eChess vs Gullhall
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eChess
Learn and play chess in a fun, accessible way with interactive tutorials and engaging themes. Connect with friends for matches, complete with built-in video chat and special effects.
- Interactive tutorials for learning chess
- Customizable themes from the shop
- Connect and play with friends
- Built-in video chat with special effects
- Fun and easy learning approach
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Inside the eChess game you will explore some great features like learning how to play with the tutorials, getting new and exciting themes in the shop and easily connect and play with your friends. Have fun playing with the built in video-chat with special effects and more. What are you waiting for? Install the game and let the fun begin! eChess is fully packed with a lot of great chess-themes already – and much more to come. Install the game now and experience this new and fun world of eChess together with your friends and family. Enjoy! Chess can sometimes seem a little intimidating, maybe a bit too serious and hard to learn as well! Now just relax and learn chess in a new, easy and most importantly fun way with eChess tutorials. Learn basic rules and learn how the pieces move and use your new skills to play and have a lot of fun! Install the game now to start learning the beautiful game of chess.
Gullhall
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Gullhall! Your Viking journey starts here. Can you and your friends become the most powerful Viking clan? Gullhall is a Viking strategy game. Here you fight alongside your friends in a magical world of Vikings. Create or join a clan, build your village, take on missions and quests, raise ships and train troops, and become the mightiest clan of them all. BUILD YOUR FARM Raise longhouses, smithies and shipyards. Gather silver, iron and provisions, and climb the ranks from thrall to chieftain. SAIL AND RAID Send your fleet on raids, besiege coastal forts, and take land on the map of the North. Every victory brings loot and honour home. STAND WITH YOUR CLAN Plan raids together in real-time chat, send your ships on joint expeditions, and conquer territory no one could take alone. HOLMGANG — ARCADE COMBAT Drop into fast-paced battles through forest, caves, frost and volcano. Fight bosses solo, or face other Vikings. SAIL BEYOND THE NORTH Trade with Miklagard, Dublin and Gardarike. Bring home silver, rare artefacts and stories worth telling. Free to play. Build your saga — and write your name into history.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gullhall at none against eChess's 4. Gullhall also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). eChess's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads 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. eChess sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Gullhall asks for nothing beyond the download.
eChess ships an update every 2 months, Gullhall weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eChess | Gullhall |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 619 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | eChess AS | Ramtech AS |
In-app purchases
eChess
- 200 Coins$4.99
- 500 Coins$9.99
- 1000 Coins$16.99
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- 2000 Coins$29.99
Gullhall
No in-app purchases









