A Chess Game vs Weird Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
A Chess Game
Engage in online multiplayer chess battles, even featuring dragons. Offers a unique text message chess mode with a resign option for convenient play. Enjoy a comprehensive chess experience.
- Online multiplayer chess
- Text message chess
- Dragon-themed gameplay
- Resign button
- Cross-device play
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An online multiplayer chess platform with dragons. Also, text message chess with a Resign button. We have it all !
Weird Chess
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Weird Chess at none against A Chess Game's 2. Weird Chess also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. A Chess Game sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Weird Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.
A Chess Game ships an update every 10 days, Weird Chess fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | A Chess Game | Weird Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Schorr | James Beach |
In-app purchases
A Chess Game
- Jumping Coins$2.99
- A Friend !$4.99
Weird Chess
No in-app purchases









