Comparison

Elite Chess Database vs Squared Chess

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

Head to head
About

Elite Chess Database

Explore and analyze vast chess game databases, including games from top-ranked players and annotated matches. Solve puzzles for all skill levels and receive instant verification of your solutions. The app offers extensive customization and beautiful graphics for an engaging experience.

Highlights
  • View and analyze chess game databases
  • Access elite human games (2400+ Elo)
  • Study annotated chess games
  • Solve puzzles with mate challenges
  • Analyze games for best moves and blunders
  • Bookmark and add notes to games
  • Search and filter games by multiple factors
Features
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This app is for viewing, studying, analysing chess game databases and solving puzzles. It comes with some databases: - Elite database: chess games of human very high ranks, from 2400 Elo. All games are checked, and verified to eliminate errors and redundancies. Player names are checked, standardised too - Annotated games: almost all interesting games with annotations on the Internet. We believe it is the largest collection of annotated games so far - Puzzles with mates from 1 to 9: suitable for all players’ levels, for enjoying as well as for practising. Users can try to solve them and then ask the app to verify their solutions Users could analyse any game for computing information, best moves and for finding blunders. The total of all games and puzzles is huge. A typical human can’t watch and/or solve them all in their whole lives. On one hand, the app becomes the source of unlimited fun, keep every time they get new games to study and enjoy, and new puzzles to solve. On another hand, a huge number of games challenge users to use them efficiently and enjoyably. To help users deal with that huge number of games/puzzles, the app provides redundant ways, from auto-mark visited games, to bookmarking and adding notes to games. Users can search, filter games by many factors, and watch opening trees. It also provides a lot of statistics with many links/buttons to access them conveniently. Our app is very easy to use. Almost all functions are straightforward, users can use them without needing help. Functions are tested carefully for bugs and logical and convenient use. Features are redundant. The whole app is highly customisable. The graphics are very beautiful too.

About

Squared Chess

Features
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Squared Chess is a unique strategy puzzle game that blends the tactical thinking of chess with the satisfying flow of block-clearing puzzles. Place chess-inspired pieces onto a 10×10 grid and think several moves ahead. Every piece follows real chess movement rules: queens sweep across the board, rooks slide into position, and pawns claim single squares. Clear rows and columns to score points, trigger combos, and keep the board alive as the challenge steadily builds. Easy to learn. Deep to master. Features - Chess-inspired strategy gameplay - Relaxing yet challenging puzzle mechanics - Six unique pieces with different movement patterns - Tactical combo scoring and multipliers - Clean minimalist visuals and smooth animations - Endless replayability - Offline play How To Play - Drag one of three random pieces onto the board - Choose a direction based on the piece’s movement rules - Fill rows and columns to clear space - Chain clears together for bonus multipliers - Survive as long as possible before you run out of legal moves Whether you love chess, puzzle games, or tactical strategy games, Squared Chess offers a fresh twist that rewards planning, pattern recognition, and clever positioning. Can you master the board?

Screenshots

Elite Chess Database4 screens
Squared Chess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Squared Chess at none against Elite Chess Database's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Elite Chess Database sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Squared Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Elite Chess Database versus Squared Chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElite Chess DatabaseSquared Chess
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 2 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size423 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNguyen PhamAndy Stubbs

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Elite Chess Database

One-time1
  • Remove Advertisement$9.99
None

Squared Chess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Elite Chess Database free?
Elite Chess Database is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Squared Chess free?
Squared Chess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Elite Chess Database or Squared Chess have ads?
Both Elite Chess Database and Squared Chess show ads.

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