Comparison

ONOMATOPIA vs Fun Chess Master

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

Head to head
About

ONOMATOPIA

Build a peaceful island world with adorable creatures that create relaxing sounds. Mix nature and creature melodies to craft unique soundscapes for studying, sleeping, or unwinding. Collect and bond with creatures as your island grows, even when you're away.

Highlights
  • Create custom soundscapes
  • Collect and bond with creatures
  • Idle island growth
  • Discover unique creature personalities
  • Over 350 million sound combinations
Features
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A Cozy Idle Game Filled with Relaxing Sounds Escape into a peaceful world where adorable Matopi create relaxing sounds and your island grows while you're away. Collect new Matopi, discover their unique personalities, and build a cozy world you'll always want to come back to. ◆Create Your Own Soundscape Mix waves, rain, wind, birds, and the melodies of your Matopi. Create over 350 million relaxing sound combinations for studying, sleeping, working, or simply unwinding. ◆ Collect & Bond with Matopi Every Matopi has its own personality. Pet them, play with them, and grow closer over time. The stronger your bond becomes, the more surprises they may reveal. ◆ A World That Never Stops Growing Your island continues to grow even while you're away. Unlock new habitats, discover rare Matopi, and slowly uncover the mysteries of Onomatopia together with Siesta. ◆Slow Down. Relax. Stay a While. Onomatopia is more than an idle game. It's a peaceful place filled with gentle sounds, lovable creatures, and quiet moments you'll want to return to every day.

About

Fun Chess Master

Learn and play chess with a distraction-free interface. Offers multiple difficulty levels, interactive lessons, and training puzzles for all skill levels. Supports local multiplayer and multiple languages.

Highlights
  • 16 difficulty levels
  • Interactive lessons
  • 1000 training puzzles
  • Local two-player mode
  • Offline play
  • Multiple languages
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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Fun Chess Master is a friendly, colorful chess app for kids and beginners, and anyone who wants to get better at chess. PLAY TALKING ANIMAL OPPONENTS Sixteen levels, each with its own animal, from a chick that is still learning the moves to a grandmaster dragon. Every opponent shows its approximate Elo, reacts to your moves out loud, and the gentle ones share tips as you play. A THOUSAND-LEVEL PUZZLE ADVENTURE Climb a map of 1,000 hand-picked tactics puzzles, from beginner to master. Earn up to three stars on each level, beat a boss every ten levels, use a hint when you're stuck, and chase your best score. LEARN TO PLAY Thirty interactive lessons across seven modules cover how each piece moves, the special rules, tactics, checkmate patterns, and opening and endgame ideas, with the legal squares highlighted right on the board. LEVEL UP EVERY DAY Earn experience for training, playing and visiting each day. Build a daily streak and rise from Pawn to King. Choose your own name and avatar. TWO PLAYERS, ONE DEVICE Hand the device to a friend and play a full game together. PLAYS IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Spanish, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, French and Japanese. Switch any time in Settings. EVERYTHING YOU'D EXPECT - Full rules: castling, en passant, promotion, check, checkmate, stalemate and the 50-move rule - Captured pieces shown for both sides - Undo a move or start a new game any time - Sound effects and opponent voice, each with its own switch - Light and dark mode, on iPhone and iPad - Works offline. Your games and progress never leave your device No accounts. No subscriptions. No ads. Just chess.

Screenshots

ONOMATOPIA4 screens
Fun Chess Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fun Chess Master at none against ONOMATOPIA's 15. Fun Chess Master also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 70%). ONOMATOPIA's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. ONOMATOPIA sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Fun Chess Master 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 ONOMATOPIA against 5.0 for Fun Chess Master. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of ONOMATOPIA's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fun Chess Master's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ONOMATOPIA ships an update every 10 days, Fun Chess Master every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ONOMATOPIA versus Fun Chess Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterONOMATOPIAFun Chess Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size241 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperENDROLL, K.KPeng Li

Customer experience

ONOMATOPIA

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative15.0%

Fun Chess Master

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

12 purchases

ONOMATOPIA

Subscriptions1
  • Grand Maestro (1-Year Plan)$19.991 Year
One-time11
  • Full Energy Recharge2 variants$0.99
  • Start Dash2 variants$1.99
  • This Month's Mission Pass2 variants$2.99
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  • Premium Gacha Coins x3$3.99
  • Ad Coupons x100$3.99
  • Matopi Time EX$3.99
  • Start Dash++$4.99
  • Matopi Mania$5.99
  • Premium Gacha Coins x3$5.99
  • Matopi Time EX$5.99
  • Big Spender$8.99
None

Fun Chess Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ONOMATOPIA free?
ONOMATOPIA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fun Chess Master free?
Fun Chess Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ONOMATOPIA or Fun Chess Master?
ONOMATOPIA and Fun Chess Master are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do ONOMATOPIA or Fun Chess Master have ads?
ONOMATOPIA shows ads; Fun Chess Master does not.
Which is updated more often, ONOMATOPIA or Fun Chess Master?
ONOMATOPIA ships an update every 10 days, and Fun Chess Master every 8 days. Most recently, ONOMATOPIA was updated on October 19, 2026 and Fun Chess Master on October 11, 2026.

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