dotChess vs chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
dotChess
Engage in classic chess matches with friends, AI opponents, or players globally. This modern application allows you to track your statistics, communicate during games, and resume play across multiple devices.
- Play live games with friends
- Challenge AI bots
- Global matchmaking
- Account creation and stat tracking
- In-game chat
- Cross-device play
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dotChess is a modern chess app built for playing with real people. Play live games with friends, challenge AI bots, or get matched with players worldwide. Create an account, track your stats, chat during games, and pick up where you left off on any device.
chess
Enhance your chess skills with this app offering 3D visualization and AI opponents. Analyze your games with powerful replay features to learn and improve. Save your progress and continue playing anytime.
- 3D visualization
- AI opponents
- Game replay analysis
- Save and continue progress
- Offline play
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Star Chess Play, Replay and Improve. Experience chess like never before with stunning 3D visualization, AI opponents, and powerful game replay features to analyze and improve your skills. Save & Continue. Replay to learn. Save & Continue. Replay to learn. Work on iPhone, iPad, and Mac (Designed for iPad).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: dotChess at none against chess's 2. dotChess also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. chess sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. dotChess asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for dotChess against 5.0 for chess. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | dotChess | chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 193 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Baric | John Xu |
Customer experience
dotChess
chess
In-app purchases
dotChess
No in-app purchases
chess
- Monthly membership7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly subscription$6.991 Year
