Comparison

Chess Puzzles & Tactics vs Cube Courier

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

Head to head
About

Chess Puzzles & Tactics

Enhance your chess skills with an extensive collection of puzzles and tactical exercises. Tailor your training by customizing puzzle difficulty and Elo ratings to target specific weaknesses and accelerate improvement, suitable for players of all levels.

Highlights
  • Infinite chess puzzles
  • Tactics training
  • Customizable puzzles
  • Elo rating adjustment
  • All player levels
  • Extensive tactic list
Features
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Solve interactive chess positions on the board and find the correct continuation. Train tactics, mating patterns, and endgames. Choose the categories or motifs you want to practice, then set a puzzle Elo range or difficulty that fits your target session. Built for chess players from beginner through advanced. Practice familiar ideas such as forks, pins, skewers, discovered attacks, sacrifices, promotion, and zugzwang. Develop pattern recognition and calculation through focused puzzle practice.

About

Cube Courier

Features
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GAMEPLAY Control the cube by moving your finger across the screen. Move the coloured blocks and carry them to the base. Just be careful, because the coloured blocks stick to your cube! FEATURES 1. Simple rules 2. Clear graphics 3. 131 levels 4. IQ-enhancing levels 5. Next levels introduce new colours

Screenshots

Chess Puzzles & Tactics4 screens
Cube Courier4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cube Courier at none against Chess Puzzles & Tactics's 1. Cube Courier also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Chess Puzzles & Tactics sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cube Courier asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chess Puzzles & Tactics ships an update weekly, Cube Courier every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chess Puzzles & Tactics versus Cube Courier: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Puzzles & TacticsCube Courier
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (488 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings488 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size89 MB231 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSajed NahianJaroslaw Zakowski

Bugs and requests

Chess Puzzles & Tactics

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Unable to login
  • Application resets to starting value (1000elo)
  • History/review chapters remain unlocked
  • In-application feedback not functioning
  • Rating feature broke
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  • Ability to control puzzle strength broke
  • Scanning thing after opening app continues forever
  • App resets ELO to 1000
  • Undo button disappears
  • Tapping to select a piece stops working
  • Analysis breaks
  • Viewing history doesn’t work
  • App crashes
  • View History tab page never loads
  • App forgets login and starts from ELO = 0
  • Analysis button messed up
  • App hangs after pressing 'log in'
  • Puzzles freeze, no way of moving pieces

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to mute sounds
  • Ability to disable audio
  • Allow loading custom puzzle sets
  • Better interface and cable

Cube Courier

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chess Puzzles & Tactics

One-time1
  • Ad-Free Forever$3.99
None

Cube Courier

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chess Puzzles & Tactics free?
Chess Puzzles & Tactics is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cube Courier free?
Cube Courier is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chess Puzzles & Tactics or Cube Courier have ads?
Both Chess Puzzles & Tactics and Cube Courier show ads.
Which is updated more often, Chess Puzzles & Tactics or Cube Courier?
Chess Puzzles & Tactics ships an update weekly, and Cube Courier every 2 days. Most recently, Chess Puzzles & Tactics was updated on October 27, 2026 and Cube Courier on October 25, 2026.

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