Comparison

Grumpiness Panda vs Chess Codex

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

Head to head
About

Grumpiness Panda

Send bunnies to gather resources and upgrade your village to build an impressive statue before the grumpy panda awakens. A simple click-and-drag interface makes it easy to manage your workers and progress.

Highlights
  • Send bunnies to work
  • Gather resources
  • Upgrade buildings
  • Build statues
  • Click and drag controls
Features
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Every 10 years, Panda gets really angry... Send your bunnies to work, gather resources, upgrade everything and build an impressive statue before Panda shakes the world again! How to operate: Click on the screen Drag and drop rabbits and resources. Click Upgrade to buy them.

About

Chess Codex

Features
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Chess Codex is a calm, beautiful place to get sharper at chess. 20000+ hand graded puzzles take you from your very first checkmate to tactics that will test a club player. Every puzzle is a real position with one best move to find. Spot the fork, land the pin, set up the mate. Play offline, anywhere. No account, no sign up, no clutter. Chess Codex is part of Penrose Park Puzzles, a family of premium puzzle games.

Screenshots

Grumpiness Panda4 screens
Chess Codex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Chess Codex at every 3 days against Grumpiness Panda's every 15 months. Grumpiness Panda's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Grumpiness Panda ships an update every 15 months, Chess Codex every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Grumpiness Panda versus Chess Codex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGrumpiness PandaChess Codex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer华 曾Vince Lubbers

In-app purchases

None

Grumpiness Panda

No in-app purchases

None

Chess Codex

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Grumpiness Panda free?
Grumpiness Panda is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chess Codex free?
Chess Codex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Grumpiness Panda or Chess Codex have ads?
Both Grumpiness Panda and Chess Codex show ads.
Which is updated more often, Grumpiness Panda or Chess Codex?
Grumpiness Panda ships an update every 15 months, and Chess Codex every 3 days. Most recently, Grumpiness Panda was updated on October 5, 2026 and Chess Codex on October 25, 2026.

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