Chessle vs Train Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chessle
This app offers a curated collection of chess puzzles for players of all skill levels, from beginners to Grandmasters. It features an offline mode with no login required, allowing users to train their puzzle intuition at their own pace. Filters help users review solved puzzles or tackle challenging ones.
- Offline play
- No login required
- Puzzles for all skill levels
- Minimalistic design
- Solved/Unsolved puzzle filters
- Puzzle intuition training
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Completely offline and no logins required, Chessle: Chess Puzzles trains your puzzle intuition. Curated puzzles designed to delight beginners to Grandmasters. The puzzles range from easy to fiendishly difficult. The minimalistic design lets the user go at the desired pace, while "Solved" and "Unsolved" filters let you review puzzles you've solved to ingrain them in your mind, or tackle the most problematic puzzles that you had trouble solving.
Train Chess
Master hundreds of essential positional endgames to elevate your chess skills. Practice against an engine to improve your late-game win rate and conversion. This app focuses on crucial endgame scenarios for strategic improvement.
- Hundreds of positional endgames
- Engine practice
- Improve win rate
- Master endgame conversion
- Strategic improvement
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Train Chess features hundreds of must-know positional endgames that will improve your game. Master positions against the engine and increase your win rate late in the game and master your endgame conversion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Train Chess at 5.0 against Chessle's 4.4. Train Chess also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). Chessle's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Chessle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Train Chess asks for nothing beyond the download.
Train Chess holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chessle has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Chessle ships an update monthly, Train Chess every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chessle | Train Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ENVISIONAIRY LLC | Camren Todd |
Customer experience
Chessle
Train Chess
In-app purchases
Chessle
- Unlock Full App$0.99
Train Chess
No in-app purchases
