Comparison

Digline vs Fun Chess Master

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

Head to head
About

Digline

Drill deep into a mysterious world, collecting resources and upgrading your rig. Explore diverse biomes, craft items, and uncover secrets in this relaxing, one-finger controlled simulation game. Progress over weeks with persistent tunnels and a growing map.

Highlights
  • One-finger portrait controls
  • Multiple biomes and resources
  • Workshop upgrades and crafting
  • Persistent tunnels and map
  • Daily Dig challenges
  • Achievement collection
Features
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Digline is a relaxed and easy to learn drilling game where every descent is a gamble between progress and risk, and the real reward lies deeper underground. Start each run in your workshop, pick your setup, and head down with limited fuel and a scrappy rig. Carve your path through shifting layers of earth, decide what to collect, and choose what to upgrade and what to trade before everything runs out. Each dive reveals new materials, rarer finds, and unexpected patterns beneath the surface. What begins as simple digging gradually turns into a careful balance between exploration, efficiency, and timing. Back at the surface, refine your strategy and improve your runs: • Upgrade your drill, fuel capacity, and efficiency • Unlock new materials with higher value and deeper placement • Optimize routes to maximize each descent Progress builds steadily, but every run carries tension. Go too safe and you leave value behind. Push too far and risk losing it all. Shape your own rhythm underground: short and efficient runs, deep high-risk dives, or a steady climb toward mastering what lies below. Top 10 casual game in the US and UK, Top 5 in Germany, Norway, and others. Come join the fun! What starts as a simple search for resources gradually becomes something stranger. Your old tunnels remain, your map expands over time, and the underground begins to feel less random and more like a place with its own history. Digline is designed to be easy to pick up, fun in short sessions, and rewarding over the long term. Quick digs, short descents, tons of relaxing fun. Features: • intuitive one-finger portrait controls • short runs that fit easily into a minute or two • persistent tunnels and a map that grows with each expedition • multiple underground regions with different materials, hazards, and surprises • resources to gather and use for crafting upgrades, and better preparation • a workshop that turns each successful run into permanent progress • a market system for trading what you bring back • progression that builds across many sessions, not just a single run • a calm, cozy atmosphere with a sense of discovery underneath it • no ads, no in-app purchases, and no pay-to-win systems • achievements and Daily Dig leaderboard competition The deeper you go, the more the mine will reveal.

About

Fun Chess Master

Learn and play chess with a distraction-free interface. Offers multiple difficulty levels, interactive lessons, and training puzzles for all skill levels. Supports local multiplayer and multiple languages.

Highlights
  • 16 difficulty levels
  • Interactive lessons
  • 1000 training puzzles
  • Local two-player mode
  • Offline play
  • Multiple languages
  • Light and dark mode
Features
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Fun Chess Master is a friendly, colorful chess app for kids and beginners, and anyone who wants to get better at chess. PLAY TALKING ANIMAL OPPONENTS Sixteen levels, each with its own animal, from a chick that is still learning the moves to a grandmaster dragon. Every opponent shows its approximate Elo, reacts to your moves out loud, and the gentle ones share tips as you play. A THOUSAND-LEVEL PUZZLE ADVENTURE Climb a map of 1,000 hand-picked tactics puzzles, from beginner to master. Earn up to three stars on each level, beat a boss every ten levels, use a hint when you're stuck, and chase your best score. LEARN TO PLAY Thirty interactive lessons across seven modules cover how each piece moves, the special rules, tactics, checkmate patterns, and opening and endgame ideas, with the legal squares highlighted right on the board. LEVEL UP EVERY DAY Earn experience for training, playing and visiting each day. Build a daily streak and rise from Pawn to King. Choose your own name and avatar. TWO PLAYERS, ONE DEVICE Hand the device to a friend and play a full game together. PLAYS IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Spanish, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, French and Japanese. Switch any time in Settings. EVERYTHING YOU'D EXPECT - Full rules: castling, en passant, promotion, check, checkmate, stalemate and the 50-move rule - Captured pieces shown for both sides - Undo a move or start a new game any time - Sound effects and opponent voice, each with its own switch - Light and dark mode, on iPhone and iPad - Works offline. Your games and progress never leave your device No accounts. No subscriptions. No ads. Just chess.

Screenshots

Digline4 screens
Fun Chess Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fun Chess Master at 100% against Digline's 55%. Fun Chess Master also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Digline's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 2) and chart position (#96 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Fun Chess Master is free to download; Digline costs $1.99 up front. Digline sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Fun Chess Master asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fun Chess Master holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digline has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 55% of Digline's written reviews are positive against 100% of Fun Chess Master's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digline ships an update weekly, Fun Chess Master every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Digline versus Fun Chess Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiglineFun Chess Master
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (21 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings21 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#96 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size273 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuis HerskovicPeng Li

Customer experience

Digline

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral15.2%
Negative30.3%

Fun Chess Master

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Digline

One-time3
  • 20 fuel to storage$0.99
  • +75 fuel to storage$2.99
  • +200 fuel to storage$4.99
None

Fun Chess Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Digline free?
Digline costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Fun Chess Master free?
Fun Chess Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Digline or Fun Chess Master?
Fun Chess Master is rated higher. Digline averages 4.8 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Fun Chess Master averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Digline or Fun Chess Master have ads?
Neither Digline nor Fun Chess Master shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digline or Fun Chess Master?
Digline ships an update weekly, and Fun Chess Master every 8 days. Most recently, Digline was updated on October 25, 2026 and Fun Chess Master on October 11, 2026.

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