Comparison

LEGENDS vs ChessHere

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

Head to head
About

LEGENDS

Solve real chess puzzles from legendary games and experience the brilliance of chess icons. Relive historic moments, understand game progression, and play critical positions as if you were there. Perfect for chess history and tactics enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Play as legendary Grandmasters
  • Real chess puzzles from historic games
  • Step-by-step game progression
  • Built-in chess engine analysis
  • Track progress and improvement
  • Regular updates with new puzzles
Features
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Play like Chess LEGENDS. Step into the most electrifying moments ever played on the board. This chess puzzle app lets you solve real positions from legendary games and experience the brilliance of icons like Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Paul Morphy, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Alireza Firouzja. Every puzzle is taken from real historical games—no random setups. Follow the game move-by-move, understand the build-up, and play the critical moment as if you were there. Feel the attacking genius of Tal, the precision of Fischer, and the dominance of Kasparov. Perfect for players who love chess history, chess tactics, and learning through real games. Features: * Play as Mikhail Tal and other legendary Grandmasters * Real chess puzzles from historic games * Step-by-step game progression (not just final positions) * Built-in chess engine analysis * Track your progress and improvement * Regular updates with new puzzles Train your mind. Relive greatness.
Find the moves that made legends. Terms of Use : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ChessHere

Engage in real-time or correspondence chess matches, challenge friends, and participate in tournaments. Improve your game with puzzles, opening studies, and game analysis. Stay connected with messaging and notifications in a clean, focused interface.

Highlights
  • Real-time and correspondence chess
  • Challenge friends and opponents
  • Join tournaments
  • Solve daily puzzles
  • Study openings
  • Game analysis and tracking
  • Messaging and notifications
Features
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ChessHere is the chess app for people who want to play chess, understand every game and actually improve. Play chess online against real opponents, solve chess puzzles, and learn chess with a personal Coach that explains what happened on the board and what to work on next. PLAY CHESS YOUR WAY - Online chess game: bullet, blitz and rapid against players around the world - Correspondence chess: take hours or days per move, with a reminder when it's your turn - Chess with friends: challenge a friend with a link, or get matched instantly - Chess tournaments: arenas and round robins with live standings LEARN CHESS FROM EVERY GAME - Chess coach: after each game, get a clear explanation of the key moments, your mistakes and your best moves, in plain language, not engine numbers - Game analysis with evaluation and best lines - Chess lessons and courses, from your first moves to rook endgames CHESS PUZZLES AND TRAINING - Daily chess puzzle, Puzzle Rush and themed tactics - Chess openings trainer: learn and drill the lines you actually play - Track your rating, streaks and progress over time A CALM, FOCUSED CHESS GAME - Clean design with light and dark themes and board styles - Follow players, chat in game and send messages - Available in 25 languages - Your games sync with chesshere.com on the web CHESSHERE PREMIUM Daily mistake review, more drills and focus areas, unlimited puzzles from your own games, deeper analysis, a weekly progress report, and your own tournaments. Available as a monthly or annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.chesshere.com/privacy Whether you have one minute or one week per move, ChessHere is where your next move happens.

Screenshots

LEGENDS4 screens
ChessHere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: ChessHere at none against LEGENDS's shown. ChessHere also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. LEGENDS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and ChessHere sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LEGENDS against 5.0 for ChessHere. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
LEGENDS versus ChessHere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLEGENDSChessHere
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size103 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAsif NewazE4E5 LLC

Customer experience

LEGENDS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ChessHere

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

LEGENDS

Subscriptions2
  • Path of legends - Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Path of legends - Yearly$24.991 Year
2 purchases

ChessHere

Subscriptions2
  • ChessHere Premium$7.001 Month
  • ChessHere Premium$70.001 Year

Questions

Is LEGENDS free?
LEGENDS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChessHere free?
ChessHere is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LEGENDS or ChessHere?
LEGENDS and ChessHere are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do LEGENDS or ChessHere have ads?
LEGENDS shows ads; ChessHere does not.

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