ChessPawn vs Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ChessPawn
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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.
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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Chess sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ChessPawn asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | ChessPawn | Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akif SARI | David Medawar |
In-app purchases
ChessPawn
No in-app purchases
Chess
- Unlock Full Game$1.99









