Starchess vs Hexchess One
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Starchess
Experience chess with a unique twist on a three-dimensional board. Pieces gain new movement capabilities, allowing for strategic plays in up, down, and diagonal directions. Enjoy a fresh challenge to your chess skills.
- Three-dimensional chess board
- Traditional chess rules
- Expanded piece movement (up, down, diagonal)
- Unique strategic gameplay
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Starchess has all of the same rules as traditional chess but now on a three-dimensional board. Pieces can move up, down and diagonally.
Hexchess One
Experience a unique chess variant on a hexagonal board with enhanced mobility and strategy. Compete in ranked matches, climb leaderboards, and solve puzzles to master the game and earn rewards.
- Hexagonal board chess variant
- Ranked matches and leaderboards
- Daily puzzles and puzzle campaigns
- Earn rewards through gameplay
- Multi-platform support
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Hexagonal chess is a chess variant played on a hexagonal board. The rules are similar to traditional chess, but allows for higher mobility, more aggressive tactics, and more complex strategies. HexChess One is a multi-platform client for hexagonal chess that allows you to compete against other players in ranked matches to climb the leaderboard and solve puzzles to master the game! Earn rewards by playing ranked games, solving the daily puzzle, or completing puzzle campaign levels!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Starchess at 100% against Hexchess One's 0%. Starchess also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Hexchess One's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Starchess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Starchess's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hexchess One's.
Starchess ships an update every 4 months, Hexchess One every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Starchess | Hexchess One |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nathan Lane | Kevin Zhang |
Customer experience
Starchess
Hexchess One
In-app purchases
Starchess
No in-app purchases
Hexchess One
No in-app purchases
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