Comparison

Chess9 vs Simple Chess Trainer

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

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About

Chess9

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Hello guys, My name is Shashwat and I made this app chess9 to play and enjoy the game for fun it has luxury board where pieces are made up of black and gold color. Please feel free to check features like Check, Checkmate, Castling, Pawn capturing to opposite board and progressing to Queen. Guys, when you play the game the opponent is meant to be very easy so everybody can learn, progress, try different moves and grow and be the best at their own pace. So definately give it a shot and keep growing and learning. Thank you!

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Simple Chess Trainer

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Simple Chess Trainer is a focused practice tool for chess players who want faster board recognition, sharper annotation skills (for beginners), and tighter opening repertoire memory (for all levels) โ€” all free, with no subscriptions or accounts. Square Recognition. Drill all 64 squares with timed sessions, custom filters (whole board, light/dark only, ranks 1โ€“4, etc.), and a focus list that biases toward squares you've missed in the last 90 days. Toggle coordinates off when you're ready to find squares from memory. Annotation Drill for Beginners. Step through any PGN game move-by-move, identify mistakes, and let the engine queue tough positions for review. The Review Queue surfaces moves you've gotten wrong three times running until you've beaten them three times in a row. Opening Repertoire & Move Trainer (All levels). Drag the right move (or type it) for both sides of any game or opening line in your library. The new Random Review mode picks games weighted by how much you've struggled โ€” your hardest lines surface first; mastered ones come up rarely so you don't drill what you already know. Library. Import any standard PGN file to build your own repertoire or review your own games. The app indexes thousands of games in seconds and ships with 20 verified historical classics on first launch โ€” Morphy's Opera Game, Anderssen's Immortal, the Game of the Century, Kasparov's Immortal, and more. Stats. 7-day / 30-day / 90-day / all-time views of accuracy, response time, square-error heatmap, piece-error breakdown, and per-game Move Trainer mastery. Export everything as JSON anytime. Works fully offline. Private by default. Every drill, import, and statistic stays on your device. No accounts, no servers, no chess-data analytics, no subscriptions โ€” ever. Ads are served by Google AdMob and gated by App Tracking Transparency; remove them permanently with a one-time in-app purchase. Designed for iPhone and iPad. Built for iOS 18.

Screenshots

Chess94 screens
Simple Chess Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chess9 at none against Simple Chess Trainer's 1. Chess9 also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Simple Chess Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chess9 asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Chess9 versus Simple Chess Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess9Simple Chess Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.6 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size11 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperShashwat PatelOleksandr Ioffe

In-app purchases

None

Chess9

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Chess Trainer

One-time1
  • Remove All Adds (One-Time)$12.99

Questions

Is Chess9 free?
Chess9 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simple Chess Trainer free?
Simple Chess Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chess9 or Simple Chess Trainer have ads?
Simple Chess Trainer shows ads; Chess9 does not.

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