Comparison

My Perfect Defense vs CombatChess

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

Head to head
About

My Perfect Defense

Assemble heroes and strategize in this roguelike defense game. Unleash attacks on invading monsters, combine different hero professions for offense and defense, and cultivate your forces through strategic battles with unpredictable outcomes.

Highlights
  • Tap to attack with captain
  • Combine heroes of different professions
  • Strategic cultivation in battles
  • Unpredictable changes and fun
  • Defend against invading forces
Features
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The mysterious force has pierced through parallel universes, creating rifts that traverse multiple dimensions of time and space. The forces of the Dark Lord have begun invading our territory. Quickly organize your heroes and prepare for battle to show the invaders the true power! Game Features: 1.Click on the battlefield to have the captain unleash attacks and eliminate monsters. 2.Combine heroes of different professions for both offense and defense. 3.Cultivate in battles full of strategy, with unpredictable changes and lots of fun.

About

CombatChess

Experience chess with a twist: captures lead to real-time pixel brawls where the winner claims the square. Manage action cards strategically to win fights and defend your pieces. Features a robust chess engine and arcade-style combat mechanics.

Highlights
  • Real-time pixel brawls for captures
  • Action cards for strategic combat
  • Persistent damage on pieces
  • Six-button arcade combat system
  • King can fight to avoid checkmate
  • Full-rule chess engine (Stockfish)
  • Turn-based online multiplayer
Features
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It's chess. With fists. Combat Chess is real, full-rules chess until a capture is contested. Then both pieces drop into a real-time brawl, and the winner keeps the square. No piece goes quietly. Not even the king. ACTION CARDS: FIGHT FOR THE SQUARE You start every match with 3 Action Cards. When your piece is captured, spend one to force a fight instead of just losing it. Win the brawl and the capture is repelled your piece holds the square and the attacker is removed. Cards are spent win or lose and never refill mid-match, so card management is a whole extra layer of strategy. Run dry, and captures land like ordinary chess. FIGHTS THAT MATTER - Fighting power scales with chess value: pawns brawl at 75 HP, knights and bishops at 125, rooks at 175, queens at a monstrous 275, kings at 300. - Damage persists for the ENTIRE match. Wound the queen now, hunt her down later a health bar follows every piece that has fought. - A pawn can topple a queen. It just takes near-flawless play. SIX-BUTTON ARCADE COMBAT - Left punch (fast jab) and right punch (slow, heavy cross). - Side-matched blocking read the tell and guard the correct side to absorb 80% of the hit. - Timed dodges perfect timing negates all damage and charges your meter. - A stamina system that punishes button-mashing. Burn out and you're exhausted: unable to act and taking 1.5x damage. - Land perfect dodges to unlock the SUPER a single power shot worth 2.5x a heavy punch. Spam loses. Reads win. THE KING NEVER FALLS QUIETLY - In check, you can move out of danger or spend a card to send your king to fight the checking piece directly. - Checkmate isn't automatically the end. It triggers a mandatory final fight: your king duels the mating piece at 300 HP, no card needed. Win the last stand and the mate is broken. This cuts both ways: to beat you, your opponent must finish the job in the ring. A REAL CHESS ENGINE UNDERNEATH - Complete standard chess: castling, en passant, promotion, check, checkmate, and every standard draw rule. - Powered by the Stockfish engine, tunable from 600 to 3190 Elo - friendly beginner to superhuman, with a strength slider for every difficulty in Settings. - Single-player works fully offline. Sound and haptics are yours to toggle. CHALLENGE FRIENDS ONLINE - Turn-based multiplayer through Game Center: invite friends, run several matches at once, and take your time. - Get notified when an opponent moves, captures, or starts a fight with daily reminders before the 4-day forfeit window closes a stalled match. - Built for turn-based play: when you contest a capture, the fight resolves instantly on your own device against a computer-controlled version of your opponent's piece fighting with its true HP and power, including damage it already carries. No waiting around, and your opponent sees a full recap on their turn. EVERY MATCH ON RECORD - Match history with wins, losses, draws, win rate, streaks, per-difficulty records, fight stats, and your biggest upset.

Screenshots

My Perfect Defense4 screens
CombatChess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CombatChess at none against My Perfect Defense's 12. CombatChess also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). My Perfect Defense's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment and update cadence 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. My Perfect Defense sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. CombatChess asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CombatChess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: My Perfect Defense has 26 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My Perfect Defense ships an update every 4 days, CombatChess every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on July 6, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
My Perfect Defense versus CombatChess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy Perfect DefenseCombatChess
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size299 MB99 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperHALOMOBI PTE. LTD.PUNCHMAN, LLC

Customer experience

My Perfect Defense

All ratings26 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CombatChess

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

My Perfect Defense

One-time12
  • 0.99 USD Pack$0.99
  • 1.99 USD Pack$1.99
  • 2.99 USD Pack$2.99
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  • 4.99 USD Pack$4.99
  • 5.99 USD Pack$5.99
  • 6.99 USD Pack$6.99
  • 9.99 USD Pack$9.99
  • 14.99 USD Pack$14.99
  • 19.99 USD Pack$19.99
  • 29.99 USD Pack$29.99
  • 49.99 USD Pack$49.99
  • 99.99 USD Pack$99.99
None

CombatChess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Perfect Defense free?
My Perfect Defense is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CombatChess free?
CombatChess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Perfect Defense or CombatChess?
CombatChess is rated higher. My Perfect Defense averages 4.7 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while CombatChess averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do My Perfect Defense or CombatChess have ads?
My Perfect Defense shows ads; CombatChess does not.
Which is updated more often, My Perfect Defense or CombatChess?
My Perfect Defense ships an update every 4 days, and CombatChess every 5 days. Most recently, My Perfect Defense was updated on July 6, 2026 and CombatChess on September 9, 2026.

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