Coverage Chess vs chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coverage Chess
This app visualizes chess board control and threats, highlighting squares and pieces based on coverage. It offers features like auto-save, move undo, and game import/export for a comprehensive chess experience.
- Visualized board coverage indicators
- Active and passive coverage display
- Piece control highlighting
- Capture alerts
- Auto-save functionality
- Undo moves
- Game import/export
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*Core Features* • Auto Save after every turn (protects against crashes, battery loss, etc.) • Game Export to save/share games • Game Import to load previous/shared games • Undo Moves to step back to any earlier move • View Score to see full move list *Coverage Indicators* Passive Coverage • Squares show red (opponent), green (you), or a yellow/orange if both cover • The more pieces you have covering a square the darker it will be (likewise for your opponent) Active Coverage • Tap empty square to see all pieces covering it • Double-tap occupied square to view coverage instead of moves Piece Coverage • Tap piece to highlights everything it controls *Alerts* • Green Alert on your piece that have a capture available • Red Alert on your opponent’s piece which are vulnerable to capture
chess
Enhance your chess skills with this app offering 3D visualization and AI opponents. Analyze your games with powerful replay features to learn and improve. Save your progress and continue playing anytime.
- 3D visualization
- AI opponents
- Game replay analysis
- Save and continue progress
- Offline play
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Star Chess Play, Replay and Improve. Experience chess like never before with stunning 3D visualization, AI opponents, and powerful game replay features to analyze and improve your skills. Save & Continue. Replay to learn. Save & Continue. Replay to learn. Work on iPhone, iPad, and Mac (Designed for iPad).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Coverage Chess at none against chess's 2. Coverage Chess also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). chess's advantage is ratings volume (4 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. chess sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Coverage Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Coverage Chess against 5.0 for chess. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
| Parameter | Coverage Chess | chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Garside | John Xu |
Customer experience
Coverage Chess
chess
In-app purchases
Coverage Chess
No in-app purchases
chess
- Monthly membership7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly subscription$6.991 Year
