Comparison

Knight's Path Puzzle vs Chess Peace

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Knight's Path Puzzle

Features
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No, it is not at all chess!!! Knight’s Path is a retro-styled puzzle game where every move counts Using the classic chess knight’s “L-shaped” hop, fill the entire board without getting stuck. With pastel-colored themes, retro pixel fonts, and satisfying haptics, every game feels like a step back into an arcade classic. • Easy to learn, tricky to master – place numbers in sequence using only knight moves. • Multiple levels – unlock bigger and tougher boards as you solve earlier ones. • Hall of Fame – keep track of your best runs locally. • Compete globally – integrated with Apple Game Center leaderboards. • Retro vibes – pastel pixel themes, scanlines, and the chess knight to guide your path. Or want to catch as many dragons as you can? Go and try, avoid the muds and watch out for Tough Dragon! Can you master the Knight’s Path and claim the top score?

About

Chess Peace

Engage in a peaceful chess puzzle experience offline, with no ads or account required. It offers thousands of challenges suitable for all skill levels, from beginners to grandmasters, with daily puzzles and extensive customization options.

Highlights
  • Offline play
  • No ads or account required
  • Thousands of puzzles
  • Daily Puzzle feature
  • Extensive customization
  • Progress syncing via iCloud
  • Accessibility options
Features
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• A peaceful chess puzzle, played offline with no ads or account • No chess knowledge required — a new challenge for grandmasters and beginners alike • Thousands of puzzles plus a free Daily Puzzle every day • Available on iPhone, iPad & Mac, with your progress & settings synced via iCloud With over 26,500 unique puzzles across three difficulties and five different puzzle types, and a new Daily Puzzle every day, you play with just the board and six piece types — King, Queen, Rook (Castle), Bishop, Knight and Pawn — to find each satisfying solution. -- Daily Puzzles -- Build your streak by playing a new Daily Puzzle every day, share with other players via our Wordle-style solve grid, as well as a customised image showing the puzzle alongside the stats of your solve. -- Five Unique Puzzle Modes -- • Classic: One of each piece, one board, no captures. • Multiples: Some pieces are copies of each other. Same rule applies: no captures, only peace. • Two-Colour: White and black pieces share the board. Pieces only threaten the opposing colour. • Islands: Two boards, one puzzle. Only the Knight can jump the gap. • Presets: Some positions are revealed, but the pieces remain unknown. -- Find Your Zen through endless customisation -- Unprecedented personal customisation of the gameplay screen and menus, including subtly animated backgrounds, on/off toggles for nearly every visual element, and three distinct sets of gameplay sounds. Find your own Chess Peace in every puzzle, with customisation synced across devices. Also choose from many app-wide colour themes, board styles, and over 30 alternate app icons. -- Great chess learning tool, with no experience required -- If you're not a chess player, don't worry — Chess Peace teaches you everything you need to know, with a quick refresher on hand whenever you need it, as well as an optional possible moves system that shows every move possible by any piece on the board. -- Complete play history & in-depth statistics -- Replay your every solve move-by-move, and track your progress with granular statistics. Not your thing? Hide them using Zen and never seem them again. -- No data connection or account -- Everything is stored inside the app, with no connection required and no data collected. Your progress is synced via iCloud, available only to you. -- Home & Lock Screen Widgets -- Add some Chess Peace to your home and lock screens and jump straight into your next puzzle, or keep up your Daily Puzzle streak. -- Accessibility -- As well as supporting iOS Accessibility options, several additional accessibility features make Chess Peace as inclusive as possible, including colourblind mode, high contrast, bold icons, letters instead of piece icons, large text, reduced motion, and adaptable controls that can be brought to the top or bottom of the screen.

Screenshots

Knight's Path Puzzle4 screens
Chess Peace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Knight's Path Puzzle at none against Chess Peace's 2. Chess Peace's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chess Peace sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Knight's Path Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Knight's Path Puzzle ships an update every 6 weeks, Chess Peace fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Knight's Path Puzzle versus Chess Peace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKnight's Path PuzzleChess Peace
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.9 (141 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—89.1% of reviews
Number of ratings—141 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB186 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBurak AlpuganSam Shepherd

In-app purchases

None

Knight's Path Puzzle

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Chess Peace

One-time2
  • Premium Unlock$8.99
  • Premium Unlock$11.99

Questions

Is Knight's Path Puzzle free?
Knight's Path Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chess Peace free?
Chess Peace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Knight's Path Puzzle or Chess Peace have ads?
Neither Knight's Path Puzzle nor Chess Peace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Knight's Path Puzzle or Chess Peace?
Knight's Path Puzzle ships an update every 6 weeks, and Chess Peace fortnightly. Most recently, Knight's Path Puzzle was updated on October 25, 2026 and Chess Peace on October 28, 2026.

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