Comparison

ChessCraft vs Mongjin

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

Mongjin

A two-player strategy board game where players escort their King to safety while using Guards to block opponents and open routes. Simple rules offer deep strategic decisions for quick matches, friend games, or playing against AI.

Highlights
  • Real-time online matches
  • Friend matches via room code
  • Computer opponents (Easy, Normal, Hard)
  • Local two-player mode
  • Step-by-step tutorial
  • Anonymous profiles with stats
Features
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Mongjin (몽진, 蒙塵) is an original two-player strategy board game from Korea. Escort your King to the far side of the board while your Guards open routes, block the opponent, and protect every step forward. Simple rules lead to deep decisions. A Guard that protects your King can become your sharpest attacker, and one well-timed block can decide the match. Features • Quick Match with real-time online opponents • Friend matches using a six-character room code • Computer opponents with Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty • Local two-player matches on one device • A step-by-step tutorial for new players • Anonymous profiles with wins, losses, win rate, Elo rating, and ranking Win by reaching the goal row with your King, capturing the opposing King, or surrounding it so it cannot move. Find the balance between safety and speed, attack and defense, then lead your King home.

Screenshots

ChessCraft4 screens
Mongjin3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mongjin at Free against ChessCraft's $5.99. Mongjin also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). ChessCraft's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#97 vs unranked). On in-app purchases 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

Mongjin is free to download; ChessCraft costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChessCraft ships an update every 9 months, Mongjin every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
ChessCraft versus Mongjin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessCraftMongjin
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#97 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size166 MB43 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperStuart SpenceOin Kwon

Customer experience

ChessCraft

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

Mongjin

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

In-app purchases

None

ChessCraft

No in-app purchases

None

Mongjin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChessCraft free?
ChessCraft costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mongjin free?
Mongjin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ChessCraft or Mongjin have ads?
Mongjin shows ads; ChessCraft does not.
Which is updated more often, ChessCraft or Mongjin?
ChessCraft ships an update every 9 months, and Mongjin every 3 days. Most recently, ChessCraft was updated on October 11, 2026 and Mongjin on October 1, 2026.

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