BlueChess vs ChessM8
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.
ChessM8
Engage in correspondence chess with players globally. Plan your moves, communicate with opponents, and invite others to spectate your matches. Receive post-game analysis from a computer engine.
- Correspondence chess play
- Global player matchmaking
- Move planning tools
- In-game chat functionality
- Spectator mode for games
- Post-game computer analysis
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This app allows players around the world to play correspondence chess. It allows players to plan moves, chat with each other, invite others to watch games. It also provides a computer analysis after games are completed.
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Verdict
BlueChess and ChessM8 both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of ChessM8's written reviews are positive against 50% of BlueChess's. ChessM8 also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 ChessM8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChessM8 has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of BlueChess's written reviews are positive against 100% of ChessM8's.
BlueChess ships an update every 4 months, ChessM8 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and August 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlueChess | ChessM8 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GreenChess.com | Corneliu Lupu |
Customer experience
BlueChess
ChessM8
In-app purchases
BlueChess
No in-app purchases
ChessM8
No in-app purchases
