Comparison

Play AI Chess vs Think Like a Master

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

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Play AI Chess

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Experience the ultimate chess challenge with our immersive chess game! Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced player, you can test your skills against a powerful AI with four difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert. Key Features: Play Against AI: Choose from 3 difficulty levels to match your skill. Pick Your Side: Play as white or black and start your strategic journey. Smart AI Opponent: The AI adapts to your moves for a more dynamic game. Smooth Gameplay: Intuitive controls for seamless chess experience. Challenge yourself and refine your chess tactics! Whether you’re aiming to improve or just enjoy a casual game, this chess app offers an engaging experience for players of all levels. Can you defeat the AI at its hardest level? Download now and find out!

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Think Like a Master

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Can you think like a chess legend? Think Like a Master puts you in the shoes of José Raúl Capablanca — one of the greatest chess players who ever lived. Study his real games, guess his moves, and discover what separates world-class chess thinking from the rest. HOW IT WORKS Each session replays a real Capablanca game from his historical record. After a short opening, you take control. For every position where Capablanca had to make a decision, you make your move first — then see how the master responded. Did you find his move? Did you find something even better? Were you close, or did you miss something critical? WHAT YOU'LL LEARN • How a world champion evaluates positions and selects moves • Which moves Stockfish considers the top candidates in any position • Where your thinking diverges from elite-level play • How to spot the tactical and strategic patterns used by the greats THE CAPABLANCA AI CHALLENGE At the heart of the app is an AI model trained exclusively on Capablanca's games — not just to find good moves, but to find his moves. The model has studied his patterns, his style, his preferences. It knows he favored clean piece activity over speculative attacks. It knows he simplified when ahead. It knows how he thought. Every time you guess a move, the AI is guessing too. You're not just competing against Stockfish's cold engine evaluation — you're trying to outthink a model built in Capablanca's image. Did you find the move the engine rates highest? Or did you find the move that he would have played? Sometimes those are the same. Often they're not. That tension is where the real chess learning happens. FEATURES • 597 real games from Capablanca's complete career • Stockfish-powered analysis shows the top 5 candidate moves for every position • AI style model trained on Capablanca's games predicts his preferred move • See when you think like the engine, when you think like the master, and when you found something neither did • Post-game report card grades your performance with detailed statistics • Deep analysis mode reveals continuations after every key decision • Fully on-device — no internet required for analysis • Covers his full career from 1901 through 1939 YOUR REPORT CARD After each game you receive a full breakdown: • How often you matched Capablanca exactly • How often your move was in the top 5 candidates • How often you found something better than the master • Your blunder count and where you went wrong MORE MASTERS COMING Capablanca is just the beginning. Future updates will bring more legendary players from chess history — each with their own AI model trained on their unique style. Every great player thought differently. Every one is worth studying. FOR ALL CHESS PLAYERS Whether you're learning the game or pushing toward a higher rating, studying master games is one of the most effective ways to improve. Think Like a Master makes it interactive — not passive. Stop watching. Start thinking.

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Play AI Chess3 screens
Think Like a Master3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Play AI Chess at none against Think Like a Master's 1. Play AI Chess also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support 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. Think Like a Master sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Play AI Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Play AI Chess ships an update every 3 weeks, Think Like a Master every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Play AI Chess versus Think Like a Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlay AI ChessThink Like a Master
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB72 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperAKlaus Tecnologia LTDAKenneth Sparks

In-app purchases

None

Play AI Chess

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Think Like a Master

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Play AI Chess free?
Play AI Chess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Think Like a Master free?
Think Like a Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Play AI Chess or Think Like a Master have ads?
Think Like a Master shows ads; Play AI Chess does not.
Which is updated more often, Play AI Chess or Think Like a Master?
Play AI Chess ships an update every 3 weeks, and Think Like a Master every 2 weeks. Most recently, Play AI Chess was updated on October 25, 2026 and Think Like a Master on October 25, 2026.

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