Comparison

Chessoku vs Chessfisher

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

Head to head
About

Chessoku

Features
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Chessoku is a logic puzzle made from chess pieces. A few pieces belong somewhere on a small board, and each number tells you how many of them attack that square. Work out where every piece stands. Every puzzle has exactly one solution. You don't need to know chess. Each piece is taught with a short animated lesson the first time you meet it. HOW TO PLAY - Drag pieces from your tray onto the board. - A number counts the pieces attacking that square. A 0 means none do. - Rooks, bishops and queens are stopped by anything in their way. Knights jump over. - Place every piece so all the numbers match, and the puzzle is solved. JOURNEY One long path of levels. It starts with a single rook on a 3×3 board and grows to 5×5 boards with several pieces at once. New rules arrive as you go: stones that block attacks, pieces already fixed on the board, revealed threats, colored areas and more. Each one is explained when it first appears, and Discoveries keeps them all, with coins for every one you find. Hard and Very Hard levels are marked and pay extra coins. DAILY PUZZLE A new puzzle every day, the same one for everyone. Each day has its own sticker: solve the puzzle to add it to your collection, then share it. Missed a day? Earlier days of the current month stay open. Collect stickers through the month to earn coin rewards. POWER-UPS Power-ups unlock as you progress through the Journey: - Reveal Number shows the count on a hidden square. - Reveal Threat shows which piece type attacks a square. - Reveal Piece shows where one hidden piece stands. ALSO - No timer in Journey or Daily puzzles. Take as long as you like. - Weekly and global leaderboards open at level 40. - Available in 18 languages. - A one-time No Ads purchase removes ads and lets you play the Journey offline.

About

Chessfisher

Engage in a daily chess puzzle shared with all users, then compare your performance with friends. Explore a survival mode where puzzles become progressively harder, and track your progress with detailed statistics and a real chess rating.

Highlights
  • Daily shared chess puzzle
  • Gauntlet survival mode
  • World leaderboard
  • Shareable results
  • Daily difficulty scaling
  • Unlockable bonus puzzles
  • In-depth statistics
  • Earn a real chess rating
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Chessfisher gives you one new chess puzzle every day, the same puzzle for everyone. Solve it, share your time, mistakes and streak, and see who among your friends solved it faster or cleaner. Difficulty climbs through the week, from Easy on Monday to Master on Sunday. Solve the daily puzzle to unlock two bonus puzzles. Then take on The Gauntlet: a survival mode where the puzzles get harder and the clock gets shorter. Every solve sends you deeper. Lose your lives and the Dive is over. The World Gauntlet is one Dive a day, ranked against every player in the world, with a daily podium and a push notification when the results are in. Freestyle is unlimited. FEATURES • A shared daily puzzle, plus two bonus puzzles • The Gauntlet: survival puzzles, a shrinking clock, lives, rewards and Depth • World Leaderboard with a daily top-three podium and your placement sent to your phone • A Daily Rating that updates with every solve, with a chart of how it has moved • Streaks, solve times, mistakes and podium finishes, for Daily and Gauntlet • Share any result in a single tap • Fourteen board themes and premium piece sets • Sign in with Apple or Google to sync across devices • Works in portrait or landscape A fresh puzzle is waiting every day.

Screenshots

Chessoku4 screens
Chessfisher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chessfisher at none against Chessoku's 10. Chessfisher also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chessoku sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Chessfisher asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chessoku against 5.0 for Chessfisher. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chessfisher has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chessoku ships an update every 2 weeks, Chessfisher every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chessoku versus Chessfisher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessokuChessfisher
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings15 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNous Games Teknoloji Anonim SirketiAndrew Sutter

Customer experience

Chessoku

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

Chessfisher

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Chessoku

One-time10
  • No Ads + Offline$7.99
  • Small Bundle$9.99
  • No Ads Bundle$11.99
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  • Medium Bundle$19.99
  • 25,000 Coins$28.99
  • Ultra Bundle$34.99
  • 50,000 Coins$54.99
  • Epic Bundle$66.99
  • 100,000 Coins$99.99
  • Legendary Bundle$99.99
None

Chessfisher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chessoku free?
Chessoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chessfisher free?
Chessfisher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chessoku or Chessfisher?
Chessoku and Chessfisher are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Chessoku or Chessfisher have ads?
Chessoku shows ads; Chessfisher does not.
Which is updated more often, Chessoku or Chessfisher?
Chessoku ships an update every 2 weeks, and Chessfisher every 10 days. Most recently, Chessoku was updated on October 24, 2026 and Chessfisher on October 9, 2026.

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