Incremental ELM Quest vs Eloquence Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Incremental ELM Quest
Embark on a challenging incremental RPG adventure where every battle and defeat fuels your progress. Upgrade your hero, build your town, and strategize to overcome hundreds of unique foes and powerful bosses. This game offers a rewarding experience for both short sessions and extended play.
- Incremental RPG gameplay
- Hero upgrades and evolutions
- Town building for progression
- Boss battles with unique tactics
- Permanent bonuses from defeats
- Hundreds of unique enemies
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ELM Quest is a cozy but challenging incremental RPG where every battle pushes your progress forward. Begin your quest, fight through encounters, and upgrade your hero to survive tougher foes. Every loss results in powerful permanent bonuses that strengthen future runs. Why players enjoy ELM Quest: - 4 starting heroes, each with a unique playstyle and several evolutions each. - Face powerful bosses with unique tactics. Can you beat them all? - Hundreds of unique foes. Study your foes carefully to overcome difficult fights. - Build up your town for lasting progression. - Every defeat matters, no matter how quick. Learn, adapt, and push farther each run. Whether you play in short sessions or long grinds, ELM Quest rewards strategy, persistence, and clever upgrades. Dev note: This game was made by an incremental game fan who got bored of waiting for another to come out. You will find no ads and the game was balanced around being a completely free experience. All perks/rewards obtainable for free through gameplay.
Eloquence Chess
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Play thoughtful chess, understand every game, and train what matters — privately on your device. Eloquence Chess is an offline-first chess app for iPhone and iPad. Choose from distinctive opponents spanning beginner-friendly 400, 600 and 800 design targets through stronger challenges. Every opponent is available to everyone. CLASSIC Play rated offline games without hints, takebacks or live evaluation. Choose your color and time control and build your local Classic Rating. ACADEMY Practice without affecting your Classic Rating. Receive verified, engine-grounded coaching and learn why a move was a mistake and what could work better. Eloquence Pro adds custom phases, position types, opening families and adaptive training. GAME REVIEW Quick Review shows performance, game flow and move quality. One Deep Review is free every 24 hours. Deep Review adds critical moments, verified alternatives, a conclusion and a move-by-move breakdown. Pro removes the cooldown. PERSONAL TRAINING Save key mistakes and return to them later. Free users can keep one mistake per game and up to ten total. Pro expands the library and unlocks an unlimited detailed game archive. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Games, ratings, reviews, preferences and training positions stay on your device. There is no account, advertising, analytics SDK or online chess-analysis service. ELOQUENCE PRO Optional monthly and annual auto-renewable subscriptions unlock Academy customization, adaptive Academy, unlimited Deep Reviews, a larger mistake library and unlimited detailed history. All opponents, core play, coaching, Quick Review, statistics and recent games remain free. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your App Store account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Incremental ELM Quest and Eloquence Chess 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
Both are free to download. Incremental ELM Quest sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Eloquence Chess sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Incremental ELM Quest ships an update every 6 days, Eloquence Chess every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Incremental ELM Quest | Eloquence Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (22 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 47.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Eric Marin | Jan Lennart Wagener |
In-app purchases
Incremental ELM Quest
- Buy Dev a Coffee (+30 Renown)$0.99
- Buy Dev Lunch (+200 Renown)$4.99
- Fully Support Dev (+450 Renown)$9.99
Eloquence Chess
- Eloquence Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Eloquence Pro Annual$24.991 Year
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