Comparison

Chess Combinations vs OpeningBook

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

Head to head
About

Chess Combinations

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The application offers solving chess problems, divided into sections by openings and their variations or types of tactical techniques. The goal of each task is to find a combination to mate the king, achieve an advantage, and win pieces. In most sections of the application, after solving each problem, you can see the entire chess game from which the position was obtained.

About

OpeningBook

Features
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OpeningBook is a clean, offline reference and trainer for chess openings. BROWSE EVERYTHING • Thousands of named openings and variations, organized by ECO volume (A–E), family, and line — sourced from the open Lichess openings database. • Step through any line move-by-move on a real, playable board. • Read key ideas and classic traps for the major openings. SEARCH & FILTER • Find any opening by name, ECO code, or move sequence. • Filter by line length with a simple move-count slider. TRAIN YOUR REPERTOIRE • Add lines to your training set as White or Black. • Drill them in a play-your-side-vs-app loop. • Spaced repetition brings each line back for review at the right time. 100% offline. No account, no ads, no tracking.

Screenshots

Chess Combinations4 screens
OpeningBook3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Chess Combinations at 3 against OpeningBook's 1. Chess Combinations also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 Combinations sells 23 one-off in-app purchases and OpeningBook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Chess Combinations versus OpeningBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess CombinationsOpeningBook
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaksim KolosovZhenghong Peng

In-app purchases

23 purchases

Chess Combinations

One-time23
  • Knight forks$1.99
  • Sacrifice on e6$3.99
  • Scandinavian Defense (white)$4.99
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  • Italian Opening, black pieces$4.99
  • Queen Sacrifice$4.99
  • Caro-Kann (white pieces)$4.99
  • Sicilian Defense (Dragon)$5.99
  • Sicilian Defense (Najdorf)$5.99
  • Italian Opening, white pieces$5.99
  • Scandinavian Defense$5.99
  • Classic Caro-Kann$5.99
  • Sicilian Defense (Paulsen)$5.99
  • Sicilian Defense, white pieces$5.99
  • Scottish Gambit$5.99
  • Budapest Gambit$6.99
  • Grob's Attack$6.99
  • Slav Defense$6.99
  • Ruy Lopez Opening$6.99
  • London System$6.99
  • King's Indian defense$6.99
  • Queen's Gambit, black pieces$6.99
  • Catalan Opening$7.99
  • King's Gambit$8.99
1 purchases

OpeningBook

One-time1
  • Training Mode$3.99

Questions

Is Chess Combinations free?
Chess Combinations is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OpeningBook free?
OpeningBook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chess Combinations or OpeningBook have ads?
Neither Chess Combinations nor OpeningBook shows ads.

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