Openings Mastermind vs GeoListen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Openings Mastermind
Master chess openings with this app. Import studies, explore with advanced engines, and practice specific lines through repetition. Track your progress and improve your game.
- Import Lichess Studies or PGNs
- Explore openings with Stockfish 15
- Practice openings by repetition
- Smart practice queue
- Track learning progress
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Get ready to take your chess game to the next level with Openings Mastermind, the ultimate chess opening app! Some of the features include: - Import Lichess Studies or custom PGNs - Explore openings with Stockfish 17 and the Lichess position database - Practice openings by repetition against your own custom openings database - Take advantage of the smart practice queue and improve your learning - Observe your learning progress in different openings With our app, you can take your opening game to the next level by practicing against the specific lines you want to master. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced player, our app is the perfect tool to help you improve your opening moves and become a better chess player. Planned Features: - Continue against engine, after study line ends - Analysis of your games from Lichess and Chess.com compared to your openings database
GeoListen
Explore global music and cultures through an interactive puzzle-like experience. Discover new artists and expand your horizons with every play. This app connects musical adventure with geographic challenges.
- Interactive music discovery
- Geographic challenges
- Cultural learning
- Emerging artist promotion
- Puzzle-like gameplay
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Discover Music - Explore the World! GeoListen was created to make discovering music from around the world as interactive and fun as solving a puzzle. Driven by a mission to blend musical adventure with geographic challenge, GeoListen helps users expand their horizons—learning about different cultures and places with every play. Along the way, the app also opens doors for emerging artists, connecting their sounds to new audiences globally. GeoListen is a one-puzzle-per-day game with custom leaderboard features. Unlock past puzzles in the archive by watching a rewarded ad, or subscribe for unlimited, ad-free archive play. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GeoListen at 100% against Openings Mastermind's 50%. GeoListen also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Openings Mastermind's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. GeoListen sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Openings Mastermind asks for nothing beyond the download.
GeoListen holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Openings Mastermind's written reviews are positive against 100% of GeoListen's.
Openings Mastermind ships an update fortnightly, GeoListen weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Openings Mastermind | GeoListen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Christian Heise | GeoListen, LLC |
Customer experience
Openings Mastermind
GeoListen
In-app purchases
Openings Mastermind
No in-app purchases
GeoListen
- Monthly ad-free archive play$1.991 Month
- Annual ad-free archive play$10.991 Year
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