Comparison

Chessight vs Blunder

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

Head to head
About

Chessight

Features
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Chessight is the fastest way to analyze, review, and learn from your chess games — all on your iPhone. Import your own games or analyze chess.com matches from any username. A full Stockfish 18 engine runs locally on your device to classify every move as brilliant, great, best, inaccuracy, mistake, or blunder — exactly like the big chess sites, but without an account or monthly subscription. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Analyze any PGN — paste a game or import via share sheet • Pull chess.com games by username with one tap • See move-by-move accuracy, classifications, and eval graph • Tap any move for a detailed breakdown with best alternatives • Explore variations freely — play "what if" lines and get instant evaluation • Share positions with a single tap PLAY & TRAIN • Play against Stockfish at adjustable depth (1–20) • Solve the daily chess.com puzzle • Browse 37+ famous checkmate patterns • Edit any position with a flexible board editor PRIVACY FIRST • The Stockfish engine runs entirely on your device — your games never leave your phone • No account required • Chess.com game data fetched through their public API FREE OR PREMIUM • One free deep analysis every day • Watch a short ad to unlock additional analyses • Or buy Premium once — unlimited analyses, no ads, forever • Premium is Family Shareable WHAT'S INCLUDED • Stockfish 18 with NNUE neural evaluation • Interactive board with legal-move highlighting • Opening book detection • Accuracy stats across games • iPad-optimized two-column layout • Works on iPhone and iPad (portrait and landscape) Download Chessight today and start analyzing every move you make.

About

Blunder

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Take a photo, open it in Blunder, and start exploring a chess position. Super fast! Blunder turns photos and screenshots of chessboards into interactive positions, with quick access to the camera and your photo library. FROM PHOTO TO POSITION - Recognize boards in screenshots and photos, including photos taken at an angle. - Automatically detect the board orientation. - Infer whose turn it is from highlighted last-move squares when available, or change the side to move yourself. EXPLORE THE BEST MOVES - View Stockfish analysis powered by Lichess. - Choose how many alternative lines to show. - Tap moves in a line to explore the continuation. - Choose an analysis time and available engine options. - Switch between the Blunder analysis view and the Lichess view. BUILD YOUR CHESS LIBRARY - Revisit recent games in a visual board gallery. - Save favorites and organize positions into folders. - Sync your library with iCloud across iPhone and iPad. - Turn off automatic history while keeping your favorites and organized games. SHARE AND CONTINUE Share positions as FEN, or open them in Lichess or Chess.com. Blunder requires iOS 26 or later. Internet access is required for Lichess analysis. Recognition results can vary with image quality and board design. BLUNDER PRO Your first 20 scans are free. Blunder Pro unlocks unlimited scans with a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lucas.io/privacy

Screenshots

Chessight4 screens
Blunder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Blunder at none against Chessight's shown. Blunder also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). Chessight's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Chessight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Blunder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chessight ships an update every 9 days, Blunder every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Chessight versus Blunder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChessightBlunder
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJayanth S PLucas Raggers

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Chessight

One-time1
  • Chessight Premium$4.99
1 purchases

Blunder

One-time1
  • Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Chessight free?
Chessight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blunder free?
Blunder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chessight or Blunder have ads?
Chessight shows ads; Blunder does not.
Which is updated more often, Chessight or Blunder?
Chessight ships an update every 9 days, and Blunder every 3 days. Most recently, Chessight was updated on November 5, 2026 and Blunder on November 10, 2026.

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