Comparison

Chess Prime vs 3D Chess Game

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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!

About

3D Chess Game

Experience chess in a realistic 3D environment with customizable boards and sets. Challenge yourself with 25 difficulty levels, analyze games move-by-move, and track your progress with detailed statistics. Perfect for both beginners and experienced players.

Highlights
  • Realistic 3D graphics and animations
  • 25 adjustable AI difficulty levels
  • Customizable chess sets and boards
  • Game analysis and editing
  • Detailed player statistics
  • Tournament mode
  • Position editor
Features
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Play Chess against the computer, in 3D! It feels like playing on a real chessboard and supports human vs computer, computer vs computer, human vs human. - 25 different levels carefully tweaked to challenge you gradually while you progress - Or just pit different A.I. levels against each other and watch! - Realistic 3D models, animations and sound effects - Customizable chess set and chessboard colors (including metal effect!), with 12 presets - Examine any game back and forth, move by move! Edit, resume etc. - Timed and untimed modes with no-penalty undo/redo option - Track your progress from every angle with detailed statistics - Tournament mode with untimed matches against simulated opponents that are calibrated to your skills, are always available, move immediately and never cheat! - Ability to manually edit and play any position, including unusual ones like all knight pieces, multiple kings, no kings etc! - Option to hide valid moves markers, last move trail markers and thinking A.I. markers - Never played Chess before? Quick start tutorial included! - No in-app purchases, not a demo, no locked options!

Screenshots

Chess Prime4 screens
3D Chess Game4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Chess Prime at none against 3D Chess Game's shown. Chess Prime also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). 3D Chess Game's advantage is ratings volume (3.5K vs 71). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

3D Chess Game holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 3D Chess Game has 3.5K ratings behind it against 71, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 84% of Chess Prime's written reviews are positive against 76% of 3D Chess Game's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Prime ships an update every 2 weeks, 3D Chess Game every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Chess Prime versus 3D Chess Game: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Prime3D Chess Game
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (71 ratings)4.6 (3.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.6% of reviews — better75.7% of reviews
Number of ratings713.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB11 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVinta GamesA Trillion Games Ltd

Customer experience

Chess Prime

All ratings71 ratings
Positive85.9%
Neutral7.0%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive83.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative7.3%

3D Chess Game

All ratings3,531 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews251 reviews
Positive75.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative18.7%

Bugs and requests

Chess Prime

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

3D Chess Game

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • AI makes multiple moves in a single turn
  • Game incorrectly declares checkmate or draw
  • Crashes and resets after certain actions
  • Piece movement issues and inability to make valid moves

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add online multiplayer mode
  • Implement move history and game analysis
  • Allow pawn promotion to other pieces
  • Improve castling functionality
  • Add background music option

In-app purchases

None

Chess Prime

No in-app purchases

None

3D Chess Game

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Prime free?
Chess Prime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is 3D Chess Game free?
3D Chess Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chess Prime or 3D Chess Game?
3D Chess Game is rated higher. Chess Prime averages 4.4 out of 5 from 71 ratings, while 3D Chess Game averages 4.6 from 3.5K ratings.
Do Chess Prime or 3D Chess Game have ads?
3D Chess Game shows ads; Chess Prime does not.
Which is updated more often, Chess Prime or 3D Chess Game?
Chess Prime ships an update every 2 weeks, and 3D Chess Game every 3 weeks. Most recently, Chess Prime was updated on August 28, 2026 and 3D Chess Game on September 29, 2026.

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