Gambito Puzzles vs TextingGo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gambito Puzzles
Enhance your chess skills with a dedicated tactics trainer. Solve puzzles from an offline database, track your progress with a rating system, and improve retention through spaced repetition. Offers six distinct puzzle modes for varied training.
- Offline puzzle database
- Glicko-2 rating system
- Spaced repetition
- Six puzzle modes
- No internet required
- No account needed
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Gambito is a focused chess tactics trainer built for practical improvement. Solve puzzles from an offline database, track your progress with a Glicko-2 rating system, and develop mastery through spaced repetition — no internet connection or account required. Choose from six distinct puzzle modes to match your training goal: - Unlimited: solve at your own pace with no time pressure - Streak: keep a correct-answer streak alive - Storm: race the clock to solve as many as possible - Thematic: focus on specific tactical motifs - Blind: train calculation by hiding the board - No Tactic: practice recognizing when there is no winning combination Your Glicko-2 rating adjusts dynamically to reflect your true tactical strength. Spaced repetition surfaces puzzles at the right time to reinforce long-term retention. Terms of Use (EULA): https://gambitochess.com/terms
TextingGo
Play the ancient strategy game of Go with friends locally or remotely. Supports multiple rule sets and allows for text-based communication during games. Enjoy Go on your iPhone or iPad.
- Local multiplayer
- Text-based multiplayer
- Multiple rule sets (American, Chinese, NZ)
- Play on the go
- iPhone and iPad support
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Local and Texting Multiplayer GO! Play Go on the Go ! American, Chinese, Japanese, and New Zealand Rules! Text your friends games of Go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Gambito Puzzles at every 5 days against TextingGo's fortnightly. Gambito Puzzles also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Gambito Puzzles sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and TextingGo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gambito Puzzles against 5.0 for TextingGo. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Gambito Puzzles ships an update every 5 days, TextingGo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gambito Puzzles | TextingGo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dynadel | Matthew Schorr |
Customer experience
Gambito Puzzles
TextingGo
In-app purchases
Gambito Puzzles
- Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Premium Annual7 Days trial$4.991 Year
TextingGo
- Emote Pack$1.99
