Comparison

The Infinite Tower vs Weird Chess

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

Head to head
About

The Infinite Tower

A chaotic multiplayer game where players cooperate or sabotage each other to build a tower as high as possible. Experience fun and unpredictable gameplay with friends or other players.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer tower building
  • Cooperative gameplay
  • Sabotage mechanics
  • Chaotic fun
  • Shrink down mechanics
Features
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Team up, build up, or shrink it down! Welcome to The Infinite Tower, the chaotic and fun multiplayer game where cooperation or sabotage determines how high the tower grows!

About

Weird Chess

Features
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Check out Weird Chess! Like using tapatillo instead of ketchup, but for chess. Choose from 12+ variants across two board sizes — and more on the way. Each variant with its own rules, strategy, and personality. 8×8 Variants Standard Chess — classic rules, plus an attacking pigeon that randomly moves your or your opponent's pieces. Atomic Chess — where pieces trying to capture each other create mutually assured destruction. Chess960 — 960 different randomised starting positions for all pieces. 3-Check — one checkmate not enough? With this variant, you need 3 checks to win. King of the Hill — race your king to the centre and declare yourself lord of all you see. Horde Chess — face the barbarian horde - or be it! 36 white pawns vs a standard black army Fog of War — you can only see the squares your pieces attack. 10×10 Variants Grand Chess — the pomp and circumstance of war, with a Marshal and a Cardinal in the royal courtly mix. Omega Chess — go to war with an additional champion and a wizard. One does not simply walk! Decimal Chess — a falcon and a hunter make your game a little stranger. Hyderabad Chess — one of the earliest historic forms of actual ancient chess. Jetan Chess — a form of chess created for the science fantasy classic Chessman of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Every move is narrated by an AI commentator with a unique personality — from the composed Classical analyst to the chaos-loving Random Pigeon. Find your way and shake up your chess habits with some different kinds of play.

Screenshots

The Infinite Tower4 screens
Weird Chess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Weird Chess at none against The Infinite Tower's 1. Weird 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. The Infinite Tower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Weird Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Infinite Tower ships an update every 9 days, Weird Chess fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Infinite Tower versus Weird Chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Infinite TowerWeird Chess
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size218 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApp Swim LLCJames Beach

In-app purchases

1 purchases

The Infinite Tower

One-time1
  • Ad Free$2.99
None

Weird Chess

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Infinite Tower free?
The Infinite Tower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Weird Chess free?
Weird Chess is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Infinite Tower or Weird Chess have ads?
The Infinite Tower shows ads; Weird Chess does not.
Which is updated more often, The Infinite Tower or Weird Chess?
The Infinite Tower ships an update every 9 days, and Weird Chess fortnightly. Most recently, The Infinite Tower was updated on November 5, 2026 and Weird Chess on October 31, 2026.

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