Comparison

Chessfisher vs ChessCam

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

Head to head
About

Chessfisher

Engage in a daily chess puzzle shared with all users, then compare your performance with friends. Explore a survival mode where puzzles become progressively harder, and track your progress with detailed statistics and a real chess rating.

Highlights
  • Daily shared chess puzzle
  • Gauntlet survival mode
  • World leaderboard
  • Shareable results
  • Daily difficulty scaling
  • Unlockable bonus puzzles
  • In-depth statistics
  • Earn a real chess rating
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Chessfisher gives you one new chess puzzle every day, the same puzzle for everyone. Solve it, share your time, mistakes and streak, and see who among your friends solved it faster or cleaner. Difficulty climbs through the week, from Easy on Monday to Master on Sunday. Solve the daily puzzle to unlock two bonus puzzles. Then take on The Gauntlet: a survival mode where the puzzles get harder and the clock gets shorter. Every solve sends you deeper. Lose your lives and the Dive is over. The World Gauntlet is one Dive a day, ranked against every player in the world, with a daily podium and a push notification when the results are in. Freestyle is unlimited. FEATURES • A shared daily puzzle, plus two bonus puzzles • The Gauntlet: survival puzzles, a shrinking clock, lives, rewards and Depth • World Leaderboard with a daily top-three podium and your placement sent to your phone • A Daily Rating that updates with every solve, with a chart of how it has moved • Streaks, solve times, mistakes and podium finishes, for Daily and Gauntlet • Share any result in a single tap • Fourteen board themes and premium piece sets • Sign in with Apple or Google to sync across devices • Works in portrait or landscape A fresh puzzle is waiting every day.

About

ChessCam

Features
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ChessCam turns your phone into a camera that follows a real chessboard. Point it at the board, scan the position and play: every move is recognized and recorded as you play. Play against Stockfish bots on your own board, connect your physical board to Lichess, or record over-the-board games with a friend. Share a live link so others can follow the game on another device, then review every game afterwards with engine analysis. KEY FEATURES • Camera recognition: your moves on a real board become digital moves in real time • Play bots: face Stockfish-based opponents at different levels on your own board • Play on Lichess: use your physical board for online games on Lichess • Record over-the-board games: player names, clocks and the full move history • Clocks: classical, rapid and blitz, with increment, delay and multi-period controls • Fix move: correct a misread move with one tap • Finish by hand: place both kings in the centre to record a win or a draw • Live watch links: let friends follow your game on another device • Analysis and review: key moments, engine evaluation and a mistake deck to practise • History: save, favourite, resume and export games as PGN or FEN • Voice: hear each move announced, hands-free PRIVACY Board recognition runs on your phone. Video is never uploaded, and your games are stored on your device. ChessCam sends anonymous diagnostics (crashes and performance, no moves or images) to help fix bugs; you can turn this off in Settings. If you choose to help improve recognition, ChessCam also sends moves and board images from your camera games without any account or device ID. This is off until you allow it. Game data is only sent to others when you share a game live or play on Lichess.

Screenshots

Chessfisher4 screens
ChessCam4 screens

Verdict

The call

Chessfisher and ChessCam 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Chessfisher versus ChessCam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessfisherChessCam
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew SutterMARIUS EIDSNES PHILLIPS

In-app purchases

None

Chessfisher

No in-app purchases

None

ChessCam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chessfisher free?
Chessfisher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChessCam free?
ChessCam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chessfisher or ChessCam have ads?
Neither Chessfisher nor ChessCam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chessfisher or ChessCam?
Chessfisher ships an update every 10 days, and ChessCam every 10 days. Most recently, Chessfisher was updated on October 9, 2026 and ChessCam on October 24, 2026.

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