Chess Alarm vs Blunderzone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chess Alarm
This app transforms your morning alarm into a daily chess puzzle challenge. Solve tactics to wake up your brain and build a consistent chess habit with streak tracking and solution reviews. Train anytime with various difficulty levels and enjoy a smarter start to your day.
- Chess puzzle alarms
- Daily puzzle training
- Streak tracking
- Solution review
- Training mode
- Multiple difficulty levels
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Chess Alarm turns your morning alarm into a chess puzzle challenge. Wake up, solve a tactic, and start your day with your brain already working. Set your alarm, pick a difficulty, and build a daily chess habit through puzzle training, streak tracking, and solution review — all in one app. How it works: • Set your alarm time • Choose your puzzle difficulty • Solve the chess tactic when the alarm opens • Review the solution • Track your streak and puzzles solved Train anytime: Chess Alarm is not just an alarm. Use Training Mode to solve chess puzzles throughout the day, stay sharp, and build consistency between alarms. Free features: • Chess puzzle alarms • Easy difficulty • Training puzzles • Streak and puzzle tracking • Solution review Premium features: • Medium and Hard difficulty • Unlimited training puzzles • Unlimited hints • Coach Notes after puzzles • Solution replay controls • A more challenging chess wake-up and training experience Chess Alarm is for chess players, puzzle lovers, students, competitors, and anyone who wants a smarter morning routine — one that builds real tactical thinking instead of reaching for the snooze button. Wake up. Solve. Win. Puzzle data provided by Lichess. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Blunderzone
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Turn your chess mistakes into focused practice with Blunderzone. Connect Lichess or Chess.com, review your games, and train the positions where you missed a better move. • Game Tactics: puzzles from your own games. • Quick Tactics: short sessions of 10 puzzles. • Memory Training: revisit positions with spaced repetition. • AI explanations: understand mistakes and better continuations in your account language. • Track your progress, training streaks and game statistics. • Optional reminders help you keep a training routine. Choose from 20 interface languages. Free, Basic and Premium plans offer different game import, analysis and AI explanation allowances. Paid memberships are optional; prices are shown in the app before purchase. • 20 AI explanations / 100 AI explanations. One-time purchase. Credits never expire and are shared across your devices. One credit unlocks one new explanation. Privacy Policy: https://blunder.zone/privacy-policy.html 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: Chess Alarm at every 2 days against Blunderzone's fortnightly. Blunderzone's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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. Chess Alarm sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Blunderzone sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chess Alarm ships an update every 2 days, Blunderzone fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chess Alarm | Blunderzone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 185 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TERRELL DERON RUSSELL | RANKA s.r.o. |
In-app purchases
Chess Alarm
- Chess Alarm Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
- Chess Alarm Premium$19.991 Year
Blunderzone
- Blunderzone Basic$3.991 Month
- Blunderzone Premium$6.991 Month
- 20 AI explanations$4.00
- 100 AI explanations$18.00









