MindChess vs Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MindChess
This app offers daily chess training designed to enhance mental visualization and blindfold play. It features mini-games that improve calculation, memory, and concentration, inspired by grandmaster training methods. Practice exercises focus on board elements without needing a physical board.
- Mental visualization training
- Blindfold chess practice
- Calculation and memory improvement
- Concentration exercises
- Mini-games inspired by grandmasters
- Progress tracking
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MindChess is a daily chess gym and a study companion. Train board vision, memory and calculation in 60-second sessions, then take what you learn to your own games. THE GYM • Thirteen short drills: Square Color, Coordinates, Same Color, Same Diagonal, Bishop Captures, Two Knights, Collision, Memory, Mate in 1, Fork Finder, Piece Snapshot, Knight Distance and Opening Flash. • Timed mode (60 seconds, Game Center leaderboards) and Training mode (3 lives). • A daily challenge and a daily streak, with streak freezes and an optional reminder. • 39 achievements: badges at 10, 50 and 100 games of every drill, also in Game Center. THE STUDY TOOLS • Repertoire: play through your opening lines and the app brings each one back right before you'd forget it. • My games: game databases, PGN import and a viewer with variations, notes and marks. • Analysis: Stockfish 19 on your device, offline, with an evaluation bar and the top 3 lines. With Pro, the game report marks your mistakes. • Diagram scanner: snap a diagram and get the position ready to edit. Free. • Chess clock: increments, stages and time odds, for games with your phone on the table. • Notation your way: English, Spanish or figurines. The same board, with your look, across the app. • Public roadmap: see what's coming and vote for ideas. ON EVERY SCREEN MindChess works on iPhone, iPad, iPhone Duo and Mac. MINDCHESS PRO Pro unlocks Stockfish analysis and the game report, unlimited repertoires, lines and PGN imports, full statistics, unlimited game databases and clock controls, every drill every day and 11 Pro piece sets. Free stays useful: the scanner, the PGN viewer and the basic drills. MindChess is not an app for playing online games. It is the place where you train between them. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Chess
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Welcome to Chess-15Puzzle, the evolution of board strategy! Discover a completely new way to play by combining classic chess rules with puzzle mechanics, exploration, and dynamic challenges designed to test your mind every single day. KEY FEATURES: THE GLOBAL DAILY CHALLENGE Every 24 hours, a new level is unlocked. Every player around the world faces the exact same board layout and piece configuration. Think fast, optimize your moves, and see who can solve the puzzle in record time. COMPETITIVE LEADERBOARDS Connect with Game Center and climb the ranks. Prove your tactical mastery by achieving the top score in the Daily Challenge and breaking the all-time high score in Puzzle Mode. FOG OF WAR MODE Forget traditional chess where everything is visible. Advance cautiously across fog-covered maps where your pieces' line of sight is everything. Exploration and memory are your greatest weapons! DYNAMIC BOARDS Maps aren't always a perfect 8x8 grid. Face pre-defined layouts with blocked zones and strategic holes that will force you to completely rethink your knights' flanking routes and your rooks' reach. VISUAL CUSTOMIZATION (In-App) Unlock and collect incredible sets of pieces and thematic boards. Play with classic finishes, dark minimalism, or dive into completely renewed aesthetics tailored to your style. Do you have what it takes to master today's board? Download Chess-15Puzzle now and make your first move! MEET YOUR AI PROFESSOR Ask your on-device AI chess tutor anything about the current position — get real explanations, move suggestions, and diagrams right on the board. Learn openings, spot tactics, and understand exactly what your opponent is threatening, all powered by Apple Intelligence. LEARN & IMPROVE A built-in Learn hub with a 43-entry glossary of tactical motifs and rules (each with a step-by-step board demo), an Opening Trainer to practice 55 named openings against the engine, and a Daily Tactics puzzle to sharpen your calculation every day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Chess at fortnightly against MindChess's every 3 months. MindChess's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.4). On price, 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
Both are free to download. MindChess sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MindChess ships an update every 3 months, Chess fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MindChess | Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | omar megdadi | Daniel Ferrer Delgado |
In-app purchases
MindChess
- Monthly subscription$0.991 Month
- Yearly subscription$9.991 Year
Chess
- Lifetime Access$1.99









