful chess engines. Choose between the BlueChess engine or the highly-rated Stockfish engine for your matches.
- Play against BlueChess engine
- Play against Stockfish engine
- Strategic gameplay
- Free to play
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Play a game of chess against the BlueChess engine or the Stockfish engine.
! Chess !
Engage in a classic game of strategy with a powerful AI engine and a comprehensive tutor to enhance your skills. Enjoy daily challenges, various difficulty levels, and customizable themes for an immersive experience.
- Powerful Chess AI engine
- Chess Tutor for skill improvement
- 6 difficulty levels
- Daily challenges
- Various 3D themes
- Intelligence hints
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Chess King is the best Chess game. Touch the screen, move and drop the pieces, checkmate, Win! Powerful Chess AI engine, super Chess Tutor, amusing challenge mode, increase your ranking and become a Master of Chess. Features： - 6 difficulty levels（Practice -> Expert）, easier for the beginners. - Chess Tutor, improving your Chess skill. - Intelligence hints analyze every move. - Update the endgame of chess everyday. - Daily challenge. - Various 3D themes. - Support Tablet perfectly. Download the best Chess game now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ! Chess ! at 85% against BlueChess's 50%. ! Chess ! also leads on ratings volume (212 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). BlueChess's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BlueChess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ! Chess ! has 212 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of BlueChess's written reviews are positive against 85% of ! Chess !'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BlueChess ships an update every 4 months, ! Chess ! every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlueChess | ! Chess ! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (212 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 212 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GreenChess.com | 肖见 陈 |
Customer experience
BlueChess
! Chess !
Bugs and requests
BlueChess
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
! Chess !
Reported bugs
9 issues- Game freezes after ads play
- Freezing at end of game
- Rapid board window closing preventing move analysis
- Game exits immediately upon loss
- Daily Endings Challenge feature doesn't open
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- Occasional failure to credit wins after checkmate
- Always starts with horse piece
- Piece placement one square short
- Inconsistent turn indicator display
Requested features
9 requests- Custom starting position option
- Keep board window open after game completion for analysis
- Explain reasoning behind suggested moves
- Game move history and replay functionality
- Adjustable animation speed
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- Online multiplayer capability
- Castling tutorial or clarification
- Ability to resign when losing is inevitable
- Daily Endings Challenge fix
In-app purchases
BlueChess
No in-app purchases
! Chess !
No in-app purchases
