BlueChess vs Play Chess For Fun
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.
Play Chess For Fun
Engage in classic chess matches with friends. Enjoy a straightforward and accessible way to play the timeless strategy game.
- Play with friends
- Classic chess gameplay
- Ad-free experience
- Free to play
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Play with your friends using Play Chess For Fun.
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Verdict
BlueChess and Play Chess For Fun both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Play Chess For Fun's written reviews are positive against 50% of BlueChess's. Play Chess For Fun also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (12 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 4.9 for Play Chess For Fun. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Play Chess For Fun has 12 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 Play Chess For Fun's.
BlueChess ships an update every 4 months, Play Chess For Fun every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlueChess | Play Chess For Fun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GreenChess.com | Alan Feng |
Customer experience
BlueChess
Play Chess For Fun
In-app purchases
BlueChess
No in-app purchases
Play Chess For Fun
No in-app purchases
