ChessTakeTake vs ChessImprover
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChessTakeTake
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Whether you're just starting or already a seasoned player, ChessTakeTake helps you improve your tactics and pattern recognition with curated puzzles across multiple difficulty levels. Choose from various themes to focus on specific tactics like pins, forks, or endgames. Track your progress in the History screen and revisit solved puzzles anytime. Features: - Curated Puzzles: From beginner to advanced - Choose Your Challenge: Select difficulty and theme - Intuitive Interface: Fast, focused, frustration-free solving -Track Progress: View all your solved puzzles in History - Beautiful Design: Minimal, distraction-free experience Whether you have 5 minutes or a full hour, sharpen your mind with a quick puzzle session and take your chess game to the next level.
ChessImprover
Enhance your chess skills with a comprehensive training app. Play with an AI coach, solve thousands of puzzles, build opening repertoires, and master endgames. All features run offline on your device.
- AI coach with spoken commentary
- Adjustable engine strength (500-2900 Elo)
- Game review with plain English explanations
- 23,000 tactical puzzles
- Opening repertoire builder
- Endgame drills
- Offline functionality
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ChessImprover is a complete chess training app: play with a coach by your side, solve puzzles, build an opening repertoire, and master the endgames — powered by a strong engine that runs entirely on your device. PLAY WITH A COACH — NEW Relaxed, untimed games with a coach commenting on every move you make — in plain words, not chess notation. The coach speaks its advice out loud (you can turn the voice off), names the openings you play, and when something goes wrong it offers to take the move back and try again, with a hint if you're stuck. PLAY AT YOUR LEVEL Challenge the built-in engine anywhere from 500 to 2900 Elo. Climb the ladder of 25 rated bots, or play relaxed unrated games with no clock. Stuck? Ask for a hint. REVIEW EVERY GAME Every move explained in plain English — what worked, what didn't, and what your opponent's move set up. Inaccuracies, mistakes and blunders are flagged move by move, the summary shows the turning point and what to train next, and you can watch the whole game back as a narrated replay. See exactly where you left your opening prep, and explore alternatives on the analysis board. SOLVE 23,000 PUZZLES Tactics from real games, matched to your level. Rated mode tracks your own puzzle rating, timed mode races the clock in 3, 5, and 10-minute rushes, and custom mode lets you pick a difficulty and solve at your own pace. BUILD A REAL OPENING REPERTOIRE Answer a few questions and the wizard assembles an opening repertoire for White or Black — real lines with clear explanations, from simple beginner systems to a full club repertoire. Then drill your lines with spaced repetition so they stick. MASTER THE ENDGAMES THAT DECIDE GAMES Curated drills for the endgames every player must know: queen and rook checkmates, king-and-pawn opposition, and the Lucena and Philidor rook endings. Win the winning ones, hold the draws. LEARN FROM ZERO New to chess? A built-in guide teaches the rules from the very first move. Private by design: no account, no sign-up. Everything — the engine, the puzzles, even the coach's voice — runs offline on your device. Questions or feedback? chessimproverapp@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ChessImprover at fortnightly against ChessTakeTake's every 7 months. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ChessTakeTake ships an update every 7 months, ChessImprover fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ChessTakeTake | ChessImprover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 118 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patricio Guzman | MARTIN BERNT ANDERSSON |
In-app purchases
ChessTakeTake
No in-app purchases
ChessImprover
No in-app purchases
Questions
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