Comparison

KnightVision vs Chess Path App

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

Head to head
About

KnightVision

This app helps chess players digitize and analyze their games. It uses AR to scan physical boards, OCR to read scoresheets, and integrates with online platforms for a comprehensive chess experience.

Highlights
  • AR board scanning
  • Scoresheet OCR
  • Live game recording
  • Stockfish engine analysis
  • Chess.com & Lichess import
  • Tactical puzzles
  • Rating tracking
Features
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KnightVision 2.0 Your all-in-one chess companion, now with online gameplay, 2D scanning, and live broadcasts. Play, scan, record, and improve—all in one app. PLAY LIVE OR DAILY CHESS Find opponents, challenge friends, or share a challenge link. Play rated or casual Blitz and Rapid games, or choose Daily chess with 1, 2, or 3 days per move. Preview and confirm Daily moves, manage multiple games, and resume from your dashboard. SCAN BOARDS & DIAGRAMS Scan physical boards with AR, or import positions from board photos, 2D diagrams, and screenshots. Review detected pieces, save positions, add notes, and start analyzing. BROADCAST & RECORD GAMES Broadcast your over-the-board games or watch others move by move. Record games on an interactive board with legal move validation and save them as PGN. DIGITIZE SCORESHEETS Turn handwritten tournament scoresheets into digital games. Photograph, review, correct, and save without entering every move manually. ANALYZE WITH STOCKFISH Understand your games through engine analysis, move classifications, player accuracy scores, and evaluation graphs. IMPORT YOUR ONLINE GAMES Connect Chess.com and Lichess to import and browse your history by platform, date, opening, and result. TRAIN & PERSONALIZE Solve rated puzzles matched to your level or practice specific themes and difficulties. Track USCF, FIDE, and online ratings in one profile, and customize your board and pieces. SUBSCRIPTION PLANS Pawn (Free) 5 board scans/month, 5 scoresheet scans/month, 5 puzzles/day, and 3 game reviews/month. Knight — $4.99/month or $34.99/year 30 board scans/month, 30 scoresheet scans/month, 20 puzzles/day, and 15 game reviews/month. King — $12.99/month or $99.99/year Unlimited board scans, scoresheet scans, puzzles, and game reviews. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your Apple ID account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.knightvision.app/privacy

About

Chess Path App

Learn chess through interactive board positions and tactical puzzles. Progress from basic piece movements to advanced checkmates with guided lessons and practice games against an AI opponent. Play offline and track your rating and progress.

Highlights
  • Interactive board position lessons
  • Hundreds of tactical puzzles
  • AI opponent for practice games
  • Learn popular chess openings
  • Offline play functionality
  • Progress tracking and rating system
Features
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Chess Path teaches chess the way you actually learn it: by moving the pieces. No lectures. Every lesson is a position on the board, and you solve it. Start wherever you are. Never played? Begin with how the pieces move. Already play? Jump into forks, pins, back-rank mates, and the hundreds of tactics lessons that follow, arranged as one path from your first move to real checkmates. LEARN 446 interactive lessons. Each one sets up a position, asks you to find the move, and tells you why it works. Get it wrong and Rookie explains it, then lets you try again. PLAY Games against Rookie, a chess engine who is unreasonably invested in your chess. She is proud when you win. When she loses she takes it very badly, and it is very funny. OPENINGS The Italian, Sicilian, French, London, Caro-Kann, Ruy Lopez and more, one move at a time. Every move we teach is the top choice in the masters database, so you learn what strong players actually play. BASICS How each piece moves, what check means, how to win. Short, on the board, done in minutes. YOUR RATING A Chess Path rating that climbs as you finish lessons and win games, and a streak for showing up, so you can see yourself getting better. WORKS OFFLINE Every lesson, every opening, and the engine are on your phone. Airplane mode is fine. Free. No ads.

Screenshots

KnightVision4 screens
Chess Path App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: KnightVision at 5.0 against Chess Path App's 4.4. Chess Path App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. KnightVision sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Chess Path App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KnightVision holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

KnightVision ships an update every 3 weeks, Chess Path App fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
KnightVision versus Chess Path App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKnightVisionChess Path App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB111 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbraham ObuboLEARN THROUGH STORIES LLC

Customer experience

KnightVision

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Chess Path App

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

KnightVision

Subscriptions4
  • Knight Monthly$4.991 Month
  • King Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Knight Yearly$34.991 Year
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  • King Yearly$99.991 Year
None

Chess Path App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KnightVision free?
KnightVision is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chess Path App free?
Chess Path App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, KnightVision or Chess Path App?
KnightVision is rated higher. KnightVision averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Chess Path App averages 4.4 from 5 ratings.
Do KnightVision or Chess Path App have ads?
Neither KnightVision nor Chess Path App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, KnightVision or Chess Path App?
KnightVision ships an update every 3 weeks, and Chess Path App fortnightly. Most recently, KnightVision was updated on October 31, 2026 and Chess Path App on October 31, 2026.

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