Comparison

Chessful vs Royal Move

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

Head to head
About

Chessful

This app acts as a private chess coach, analyzing your games to identify mistakes and provide personalized training. It focuses on improving your play through tailored exercises based on your weaknesses, without ads or requiring an account.

Highlights
  • Personalized mistake analysis
  • Daily training based on weaknesses
  • Track five key chess skills
  • Play against 40 AI opponents
  • Offline functionality
  • Private by design (no accounts/tracking)
Features
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Understand why you lose. Train what you actually miss. A private chess coach on your device — powered by Stockfish, built around your own games. No ads. No accounts. Fully offline. — WHY CHESSFUL — Most chess apps help you play more. Chessful helps you play better. Instead of confusing engine numbers, Chessful explains every mistake in plain language and turns it into focused, daily training. — UNDERSTAND YOUR MISTAKES — After every game, Chessful shows you: • Where you went wrong • What you missed • Why it mattered Nine mistake categories — from hanging pieces to back-rank weaknesses — explained without jargon. — TRAINING BUILT FROM YOUR GAMES — Your daily plan adapts to your weaknesses, not a generic curriculum. Hang pieces? You'll see more puzzles on hanging pieces. Lose endgames? Endgames take priority tomorrow. Spaced-repetition review locks in what you've learned. — TRACK FIVE SKILLS, NOT JUST RATING — Watch your real progress across: • Tactics • Defense • Positional play • Endgames • Openings — KNOW YOUR OPENINGS — Chessful builds your opening repertoire from your own games — the lines you really play, your win rate in each, and the exact move where you most often go wrong, alongside the engine's better move. Play the London 60% of the time? See precisely where it slips on move 6, then drill it. — PLAY 40 OPPONENTS WITH PERSONALITY — Eight tiers, from Novice to Master. Aggressive, defensive, positional, tactical, endgame specialists — each with a distinct style. Win twice to advance. Optional Game Center leaderboards and achievements. — STOCKFISH, ON YOUR DEVICE — The world's strongest open-source engine, embedded with neural-network evaluation. No cloud calls. No latency. No data leaves your phone. — PRIVATE BY DESIGN — • No accounts • No tracking • No ads • Your games stay on your device — DESIGNED FOR FOCUS — Calm dark interface. No streak guilt. No notifications begging you back. Native on iPhone, iPad and Mac — with a 3D board on the larger screens. — PREMIUM — Unlock unlimited analysis, the full daily training engine, deeper coach hints, your complete opening repertoire, all 40 opponents, and your full skill profile. Monthly, yearly, or one-time lifetime — your choice. — WHO IT'S FOR — You'll feel at home in Chessful if you: • Want to improve but feel stuck • Find engine numbers more confusing than helpful • Prefer structure over endless scrolling • Want a chess tool that respects your attention Free to download. Start with one game. See what you've been missing. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Royal Move

Features
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Play chess anywhere with Royal Move for iPhone and iPad. Challenge the computer at Easy, Medium or Hard difficulty, share one device, or play for free with a nearby friend on a second device. No account or internet connection is needed. NEARBY PLAY — FREE FOR EVERYONE Open New Game → Nearby device on both devices, allow Local Network access, choose the other player’s temporary code and accept the invitation. Review the clock and sides, then both tap Ready to play. Keep both apps open during the game. Nearby play works between iPhones and iPads; it is not internet matchmaking. FEATURES • Chess rules including castling, en passant, promotion, repetition and timed endings • Three offline computer difficulty levels • Same-device and free nearby two-player games • Untimed play and a free five-minute clock • Save and resume for unfinished same-device and computer games • Local statistics and recent-game history • Captured pieces, move history, sound, haptics and animations • English and Arabic, with light and dark appearances Nearby games end if the connection is lost or an app leaves the foreground. Your saved solo game is kept. Confirmed nearby results appear in local statistics. Royal Move Plus is an optional one-time purchase for additional clock presets and custom clocks, custom player names, board themes, manual board flipping and PGN export. Joining a nearby game is free even when the host chooses a Plus clock. Other Plus extras depend on each device’s own purchase. No subscriptions or ads.

Screenshots

Chessful4 screens
Royal Move4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Chessful at every 5 days against Royal Move's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chessful sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Royal Move sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chessful ships an update every 5 days, Royal Move every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Chessful versus Royal Move: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessfulRoyal Move
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size161 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAntti Aittamaahamam alabdulla

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Chessful

Subscriptions2
  • Chessful Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Chessful Pro Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time4
  • Support the Developer Coffee$1.99
  • Support the Developer Supporter$4.99
  • Support the Developer Huge Support$9.99
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  • Chessful Pro Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

Royal Move

One-time1
  • Royal Move Plus$4.99

Questions

Is Chessful free?
Chessful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Royal Move free?
Royal Move is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chessful or Royal Move have ads?
Neither Chessful nor Royal Move shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chessful or Royal Move?
Chessful ships an update every 5 days, and Royal Move every 3 months. Most recently, Chessful was updated on November 5, 2026 and Royal Move on November 5, 2026.

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