Comparison

Mini Chess 5x4 vs ChessCraft

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

Head to head
About

Mini Chess 5x4

Experience a unique tactical challenge with a smaller board in this classic strategy game. It offers puzzles, achievements, and an endless mode with randomly generated positions. Play completely offline with no ads or data collection.

Highlights
  • 5x4 chess board variant
  • Tactical complexity
  • Multiple puzzles
  • Achievements and unlockables
  • Endless position generator
  • Offline play
  • No ads
Features
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A mini version of the worlds most popular board game. It may look simple on first sight, but do not underestimate the new tactical complexity of a small board. I created multiple puzzles, achievements and unlockables. When you finish all puzzles you unlock and endless position generator, which allows you to play on forever in randomly generated positions. This app is free and has no ads. We also collect no personal data and the app works completely offline. Thanks for giving it a try! :-).

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

Mini Chess 5x44 screens
ChessCraft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mini Chess 5x4 at Free against ChessCraft's $5.99. Mini Chess 5x4 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months). ChessCraft's advantage is chart position (#92 vs unranked) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). On 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

Mini Chess 5x4 is free to download; ChessCraft costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mini Chess 5x4 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChessCraft has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Mini Chess 5x4's written reviews are positive against 90% of ChessCraft's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mini Chess 5x4 ships an update fortnightly, ChessCraft every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 4, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Mini Chess 5x4 versus ChessCraft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMini Chess 5x4ChessCraft
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.3 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.0% of reviews
Number of ratings210 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#92 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB166 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRudolf Dr. JagdhuberStuart Spence

Customer experience

Mini Chess 5x4

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ChessCraft

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mini Chess 5x4

No in-app purchases

None

ChessCraft

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mini Chess 5x4 free?
Mini Chess 5x4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChessCraft free?
ChessCraft costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mini Chess 5x4 or ChessCraft?
Mini Chess 5x4 is rated higher. Mini Chess 5x4 averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ChessCraft averages 4.3 from 10 ratings.
Do Mini Chess 5x4 or ChessCraft have ads?
Neither Mini Chess 5x4 nor ChessCraft shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mini Chess 5x4 or ChessCraft?
Mini Chess 5x4 ships an update fortnightly, and ChessCraft every 9 months. Most recently, Mini Chess 5x4 was updated on November 4, 2026 and ChessCraft on November 4, 2026.

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