OpenChess vs Chess Converter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OpenChess
Master chess openings by playing against a specialized AI. Explore specific defenses or move sequences, and gain insights into positional advantages and piece values. Improve your game from the very first moves.
- Learn specific chess openings
- Play against AI focused on opening lines
- Analyze positional advantages
- Evaluate piece values and mobility
- Understand pawn structure
- Track defended and attacked pieces
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Learn chess openings with OpenChess: An Opening Explorer. Play against the computer, or play as both sides, and be shown the lines that are within any opening that you are interested in learning. Want to learn the Sicilian Defense or the Queen’s Gambit? Choose that category and play against that a computer that only follows lines within that opening category. Wany to focus on learning all of the openings that start with a specific move, such as pawn to “e4”? This category can also be selected, and you can play against a computer that only plays lines that start with “e4”. The chess engine in this app is not Stockfish, and it does not look very far ahead. It is meant to provide a decent base evaluation and allow the majority of the reason behind the evaluation of the current position to be shown to the user. The following information can be shown to the user: • Positional advantages for each piece type (pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen and king) • Piece value advantages for each color • Mobility scores for each piece where mobility plays a big role (bishop, rook, queen, king) • Pawn advantages and disadvantages (passed pawns, isolated pawns, backwards pawns, doubled pawns) • Total value of pieces attacked by each color as well as total value of pieces defended by each color A lot of chess games are won and lost within the opening moves, this app was designed to help players learn solid openings that either help them gain a winning advantage out of the opening, or at the very least help them not lose due to the opening moves played. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Chess Converter
This app converts your chess games into shareable videos. Replay your best moves, edit the game's move list, and add audio commentary. Preview and export your chess game as a video to your device or an external screen.
- Convert chess games to video
- Replay and edit game moves
- Add audio commentary to moves
- Preview video on device or external screen
- Export and share videos
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Chess Converter is an innovative app that transforms your chess games into videos directly from your mobile device. Replay your best moves from a new perspective and easily share them with your friends. With Chess Converter, you can: - Play and replay chess games, - Navigate through and edit the list of moves, - Convert a chess game into a video, - Preview the generated video on: - Your device, - Any AirPlay-compatible external screen, - Export and easily share the generated video. - Record an audio commentary for each move! Please note that audio recording is not compatible with all iPhones.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OpenChess at fortnightly against Chess Converter's every 2 months. OpenChess also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.5). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. OpenChess sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Chess Converter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
OpenChess ships an update fortnightly, Chess Converter every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 30, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OpenChess | Chess Converter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Bryant | Goldgewicht Consulting |
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OpenChess
Chess Converter
In-app purchases
OpenChess
- Tarrasch Defense Opening$0.99
- Trompowsky Attack Opening$0.99
- Scandinavian Defense Opening$0.99
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- Three Knights Opening$0.99
- Zukertort Opening$0.99
- Van't Kruijs Opening$0.99
- Vienna Game Opening$0.99
- Ware Opening$0.99
- Opening Explorer$4.99
- OpenChess Premium$19.99
Chess Converter
- Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- Premium Annual$39.991 Year
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