Comparison

Chess Master Quest vs Simple Chess Trainer

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

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About

Chess Master Quest

Features
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Chess Master Quest is an idle chess training game where real study, tactical puzzles, and long-term progression all feed the same journey: build your skills and climb toward Grandmaster. Train tactics, openings, endgames, strategy, calculation, and mental resilience. Solve daily puzzles, study famous games, enter tournaments, grow your Elo, and collect rewards even when you are away. FEATURES - Idle progression with offline rewards - 12,000+ tactical puzzle and drill positions - Opening prep, endgame academy, and pattern training - Famous game study and chess notation helpers - Daily objectives, achievements, battle pass progress, and seasonal goals - Tournaments, leagues, Elo growth, and bot challenges - Research projects and upgrade systems that create permanent progress - Optional cloud save through account sign-in - Optional one-time premium unlock, no subscription Whether you already play chess or just like incremental games, Chess Master Quest gives every session a clear goal. Make one strong move, finish one puzzle, start one research project, then come back later to see your progress compound. Build your routine. Train your board vision. Begin your quest.

About

Simple Chess Trainer

Features
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Simple Chess Trainer is a focused practice tool for chess players who want faster board recognition, sharper annotation skills (for beginners), and tighter opening repertoire memory (for all levels) โ€” all free, with no subscriptions or accounts. Square Recognition. Drill all 64 squares with timed sessions, custom filters (whole board, light/dark only, ranks 1โ€“4, etc.), and a focus list that biases toward squares you've missed in the last 90 days. Toggle coordinates off when you're ready to find squares from memory. Annotation Drill for Beginners. Step through any PGN game move-by-move, identify mistakes, and let the engine queue tough positions for review. The Review Queue surfaces moves you've gotten wrong three times running until you've beaten them three times in a row. Opening Repertoire & Move Trainer (All levels). Drag the right move (or type it) for both sides of any game or opening line in your library. The new Random Review mode picks games weighted by how much you've struggled โ€” your hardest lines surface first; mastered ones come up rarely so you don't drill what you already know. Library. Import any standard PGN file to build your own repertoire or review your own games. The app indexes thousands of games in seconds and ships with 20 verified historical classics on first launch โ€” Morphy's Opera Game, Anderssen's Immortal, the Game of the Century, Kasparov's Immortal, and more. Stats. 7-day / 30-day / 90-day / all-time views of accuracy, response time, square-error heatmap, piece-error breakdown, and per-game Move Trainer mastery. Export everything as JSON anytime. Works fully offline. Private by default. Every drill, import, and statistic stays on your device. No accounts, no servers, no chess-data analytics, no subscriptions โ€” ever. Ads are served by Google AdMob and gated by App Tracking Transparency; remove them permanently with a one-time in-app purchase. Designed for iPhone and iPad. Built for iOS 18.

Screenshots

Chess Master Quest4 screens
Simple Chess Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Chess Master Quest at none against Simple Chess Trainer's shown. Chess Master Quest also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Chess Master Quest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Simple Chess Trainer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Chess Master Quest versus Simple Chess Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChess Master QuestSimple Chess Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysโ€”
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size202 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLearnTech Games, LLCOleksandr Ioffe

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chess Master Quest

One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$4.99
1 purchases

Simple Chess Trainer

One-time1
  • Remove All Adds (One-Time)$12.99

Questions

Is Chess Master Quest free?
Chess Master Quest is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Chess Trainer free?
Simple Chess Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chess Master Quest or Simple Chess Trainer have ads?
Simple Chess Trainer shows ads; Chess Master Quest does not.

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