Castle Puzzles vs Gambito Puzzles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Castle Puzzles
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Sharpen your chess skills and boost your tactical thinking with challenging puzzles. Master checkmates, tactics, and strategic patterns one move at a time. Perfect for players of all levels.
Gambito Puzzles
Enhance your chess skills with a dedicated tactics trainer. Solve puzzles from an offline database, track your progress with a rating system, and improve retention through spaced repetition. Offers six distinct puzzle modes for varied training.
- Offline puzzle database
- Glicko-2 rating system
- Spaced repetition
- Six puzzle modes
- No internet required
- No account needed
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Gambito is a focused chess tactics trainer built for practical improvement. Solve puzzles from an offline database, track your progress with a Glicko-2 rating system, and develop mastery through spaced repetition — no internet connection or account required. Choose from six distinct puzzle modes to match your training goal: - Unlimited: solve at your own pace with no time pressure - Streak: keep a correct-answer streak alive - Storm: race the clock to solve as many as possible - Thematic: focus on specific tactical motifs - Blind: train calculation by hiding the board - No Tactic: practice recognizing when there is no winning combination Your Glicko-2 rating adjusts dynamically to reflect your true tactical strength. Spaced repetition surfaces puzzles at the right time to reinforce long-term retention. Terms of Use (EULA): https://gambitochess.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Castle Puzzles at none against Gambito Puzzles's 2. Castle Puzzles also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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. Gambito Puzzles sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Castle Puzzles asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Castle Puzzles | Gambito Puzzles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Hajatiana Kevin Ryan Rasoarahona Rivo Niaina | Dynadel |
In-app purchases
Castle Puzzles
No in-app purchases
Gambito Puzzles
- Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$4.991 Year
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