Comparison

ChessCraft vs Reversi Simple

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

Head to head
About

ChessCraft

Explore a chess sandbox where you can customize boards, rules, and pieces. Create unique chess variants, play against an AI, or challenge friends online. Discover and share your custom chess creations with a global community.

Highlights
  • Customizable chess boards and pieces
  • AI computer opponent
  • Online multiplayer with friends
  • Adventure mode with built-in boards
  • Chess variant database
  • Create new pieces and tile rules
Features
Currently charting
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Never play the same game of chess again! ChessCraft is a chess sandbox with an AI computer opponent. Customize chess boards, rules, and pieces. Share your creations online. Play your friends online, or play the computer, or choose from one of 75 built-in chess boards in adventure mode. ChessCraft is also the world's largest chess variant database. https://www.chesscraft.ca Many chess AI mobile games already exist, but only ChessCraft allows the player to create such wacky boards and pieces and immediately play a decent computer opponent. Create new pieces with any combination of the 8 bishop or rook slides, plus a 7x7 grid of knight-like hops. Pieces can also enhance or restrict nearby pieces. Create new boards with any enabled or disabled tile up to 16x16. Place promotion rules for any piece, anywhere. Place tile rules like witch windows (teleporters), sanctuaries, and more. The computer AI opponent then uses concepts from computer science and graph theory to understand your creations and play against you. When you share a board, your friends can play the AI too. Sharing creates a new web page just for you, like this: https://www.chesscraft.ca/design?id=shape-variant1 Visit the website and send me an email if you have any feedback or questions. If you like the game, please rate it!

About

Reversi Simple

Enjoy a classic board game experience with this ad-free Reversi app. Play against a simple AI or a friend on a single device, all offline. Focus on the satisfying flip mechanics without distracting menus.

Highlights
  • Ad-free gameplay
  • Simple built-in AI
  • Two-player mode on one device
  • Offline play
  • Satisfying flip animations
Features
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A calm, focused design — no ads, no unnecessary menus. Just the board and the satisfying motion of the flips. Play against a simple AI. A quick match fits in any short break. Face the CPU, or gather with a friend for two-player on one device. Fully offline, so you can play anytime, anywhere.

Screenshots

ChessCraft4 screens
Reversi Simple2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Reversi Simple at every 3 weeks against ChessCraft's every 9 months. Reversi Simple also leads on price ($0.49 vs $5.99) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). ChessCraft's advantage is chart position (#169 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads, 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

ChessCraft costs $5.99 and Reversi Simple $0.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChessCraft ships an update every 9 months, Reversi Simple every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
ChessCraft versus Reversi Simple: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessCraftReversi Simple
Price$5.99$0.49 — better
Rating4.3 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#169 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStuart Spencekoji ozono

Customer experience

ChessCraft

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%

Reversi Simple

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

In-app purchases

None

ChessCraft

No in-app purchases

None

Reversi Simple

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChessCraft free?
ChessCraft costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Reversi Simple free?
Reversi Simple costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Do ChessCraft or Reversi Simple have ads?
Neither ChessCraft nor Reversi Simple shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChessCraft or Reversi Simple?
ChessCraft ships an update every 9 months, and Reversi Simple every 3 weeks. Most recently, ChessCraft was updated on November 4, 2026 and Reversi Simple on November 8, 2026.

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