Comparison

ChessHere vs Jade Wall

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

Head to head
About

ChessHere

Engage in real-time or correspondence chess matches, challenge friends, and participate in tournaments. Improve your game with puzzles, opening studies, and game analysis. Stay connected with messaging and notifications in a clean, focused interface.

Highlights
  • Real-time and correspondence chess
  • Challenge friends and opponents
  • Join tournaments
  • Solve daily puzzles
  • Study openings
  • Game analysis and tracking
  • Messaging and notifications
Features
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Play chess, understand your games, and actually get better. ChessHere combines fast online play with a personal Coach that tells you what happened on the board and what to work on next. PLAY YOUR WAY - Live chess: bullet, blitz and rapid against players around the world - Correspondence chess: take hours or days per move, with a reminder when it's your turn - Challenge friends with a link, or get matched instantly - Tournaments: arenas and round robins with live standings LEARN FROM EVERY GAME - Coach: after each game, get a clear explanation of the key moments, your mistakes and your best moves, in plain language, not engine numbers - Full game analysis with evaluation and best lines - Lessons and courses from first moves to rook endgames TRAIN DAILY - Daily puzzle, Puzzle Rush and themed tactics - Opening trainer: learn and drill the lines you actually play - Track your rating, streaks and progress over time A CALM PLACE TO PLAY - Clean, focused design with light and dark themes and board styles - Follow players, chat in game and send messages - Available in 25 languages - Your games sync with chesshere.com on the web CHESSHERE PREMIUM Daily mistake review, more drills and focus areas, unlimited puzzles from your own games, deeper analysis, a weekly progress report, and your own tournaments. Available as a monthly or annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.chesshere.com/privacy Whether you have one minute or one week per move, ChessHere is where your next move happens.

About

Jade Wall

Features
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Always wanted to learn mahjong? Start here. Jade Wall is classic Hong Kong mahjong on a warm 3D table. You play against three AI rivals, and the game teaches you as you go.\ \ LEARN BY PLAYING • Learn to Play: a guided first game. Make a chow, a pung and a kong, collect a flower, and finish with a self drawn win • Coach: shows how close you are to winning, and which tiles win once you're one away • Tile labels: help you tell every tile apart • Rules Book: one tap away, even mid game   PLAY YOUR WAY • Three difficulty levels: from relaxed to tough • Game length: One hand, an East round (4 hands), or the full game (16 hands, with Pro) • Faan scoring: every hand broken down, so you see how the points add up • Game speed: 1×, 2× or 3× • Your seat: put your own photo on it • Background music, or silence if you prefer • Records: your wins, high scores and recent games, with file backup   NO DISTRACTIONS • No ads, no coins, no timers • No account needed • Plays offline, anywhere • No tracking. Your games and photo are saved on your phone, not on our servers   FREE TO PLAY Four-player games of One hand or an East round, on the Jade Teahouse table, at every difficulty. Learn to Play, the Coach, the Rules Book, your photo, records and backup are all free.   JADE WALL PRO One purchase, no subscription. It stays on your store account and can be restored. • The full game: all 16 hands • Three-player games, faster and tighter • Three more tables: Midnight Bazaar, Vermilion Hall and Rattan Courtyard   WHO IT'S FOR • Anyone who has always wanted to learn mahjong • Players who grew up with Hong Kong mahjong and miss the table • Board game fans who want a real classic, without ads   Pull up a chair. Your seat is ready.

Screenshots

ChessHere4 screens
Jade Wall4 screens

Verdict

The call

ChessHere and Jade Wall are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. ChessHere sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per month and Jade Wall sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChessHere ships an update every 5 days, Jade Wall every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ChessHere versus Jade Wall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessHereJade Wall
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKhaled JoudaMichael Dihardja

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ChessHere

Subscriptions2
  • ChessHere Premium$7.001 Month
  • ChessHere Premium$70.001 Year
1 purchases

Jade Wall

One-time1
  • Jade Wall Pro$3.99

Questions

Is ChessHere free?
ChessHere is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jade Wall free?
Jade Wall is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChessHere or Jade Wall have ads?
Neither ChessHere nor Jade Wall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChessHere or Jade Wall?
ChessHere ships an update every 5 days, and Jade Wall every 3 days. Most recently, ChessHere was updated on October 25, 2026 and Jade Wall on October 15, 2026.

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