Comparison

ChessPawn vs Chess

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

Head to head
About

ChessPawn

Features
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A little chess. A lot of clever moves. In ChessPawn, choose a movement card to move your piece like a rook, bishop, knight, queen or king. Plan a route around walls and blocked squares, then collect every pawn on the board. Explore 400 puzzles with growing difficulty. Aim for fewer moves, use a hint when you need a hand, or undo a move and try another route. A step-by-step tutorial introduces the rules. Make the game your own with 12 board themes and six piece collections: Berry Crown, Jelly Gems, Biscuit Court, Cloud Toys, Jade Garden and Starlight. Earn coins through play, take on daily puzzles and return for the daily reward wheel. Version 1.1.0 brings a colorful Comic Pop interface, a new app icon and splash screen, clearer pieces and improved layouts for phones and tablets. The core puzzles work offline. Ads and consent messages require an internet connection. Optional rewarded ads offer coins or gameplay helpers; no account is required.

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Chess

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Chess with one capture rule changed — and that one change rewires how you think. THE RULE Pieces can only capture the same type. • Pawns capture pawns • Knights capture knights • Queens capture queens • Kings still capture anything (like normal chess) Everything else is normal: check, checkmate, castling, en passant, promotion. WHY PLAY THIS Regular chess rewards muscle memory. Openings on autopilot. Patterns you stop questioning. Here, every capture is a decision. Positions that look like blunders aren’t. Safe-looking pieces suddenly aren’t. It’s a workout for calculation — the kind that transfers back when you return to standard chess. FEATURES • Full games vs CPU (multiple strengths) or pass-and-play • Offline — no account required • Weird-rule mate puzzles built for this capture rule • Themes and piece sets • Optional clocks If you’re stuck in the same games, try a rule that won’t let your hands play for you.

Screenshots

ChessPawn4 screens
Chess4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChessPawn at none against Chess's 1. ChessPawn also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Chess's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ChessPawn asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChessPawn ships an update every 6 months, Chess every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
ChessPawn versus Chess: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessPawnChess
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAkif SARIDavid Medawar

In-app purchases

None

ChessPawn

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Chess

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$1.99

Questions

Is ChessPawn free?
ChessPawn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chess free?
Chess is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChessPawn or Chess have ads?
Both ChessPawn and Chess show ads.
Which is updated more often, ChessPawn or Chess?
ChessPawn ships an update every 6 months, and Chess every 5 days. Most recently, ChessPawn was updated on October 31, 2026 and Chess on October 25, 2026.

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