Comparison

ChessBase Mobile Chess vs Freestyle Chess Generator

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

Head to head
About

ChessBase Mobile Chess

Access a vast chess game database, save and analyze your own games, and practice openings. This app offers advanced notation and sharing features, with a free tier and optional premium upgrades for more extensive cloud storage and search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Access 13+ million chess games
  • Save and sync personal game databases
  • Analyze games with built-in engine
  • Live opening book statistics
  • Create and practice opening repertoires
  • Advanced game notation and sharing
  • PGN file compatibility
Features
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ChessBase Mobile is the training, playing, and analysis platform for chess players who track their progress by the numbers. ChessBase Mobile is built by ChessBase, the company behind the standard desktop software used by world champions and club players alike for over 30 years. Solve tactics puzzles rated by difficulty and watch your Elo rise or fall with every attempt. No participation trophies, your rating reflects exactly where you stand. The tactics database draws from positions in real games, not synthetic exercises, so the patterns you train are the patterns you encounter at the board. Puzzle Fight puts you head-to-head against another player in a timed series of 24 tactical positions. Both players solve the same puzzles simultaneously. The one who solves more, faster, wins - and gains Elo. Structured competition, not a casual minigame. Play live games in Blitz and Rapid formats against opponents worldwide. Premove support, clean interface, no clutter. The ChessBase Online Database contains over 14 million games. Search by player, position, or opening. Review grandmaster games, study endgame structures, track opening trends - the same database used by professionals, accessible from your phone. Cloud analysis with several engines, including Fritz and Lc0. Basic cloud analysis with Fritz is free. For deeper analysis, scalable cloud servers are available, from Large to Gargantuan, paid per minute in ducats. Lc0 brings neural network evaluation for positions where classical engines struggle. The engine panel shows evaluation, depth, and principal variation. Build and maintain your opening repertoire in the cloud. 300 opening overviews with repertoire suggestions help you get started with new systems. A live opening book provides up-to-date statistics for every position. Three practice modes let you drill your variations until they stick. Annotate your games with comments, symbols, variations, arrows, and markings. Save games and analyses in cloud databases that synchronise across all your devices. Share positions and games via link, image, GIF, FEN, QR code, or PGN. Upload and download PGN files for full compatibility with desktop software. AI Kibitzer provides live commentary during games and puzzles — with personality. Chess-legend anecdotes, opinions, the occasional bad joke. Like a friend with too much chess trivia sitting next to you. Audio output included. Available in 27 languages. Customisable board colours, piece sets, and notation display. Light and dark mode across all screens, or set to follow your device preference. No ads. No energy systems. No artificial gating. Open the app, train, close the app. Free to use, all functions are available at no cost. ChessBase Premium unlocks expanded cloud storage and unlimited database search results. Free: search the online database (max 50 games displayed), up to 10 cloud databases (10 MB total), cloud clipping for up to 10 games. Premium: unlimited database search, up to 200 cloud databases (500 MB total), cloud clipping for up to 400 games. Privacy policy: https://en.chessbase.com/pages/security Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Freestyle Chess Generator

Generate random starting positions for freestyle chess (chess960). Easily copy the FEN string or open the generated position directly in Lichess for analysis. This application is completely free to use and contains no advertisements.

Highlights
  • Random chess960 starting positions
  • FEN string generation
  • One-click Lichess integration
  • Free to use
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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This app generates random valid starting positions for freestyle chess (chess960). You can copy the FEN or open the position with one click in a Lichess analysis. This app is completely free and without ads.

Screenshots

ChessBase Mobile Chess4 screens
Freestyle Chess Generator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Freestyle Chess Generator at 100% against ChessBase Mobile Chess's 41%. Freestyle Chess Generator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). ChessBase Mobile Chess's advantage is ratings volume (18 vs 2). 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. ChessBase Mobile Chess sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per month. Freestyle Chess Generator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Freestyle Chess Generator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChessBase Mobile Chess has 18 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of ChessBase Mobile Chess's written reviews are positive against 100% of Freestyle Chess Generator's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ChessBase Mobile Chess versus Freestyle Chess Generator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessBase Mobile ChessFreestyle Chess Generator
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (18 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChessBase GmbHRudolf Dr. Jagdhuber

Customer experience

ChessBase Mobile Chess

All ratings18 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive40.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative59.4%

Freestyle Chess Generator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ChessBase Mobile Chess

Subscriptions1
  • ChessBase Premium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
None

Freestyle Chess Generator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChessBase Mobile Chess free?
ChessBase Mobile Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Freestyle Chess Generator free?
Freestyle Chess Generator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ChessBase Mobile Chess or Freestyle Chess Generator?
Freestyle Chess Generator is rated higher. ChessBase Mobile Chess averages 2.9 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Freestyle Chess Generator averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do ChessBase Mobile Chess or Freestyle Chess Generator have ads?
Neither ChessBase Mobile Chess nor Freestyle Chess Generator shows ads.

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