Chessle vs Hardcore Blindfold 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.
Hardcore Blindfold Chess
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Blindfold Chess hides the board and asks you to keep the position in your head. Tap the empty board, type your move or just say it, and hear the computer's reply read out loud. PLAY YOUR WAY • Three modes: Peek (hold the board for a moment, every peek counted), Hidden (no board, the move list helps) and Pure (no board, no move list). • Five opponents from Casual to Master, with a time limit and openings to start from if you want them. • Hands-free: it listens again by itself after each reply. Say "repeat", "take back" or "where is my knight?" • Takebacks, illegal moves and board questions are counted next to peeks, so a clean win means a clean win. TRAIN YOUR VISUALISATION • Blindfold puzzles: mate in 1, 2 or 3, plus a new puzzle every day. • Square colours, knight and bishop routes, and remember-the-position drills. • Famous games played move by move, with no board, and questions along the way. SEE YOURSELF IMPROVE • A blindfold rating, badges and a daily streak. • Step through any finished game and see the moments you lost track. • Open a game in Lichess for engine analysis, or export every game as PGN. • Share a picture of your result. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your games stay on your device. Voice input uses your phone's built-in speech recognition. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Hardcore Blindfold Chess at every 10 days against Chessle's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 and Hardcore Blindfold Chess sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chessle ships an update monthly, Hardcore Blindfold Chess every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Chessle | Hardcore Blindfold Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ENVISIONAIRY LLC | Click Boreal Unipessoal LDA |
In-app purchases
Chessle
- Unlock Full App$0.99
Hardcore Blindfold Chess
- Hardcore Chess Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Hardcore Chess Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Hardcore Chess Pro$59.99
Questions
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