Comparison

ChipFlip vs Chessigma

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

Head to head
About

ChipFlip

This strategy game challenges players to strategically place chips to flip their opponent's pieces. Inspired by classic board games and cellular automata, it features an AI opponent with multiple difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Strategic chip placement
  • Piece flipping mechanic
  • AI opponent with multiple difficulties
  • Inspired by Conway's Life
  • Classic board game elements
Features
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ChipFlip combines elements of classic board games with a novel mechanic where pieces can flip based on their neighborhood. The game challenges players to think several moves ahead and consider the cascading effects of each placement. ChipFlip was developed as a graph-paper-and-pencil game by one of us in the early 1970s. Influenced by Conway's Life, it is an exploration of emergent gameplay from simple rules. The AI opponent uses a minimax algorithm with alpha-beta pruning to provide a challenging experience across multiple difficulty levels. How to Play :Place white chips strategically on the board to flip your opponent's black chips. Chips flip when they have 4 or more neighbors of the opposing color. The player with the most chips when the board is full wins! See the **Rules** section for complete gameplay details.

About

Chessigma

Analyze your chess games with detailed move-by-move feedback and personalized puzzles based on your mistakes. Improve your play with clear explanations and a powerful engine, all for free.

Highlights
  • Game review with move grading
  • Plain-English move explanations
  • Integrated Stockfish engine
  • Mistake-based puzzle generation
  • Supports Chess.com, Lichess, and PGN
Features
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Chessigma reviews your chess games, shows you where the points went, and turns your own mistakes into training. The app has five tabs: Home, Train, Coach, Games and Brain. FREE - Game review: import your games from Chess.com or Lichess by username, or paste a PGN or a game link. Every move is graded, the turning points are marked, and you see the better move and the evaluation graph. The Stockfish engine runs on your phone, so a review needs no account. - Puzzles: a daily puzzle to keep your streak, classic puzzles, and Woodpecker sets that repeat the same positions until the patterns stick. - Opening Trainer: learn opening courses line by line. The first lines of every course are free. - Brain Games: twelve short games with scores and leaderboards. Nine are built on chess, and three need no chess: a reaction time test, Queens and Memory Match. - Sparring: play the first bots on the sparring ladder. - A first look at your coach report, built from your recent online games. - One move explanation from the coach each day when you are signed in. Signing in is free and keeps your streak, puzzle rating, scores and progress on every device. SUPERCOACH Supercoach is the paid plan. It adds: - Coach chat: ask the AI coach about your games, your openings and your habits. - Your full player report in six chapters (Overview, Blunders, Clock, Tactics, Conversion, Openings), with a heatmap of your blind spots. - A daily plan of coached tasks picked from your own games. - Move explanations in every game review, and the option to play on from any position. - Blunder Shield and Blunder Training: drills built from the positions where you blundered. - Conversion Trainer: practice winning the games you were winning. - Every rival on the sparring ladder and every line of every opening course. Coach messages come from a monthly allowance. Coach answers are written by an AI model through a third-party service, and every answer has a Report button. ACCOUNT Sign in with Apple, Google or your email address (we send a 6-digit code, no password). If your Chessigma account already has Supercoach, it works in the app as soon as you sign in. You can delete your account in Account > Delete account. SUBSCRIPTION Supercoach is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly. The price and billing period are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.chessigma.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://www.chessigma.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ChipFlip3 screens
Chessigma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chessigma at 4.5 against ChipFlip's 4.0. Chessigma also leads on ratings volume (54 vs 1). ChipFlip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Chessigma sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.00 per month. ChipFlip asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chessigma holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chessigma has 54 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChipFlip versus Chessigma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChipFlipChessigma
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (54 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings154 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLocalMinimum LLCChessigma

Customer experience

ChipFlip

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chessigma

All ratings54 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral1.9%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

ChipFlip

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Chessigma

Subscriptions2
  • Supercoach Monthly$14.001 Month
  • Supercoach Yearly$97.001 Year

Questions

Is ChipFlip free?
ChipFlip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chessigma free?
Chessigma is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ChipFlip or Chessigma?
Chessigma is rated higher. ChipFlip averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Chessigma averages 4.5 from 54 ratings.
Do ChipFlip or Chessigma have ads?
Neither ChipFlip nor Chessigma shows ads.

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