BlueChess vs Plant 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.
Plant Chess
Engage in strategic battles by filling a board with plants, clashing with your opponent's creations. Experience increasingly complex tactics as the board fills, requiring careful planning to outmaneuver your rival. Choose your strategy from rushing to controlling territory, or invent your own unique approach to victory.
- Plant-based board combat
- Strategic depth
- Campaign mode
- Player vs. Player (PvP)
- Multiple tactical approaches
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Plant the seeds of victory! Fill the board with plants, while your opponent does the same as they clash. The more plants, the more fun, complex, and intense the tactics get. Watch out and don't get ninja'd! Rush, control, turtle, econ, or something weird and unexpected - how will you plant?
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Verdict
BlueChess and Plant Chess both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Plant Chess's written reviews are positive against 50% of BlueChess's. Plant Chess also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). BlueChess's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Plant Chess sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. BlueChess asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BlueChess against 5.0 for Plant Chess. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plant Chess has 13 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 Plant Chess's.
BlueChess ships an update every 4 months, Plant Chess fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlueChess | Plant Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 522 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | GreenChess.com | Plant Chess Studios, LLC |
Customer experience
BlueChess
Plant Chess
In-app purchases
BlueChess
No in-app purchases
Plant Chess
- 70 Gems$3.99
- Starter Pack$3.99
- 160 Gems$9.99
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- Golden Plant Pass$9.99
- VIP Status$9.99
- Giga Boost$14.99
- Name Change$19.99
- 380 Gems$19.99
- 1175 Gems$59.99
- 1450 Gems$84.99
