BlueChess vs Rapid 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.
Rapid Chess
Engage in fast-paced online chess matches with a beautifully designed, user-friendly interface. Review past games to learn from mistakes and climb the leaderboard by challenging other players.
- Rapid, bullet, and blitz time controls
- Review past games for learning
- Challenge other users
- Create random matches
- Learn from other users' games
- Top 50 leaderboard
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Play a rapid online chess game when you are on the go. Enjoy playing your favorite game in an app, which is designed from the ground up with beauty and simplicity in mind. With its beautiful dark mode interface, which is easy on the eyes, this app will allow you to enjoy the game even more. • Play games with rapid, bullet and blitz style time controls • Learn from your mistakes by reviewing your past games. • Challenge other users • Create and play a random match with other users • Learn from other users by reviewing their games and scores • Get a spot on Top 50 leaderboard by winning more games and increasing your score
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Rapid Chess at 11.4 against BlueChess's 16.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BlueChess against 5.0 for Rapid Chess. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
| Parameter | BlueChess | Rapid Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GreenChess.com | Farid Rahmani |
Customer experience
BlueChess
Rapid Chess
In-app purchases
BlueChess
No in-app purchases
Rapid Chess
No in-app purchases
