Knightly Chess vs Train Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Knightly Chess
This app analyzes your chess games to identify weaknesses and provides personalized training sessions. It connects to Lichess and Chess.com accounts to track your progress and adapt your learning.
- Personalized training sessions
- Mistake pattern detection
- Opening weakness analysis
- AI coach for move explanations
- Progress tracking and visualization
- Adaptive learning
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Your personalized, AI-powered, nightly chess trainer. Knightly analyzes your games, finds your weak spots, and builds personalized training to fix them. Connect your Lichess and Chess.com accounts and start improving tonight! HOW IT WORKS 1. Connect your chess accounts — Knightly downloads up to 1,000 of your games from Lichess and Chess.com. 2. Deep analysis — Knightly's engines analyze your games to identify opening patterns, thematic patterns and recurring mistakes in your play. 3. Personalized training — Knightly creates daily training sessions targeting your specific weaknesses, from tactical themes like forks and pins to the openings you struggle with most. 4. Track your progress — Watch your skills improve over time as Knightly adapts your training to focus on what matters most. KEY FEATURES (All features require an active subscription. A 2-week free trial is included.) - Mistake Pattern Detection: Discover which types of mistakes you make most frequently and which chess openings and themes give you trouble. - Opening Weakness Analysis: Identify which openings you struggle with and get targeted practice to strengthen those weaknesses. - Daily Personalized Training: Get puzzles and exercises tailored to your specific weaknesses, delivered nightly — or whenever you want. - "Why This Move?" AI Coach: Tap any move to get a plain English explanation of why the engine suggests it. No more mysterious evaluations. - Progress Tracking: Detailed statistics and progress visualizations so you can see your improvement over time. - Adaptive Learning: As you play more games and complete more training, Knightly learns where you've improved and where new weak spots emerge. Your training adapts so you're always working on what matters most. SUBSCRIPTION A subscription unlocks all of Knightly. A 2-week free trial is included — cancel before the trial ends and you won't be billed. Pricing is shown on the subscription screen in the app. TERMS & POLICIES Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. A 2-week free trial is included — if not cancelled before the trial ends, your subscription will automatically convert to a paid plan. You can manage or cancel your subscription in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.knightlychess.com/privacy/
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 Knightly Chess's 4. Train Chess also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Knightly Chess sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Train Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Knightly Chess against 5.0 for Train Chess. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Knightly Chess ships an update every 2 weeks, Train Chess every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Knightly Chess | Train Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Encompass Software LLC | Camren Todd |
Customer experience
Knightly Chess
Train Chess
In-app purchases
Knightly Chess
- Knightly Premium Tier Monthly14 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Knightly AI Tier Monthly14 Days trial$8.991 Month
- Knightly Premium Tier Yearly14 Days trial$69.991 Year
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- Knightly AI Tier Yearly14 Days trial$89.991 Year
Train Chess
No in-app purchases








