Comparison

Play AI Chess vs ScrollChess

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

Head to head
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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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ScrollChess

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Chess on Apple Watch you cannot mis-tap. A chess square on a watch is about half the size Apple's own guidelines set as the minimum for anything you tap. So ScrollChess does not ask you to tap one. The Digital Crown moves a crosshair from one legal option to the next, and a tap — anywhere on the screen — confirms it. Nothing on the board is a touch target, so there is nothing to miss. ON YOUR WRIST • Play a full game against a chess engine written for this app, at four levels — from beginner to a strong club player • A daily puzzle that takes about twenty seconds, with a streak. 1,048 of them are in the app, which is a new one every day for nearly three years • Add a complication and today's puzzle is one tap from the watch face • It all runs on the watch alone — no phone nearby, no signal, no account ON YOUR IPHONE • The same engine and the same daily puzzle, with direct taps on a larger board • Take a move back, replay it, and step through the game move by move • Pass and play: hand the phone to someone else and the board turns itself around between moves AN OPPONENT THAT PLAYS LIKE A PERSON The four levels are not one engine with the brakes on. A weaker level chooses among moves the search already approved, so it plays inaccurately rather than absurdly — it will punish a blunder but it will not hand you a queen for nothing. It also takes a moment to answer, because an opponent that replies instantly to a move you thought about is not an opponent, it is a machine. BUILT FOR THE WATCH FIRST Every number in this app came off a wrist rather than a monitor. The board fills the screen, the haptics are tuned so one pulse means one step of the crosshair, and the puzzles were filtered for lines short enough to solve while your arm is up. ACCESSIBILITY The board is fully navigable with VoiceOver on both platforms: every square announces where it is, what stands on it and what is happening to it, and can be played directly. NO ACCOUNTS, NO ADS, NO TRACKING There is nothing to sign into and nothing to switch off. The engine, the puzzles and your games live on your device. No analytics, no advertising, no data leaves the app — it works the same in Airplane Mode. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO There is no online play and no matchmaking with strangers. This is a game against the engine, a daily puzzle, and a board you can hand to the person next to you. The watch and the phone each keep their own games and their own streak — nothing syncs between them yet. One purchase. No subscription, no in-app purchases. Questions: hey@scrollchess.com

Screenshots

Play AI Chess3 screens
ScrollChess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Play AI Chess at Free against ScrollChess's $6.99. Play AI Chess also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Play AI Chess is free to download; ScrollChess costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Play AI Chess versus ScrollChess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlay AI ChessScrollChess
PriceFree — better$6.99
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB8 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperAKlaus Tecnologia LTDAANDRII BONDAR

In-app purchases

None

Play AI Chess

No in-app purchases

None

ScrollChess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Play AI Chess free?
Play AI Chess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScrollChess free?
ScrollChess costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Play AI Chess or ScrollChess have ads?
Neither Play AI Chess nor ScrollChess shows ads.

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