Minimal Chess vs Train Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minimal Chess
Experience pure chess strategy with a minimalist design. Challenge friends, test your skills against AI across 10 difficulty levels, and solve engaging puzzles. Customize your board and UI for a distraction-free, elegant gameplay.
- Two Player Mode
- 10 Difficulty Levels
- Engaging Puzzles
- Customization Options
- Elegant Design
- Undo Function
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Minimal Chess: Elegant & Clean offers a beautifully minimalist chess experience that keeps the focus on pure strategy. • Two Players mode to challenge friends. • 10 Difficulty Levels: Challenge yourself and improve your skills. • Engaging puzzles to sharpen your mind. • Customization Options: Personalize the board with different themes and tweak UI elements to match your style. • Elegant Design: A distraction-free chess game that’s all about strategy. • Undo function for a smoother gameplay experience. • Premium color themes for every taste. Dive into a refined chess experience and elevate your game with Minimal Chess!
Train Chess
Master hundreds of essential positional endgames to elevate your chess skills. Practice against an engine to improve your late-game win rate and conversion. This app focuses on crucial endgame scenarios for strategic improvement.
- Hundreds of positional endgames
- Engine practice
- Improve win rate
- Master endgame conversion
- Strategic improvement
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Train Chess features hundreds of must-know positional endgames that will improve your game. Master positions against the engine and increase your win rate late in the game and master your endgame conversion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Train Chess at none against Minimal Chess's 1. Train Chess also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Minimal Chess's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Minimal Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Train Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.
Train Chess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Minimal Chess has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Minimal Chess ships an update every 2 months, Train Chess every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minimal Chess | Train Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mustafa Zurfi | Camren Todd |
In-app purchases
Minimal Chess
- Premium Themes$2.99
Train Chess
No in-app purchases
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