Chess Prime vs Chess Master 3D∙
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Prime
This app offers a challenging chess experience for players of all levels. It features a versatile AI engine, customizable game modes, and helpful tools for beginners. Save your progress and replay games to improve your skills.
- One player and two player modes
- Challenging AI with flexible difficulty
- Start from any position
- Save and load games
- Show legal moves for beginners
- Undo and redo moves
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- Importance of chess - Chess is one of the ancient games in the world. Chess has become so increasingly popular that there was a time when chess was considered "Royal Game", but is now a common source of entertainment for a common man. In many parts of the world (in schools) chess has been introduced as major part of the curriculum, because chess increases the mathematical and scientific skills of the students. Chess also increases the problem solving skills, a sense of confidence, a self-worth and the communication skills. ••• Why Chess Prime? ••• Chess Prime is one of the best designed chess games for the iPad / iPhone (1,000,000+ downloads so far). It provides learning support for novice players, a real challenge for the experienced players and fun. Chess Prime supports both ‘one player’ and ‘two player’ game play, so you can play against your friends or against a challenging computer opponent. You can even start your game from different position that allows you to test your skills in different game phases, common positions, solve chess puzzles, etc. Also you can save your game and then re-load it anytime you want. If you are novice player you may take advantage of the feature that shows all legal moves for current piece. -The full list of features:- • Excellent graphics, sound effects and music • Configurable player names • Great AI engine with a flexible difficulty level that suits both novice players and experts • Versatile openings: Chess Prime AI engine plays like a human, not as a computer that always chooses the same move at the same position. It gives you opportunity to play different famous openings to gain extensive experience in chess. This feature is activated automatically in the game with high difficulty level. • SETUP game: Start the game from any desirable position with any number of pieces • UNDO function if you accidentally hit wrong piece or square. It works even if your king is checkmated. • REDO function if you missed the opponent’s move. Just press EYE button and Chess Prime will show you the last opponent’s move. • SAVE / LOAD feature gives you an opportunity to finish the game later or to play the chess puzzle which you can setup in the “Setup Game” module. • Option to show the LEGAL MOVES for current piece (very useful for novice players) • Option to ROTATE the board in ‘two player’ mode. • Option to limit ‘think time’ in ‘one player’ mode to 5, 15 or 30 seconds • Option to switch on / off sound effects and / or music • Automatically saves the current state of the game, so the game state would be automatically restored if you quit the application • Universal app (supports iPad / iPod touch / iPhone) If you love playing chess in landscape mode and in 3D, then download and try out our new Chess Prime 3D app! Enjoy!
Chess Master 3D∙
Experience next-generation chess with stunning graphics and immersive gameplay. Utilize smart strategies and AI difficulty levels to become a true chess master. Adjust camera options and receive piece movement hints for a tactical battle.
- High-quality 3D graphics
- Adjustable camera options
- Piece movement hints
- Multiple AI difficulty levels
- Tactical gameplay
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Enjoy spare-time playing next-gen chess. Amazing graphics and gameplay make immerse yourself into the tactical battle between dark side and light. Use smart strategies to become true chess master! Features: - High-quality graphics - Adjust comfortable camera options - Piece movement hints - Different AI difficulty levels
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chess Prime at 84% against Chess Master 3D∙'s 45%. Chess Prime also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Chess Prime holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 71 and 72 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Chess Prime's written reviews are positive against 45% of Chess Master 3D∙'s.
Chess Prime ships an update every 2 weeks, Chess Master 3D∙ every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Prime | Chess Master 3D∙ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (71 ratings) — better | 3.9 (72 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.6% of reviews — better | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 71 | 72 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Vinta Games | Dzmitry Pakamestau |
Customer experience
Chess Prime
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In-app purchases
Chess Prime
No in-app purchases
Chess Master 3D∙
No in-app purchases
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