Comparison

Mini Chess 5x4 vs ChessHere

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

ChessHere

Engage in real-time or correspondence chess matches, challenge friends, and participate in tournaments. Improve your game with puzzles, opening studies, and game analysis. Stay connected with messaging and notifications in a clean, focused interface.

Highlights
  • Real-time and correspondence chess
  • Challenge friends and opponents
  • Join tournaments
  • Solve daily puzzles
  • Study openings
  • Game analysis and tracking
  • Messaging and notifications
Features
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Play chess, understand your games, and actually get better. ChessHere combines fast online play with a personal Coach that tells you what happened on the board and what to work on next. PLAY YOUR WAY - Live chess: bullet, blitz and rapid against players around the world - Correspondence chess: take hours or days per move, with a reminder when it's your turn - Challenge friends with a link, or get matched instantly - Tournaments: arenas and round robins with live standings LEARN FROM EVERY GAME - Coach: after each game, get a clear explanation of the key moments, your mistakes and your best moves, in plain language, not engine numbers - Full game analysis with evaluation and best lines - Lessons and courses from first moves to rook endgames TRAIN DAILY - Daily puzzle, Puzzle Rush and themed tactics - Opening trainer: learn and drill the lines you actually play - Track your rating, streaks and progress over time A CALM PLACE TO PLAY - Clean, focused design with light and dark themes and board styles - Follow players, chat in game and send messages - Available in 25 languages - Your games sync with chesshere.com on the web CHESSHERE PREMIUM Daily mistake review, more drills and focus areas, unlimited puzzles from your own games, deeper analysis, a weekly progress report, and your own tournaments. Available as a monthly or annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.chesshere.com/privacy Whether you have one minute or one week per move, ChessHere is where your next move happens.

Screenshots

Mini Chess 5x44 screens
ChessHere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mini Chess 5x4 at none against ChessHere's 2. Mini Chess 5x4 also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). ChessHere's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. ChessHere sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per month. Mini Chess 5x4 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mini Chess 5x4 against 5.0 for ChessHere. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mini Chess 5x4 ships an update fortnightly, ChessHere every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mini Chess 5x4 versus ChessHere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMini Chess 5x4ChessHere
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRudolf Dr. JagdhuberKhaled Jouda

Customer experience

Mini Chess 5x4

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

ChessHere

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mini Chess 5x4

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ChessHere

Subscriptions2
  • ChessHere Premium$7.001 Month
  • ChessHere Premium$70.001 Year

Questions

Is Mini Chess 5x4 free?
Mini Chess 5x4 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChessHere free?
ChessHere is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mini Chess 5x4 or ChessHere?
Mini Chess 5x4 and ChessHere are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Mini Chess 5x4 or ChessHere have ads?
Neither Mini Chess 5x4 nor ChessHere shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mini Chess 5x4 or ChessHere?
Mini Chess 5x4 ships an update fortnightly, and ChessHere every 5 days. Most recently, Mini Chess 5x4 was updated on October 24, 2026 and ChessHere on October 25, 2026.

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