Comparison

Lotus Chess vs Coduzzle

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

Head to head
About

Lotus Chess

Learn chess openings, analyze your games, and master endgames with interactive lessons and personalized training plans. This app adapts to your skill level, from beginner to advanced, offering insights based on your own gameplay and millions of real-player games.

Highlights
  • Personalized opening courses from your games
  • Learn 150+ chess openings
  • Interactive lessons for beginners
  • Instant game analysis with mistake identification
  • 60+ endgame lessons and practice positions
  • Daily personalized workout plans
  • Offline access to opening and endgame lessons
Features
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Learn chess the fast way. Lotus Chess teaches you 150+ openings, analyses your games instantly and shows you how to close out endgames, in just a few minutes a day. From complete beginners to 2300 Elo players. Rated 4.8/5. Most apps teach engine-perfect theory. Lotus Chess teaches the lines that win against real people. OPENINGS, BUILT FROM YOUR GAMES • Connect Chess.com or Lichess and get a personal opening course from your own games • Learn 150+ openings for White and Black • Train every line hands-on until it becomes natural • Lines picked from 100,000,000+ games for the best winning chances against real players FOUNDATIONS: LEARN CHESS FROM SCRATCH • New to chess? Start with the rules and basic ideas, step by step • 150+ short, interactive lessons, no experience needed INSTANT GAME ANALYSIS • See your accuracy for every game • Find your mistakes and blunders, move by move • Understand exactly where you lost the game ENDGAMES • 60+ lessons, from basic checkmates to advanced techniques • 180+ positions to play out against a human-like engine • Learn to close out winning positions DAILY WORKOUT • A personal training plan, ready every day • Build a daily chess habit with streaks • 100,000+ chess puzzles that match your level • Opening and endgame lessons work offline FREE AND PRO Start for free: • The first section of Foundations and Endgames • The first 2 sections and 2 crushing lines of every opening • 10 puzzles and 1 game analysis per day Lotus Chess Pro unlocks everything: • All openings, sections and crushing lines • The full Foundations and Endgame courses, with all training positions • Unlimited puzzles and game analysis Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Your subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. BUILT BY CHESS PLAYERS Lotus Chess was created by two brothers who started playing chess at age four. After building Math42, a math learning app with over 6 million downloads, they set out to build the best way to learn chess. Privacy Policy & Terms of Use: https://www.lotus-chess.com/privacy-policy

About

Coduzzle

Learn coding interview patterns through a guided 5-step process. Understand the logic behind solutions with active practice on your phone, covering essential algorithms and data structures. Offers a free tier with optional subscriptions for full access.

Highlights
  • 5-step learning loop
  • Identify algorithmic patterns
  • Tap clue words
  • Select building blocks
  • Arrange strategy steps
  • Review explanations
  • Sliding Window and Binary Search patterns
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Coduzzle teaches you to recognize coding interview patterns through a structured 5-step learning loop — so you understand WHY solutions work, not just what they're called. Each problem guides you through: • Read the problem and tap clue words that hint at the approach • Select the building blocks (data structures, variables) the solution needs • Arrange strategy steps in the correct logical order • Review the full explanation with time/space complexity • Identify the algorithmic pattern — after you already understand it Covers Sliding Window and Binary Search patterns with problems ranging from Easy to Medium difficulty. 3 problems free, with optional monthly ($0.99/mo) or annual ($9.99/yr) subscriptions to unlock all problems. Built for anyone preparing for software engineering interviews who wants structured, active practice on their phone — no laptop required. Privacy Policy: https://gzakhar.github.io/coduzzle-site/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://gzakhar.github.io/coduzzle-site/terms-of-use.html

Screenshots

Lotus Chess4 screens
Coduzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Lotus Chess at 1.1K against Coduzzle's 1. Lotus Chess also leads on device support. Coduzzle's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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. Lotus Chess sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Coduzzle sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coduzzle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lotus Chess has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Lotus Chess's written reviews are positive against 100% of Coduzzle's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Lotus Chess versus Coduzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLotus ChessCoduzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLotus Chess UGgeorgy zakharov

Customer experience

Lotus Chess

All ratings1,101 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews265 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral7.5%
Negative6.0%

Coduzzle

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

Bugs and requests

Lotus Chess

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Library to explain the WHY behind the moves
  • Link to an online library
  • Ability to remove pre-selected openings
  • Review of daily correspondence games

Coduzzle

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Lotus Chess

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Subscription - 1 Month7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription - 1 Month7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription - 1 Year7 Days trial$49.991 Year
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  • Pro Subscription - 1 Year7 Days trial$69.991 Year
2 purchases

Coduzzle

Subscriptions2
  • Coduzzle Premium$0.991 Month
  • Coduzzle Premium$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Lotus Chess free?
Lotus Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coduzzle free?
Coduzzle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Lotus Chess or Coduzzle?
Coduzzle is rated higher. Lotus Chess averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Coduzzle averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.

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