Comparison

Chess World vs AGENTIC CHESS

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

Head to head
About

Chess World

Features
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Chess World - Play Online Chess World - Play Online lets you enjoy chess anytime, anywhere! Play against real players online or challenge the computer offline to improve your skills. With rich features, competitive rankings, and constantly growing content, Chess World offers a complete chess experience for players of all levels. Online and Offline Play - Play live matches against real players. - Challenge the computer without an internet connection. - Improve your skills with different difficulty levels. Puzzle Room - Solve chess puzzles to sharpen your tactical thinking. - Earn points as you complete puzzles. - Train your mind and improve your game. Rankings - See your position on the leaderboards based on the points you earn. - Track your progress and compete with players worldwide. Advanced Profile - View detailed game statistics. - Follow your performance and improvement over time. Social Features - Chat with your friends. - Join tournaments and compete with other players. Game History - Rewatch your previous matches. - Analyze your moves and learn from past games. Other Game Modes - Discover our other games in the Other Game Modes section. - Currently available: Checkers and Othello. - More games will be added over time. Chess World - Play Online is designed for both beginners and experienced players who want to play, improve, and compete in a dynamic and social chess environment. Privacy Policy: https://damaworld.net/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AGENTIC CHESS

Experience AI chess matches played entirely on your device. Choose champion models, compete in ranked games, and analyze performance. Offers a unique benchmark for on-device AI capabilities without cloud reliance.

Highlights
  • On-device AI model chess matches
  • Ranked Elo ladder progression
  • Tournaments against scaled opponents
  • Manual play and coached games
  • Hardware performance benchmarking
  • Private by design, no account needed
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Watch real AI models play chess — entirely on your iPhone. Agentic Chess turns your phone into a live arena for on-device language models. Pick a champion, send it into ranked matches against the built-in house opponent, and watch every move unfold with a real game clock and live commentary. No cloud, no server — the models think on your device. (Minimum device specification is iPhone 12, and IOS 26) YOUR CHAMPION, YOUR LADDER • Choose a champion from a roster of open-source models that run fully on-device • Ranked matches move your champion up an authentic Elo ladder, from Bronze to Grandmaster • Tournaments field opponents that scale to your champion's strength • Prefer to play? Take on the AI yourself in manual mode, or team up with your champion in coached games A BASELINE AND ITS CHALLENGERS Every match is a fair experiment. Apple's built-in foundation model plays as the house opponent, completely untuned — the scientific baseline. Your champions are different: each open-source model carries a custom LoRA adapter we train specifically for chess judgment, downloaded automatically alongside the model. Watching a tuned challenger climb past the stock baseline is the whole point — you're seeing, live, how much specialized training moves the needle on identical hardware. A REAL BENCHMARK UNDERNEATH Every game doubles as a hardware benchmark. Agentic Chess measures how fast, how smoothly, and how efficiently each model runs on your exact device — speed, latency, memory, and thermal behavior — and turns it into a performance report you can browse anytime. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no email, no login. You're recognized only by a random ID stored on your device, your score and leaderboard position stay private to your installation, and you can download or erase your data at any time from Settings. Models download on first run (about 0.3–1.5 GB each) — Wi-Fi recommended. Additional models fetch quietly in the background while your first game plays.

Screenshots

Chess World4 screens
AGENTIC CHESS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AGENTIC CHESS at none against Chess World's 1. AGENTIC CHESS also leads on ads (none vs shown). Chess World's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price 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 World sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. AGENTIC CHESS asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Chess World versus AGENTIC CHESS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess WorldAGENTIC CHESS
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—10 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB69 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperEmre SoyyigitMission Peak, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chess World

Subscriptions1
  • Chess World Pro Version$1.991 Month
None

AGENTIC CHESS

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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