Comparison

Pulog vs ChessCraft

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

Head to head
About

Pulog

Features
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Push your way to victory — one clever shove at a time. PULOG is a push-based logic puzzle with two very different ways to play: outthink an opponent in the strategic Classic game, or lose yourself in the fast, endless solo puzzling of Crusher Mode -- now with diagonal move and tutorials. The classic game had a major overhaul as well, with smooth moves and a much better underlying logic. CLASSIC PULOG — Outsmart, don't out-click • Push a row or column from the edge to slide your stones toward the open space — but only if you hold the majority there. • The board rewards planning: every move shifts exactly one space, so nothing is ever left to chance. • Surround the red stone on all four sides with your color to win. • Play against a friend, or take on an AI that actually plans ahead. • Rewind any move with the Steps counter, or shuffle up a brand new board with Randomize. CHALLENGE MODE — Six AI, six mountains • Face all six AI difficulty levels back-to-back, each one tougher than the last. • No undo, no bailing out partway — beat them all, or start over. • New music unlocks as you climb, with something special waiting at the top. CRUSHER MODE — NEW! Push, match, chase the high score • A solo puzzle, no opponent: push any stone in any direction and watch it — and its neighbors — go flying until it hits something. • Line up 3 or more matching stones to crush them for points. Chain reactions feel great. • Colors ease in gradually, wave by wave, until the full board is in play. • Clear every color and only the red stone remains — burst it for a bonus, bigger the faster you clear the board. • It never really ends: waves keep coming, and your score keeps climbing until you decide to stop. • Watch for the occasional hazard stone — it visibly cracks under pressure as its countdown ticks toward zero. • Fast fingers? Push more than one stone at once. • Chase your best runs on the High Scores list and Game Center leaderboard. No timers pressuring you between sessions, no pay-to-win — just push-based puzzling, your way.

About

ChessCraft

Explore a chess sandbox where you can customize boards, rules, and pieces. Create unique chess variants, play against an AI, or challenge friends online. Discover and share your custom chess creations with a global community.

Highlights
  • Customizable chess boards and pieces
  • AI computer opponent
  • Online multiplayer with friends
  • Adventure mode with built-in boards
  • Chess variant database
  • Create new pieces and tile rules
Features
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Never play the same game of chess again! ChessCraft is a chess sandbox with an AI computer opponent. Customize chess boards, rules, and pieces. Share your creations online. Play your friends online, or play the computer, or choose from one of 75 built-in chess boards in adventure mode. ChessCraft is also the world's largest chess variant database. https://www.chesscraft.ca Many chess AI mobile games already exist, but only ChessCraft allows the player to create such wacky boards and pieces and immediately play a decent computer opponent. Create new pieces with any combination of the 8 bishop or rook slides, plus a 7x7 grid of knight-like hops. Pieces can also enhance or restrict nearby pieces. Create new boards with any enabled or disabled tile up to 16x16. Place promotion rules for any piece, anywhere. Place tile rules like witch windows (teleporters), sanctuaries, and more. The computer AI opponent then uses concepts from computer science and graph theory to understand your creations and play against you. When you share a board, your friends can play the AI too. Sharing creates a new web page just for you, like this: https://www.chesscraft.ca/design?id=shape-variant1 Visit the website and send me an email if you have any feedback or questions. If you like the game, please rate it!

Screenshots

Pulog4 screens
ChessCraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pulog at Free against ChessCraft's $5.99. On update cadence, 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

Pulog is free to download; ChessCraft costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pulog ships an update every 16 months, ChessCraft every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Pulog versus ChessCraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPulogChessCraft
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating—4.3 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—8 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 9 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Paid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size262 MB166 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorbert MakkStuart Spence

In-app purchases

None

Pulog

No in-app purchases

None

ChessCraft

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pulog free?
Pulog is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChessCraft free?
ChessCraft costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pulog or ChessCraft have ads?
Neither Pulog nor ChessCraft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pulog or ChessCraft?
Pulog ships an update every 16 months, and ChessCraft every 9 months. Most recently, Pulog was updated on October 7, 2026 and ChessCraft on October 11, 2026.

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