Weiming Xiangqi vs Marshal Chess
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weiming Xiangqi
Read full descriptionHide full description
A clean, elegant Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) app designed for iOS 26 with Apple's Liquid Glass design language. Play against a strong on-device AI, or pass and play with a friend locally. Features: • Native iOS 26 — Designed around Liquid Glass surfaces, fluid motion, and SF symbol fidelity. • On-device AI — Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty levels that run entirely on your iPhone, with no network calls and no account. • Pass & play — Local 2-player mode with board flip, undo, and confirmation for destructive actions. • Standard rules — Self-check prevention, facing-generals, and legal move generation for every piece. • Move history — Turn cards, captures, and the ability to review the entire match. • Accessibility — Respects Reduce Motion. Pieces carry accessible labels for VoiceOver. • Haptics and audio — Subtle feedback that you can turn off entirely. Fully offline. No account, no network, no ads, no tracking. Weiming Xiangqi focuses on what matters: a quiet, elegant board, accurate rules, and a responsive AI that runs entirely on your device. Known rules not implemented: tournament-level repetition adjudication.
Marshal Chess
This app offers a focused Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) experience with multiple game modes including adaptive AI coaching, traditional AI matches, and unique puzzle challenges. It features local multiplayer options and tools for studying real-world games, all within a clean, ad-free interface.
- Adaptive AI coaching
- AI matches with difficulty levels
- Jieqi (Hidden Chess) mode
- Endgame Puzzles
- Nearby Duel (local multiplayer)
- Game Study with board recognition
Read full descriptionHide full description
Marshal Chess is a clean, focused Chinese Chess (Xiangqi) app for iPhone and iPad. No social noise — open it and play. Six modes: · Adaptive Coaching — the AI silently reads your level and stays just one step ahead, easing off when you are far ahead and pushing harder when you are behind. On your turn it lifts the piece for the strongest move to show you. No difficulty picker, no tests, no prompts · AI Match — five difficulty levels (Beginner to Master); the on-device engine's evaluation is a neural network distilled from a top engine, so you get a strong opponent even offline, and online Hard / Master are computed by a top engine on our server; save and resume any game, take back moves · Jieqi (Hidden Chess) — every piece except the generals starts face-down in a shuffled position and is revealed after its first move; revealed advisors and elephants may leave the palace and cross the river. The computer never peeks at hidden pieces · Endgame Puzzles — 90 classical compositions from the Ming-dynasty collection "Shi Qing Ya Qu", each with its source and original number; all 1,416 moves of the reference lines verified for legality and checkmate. Search by name or number, filter to unfinished · Nearby Duel — play someone next to you over a direct device-to-device connection. No data usage, no server, no shared network needed; just turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on both devices. Game clocks with a per-move countdown, take-backs, Jieqi and automatic reconnection; a player who leaves can return to the same game from the lobby, and an optional password keeps strangers out · Game Study — when you face a real opponent over a physical board, enter both sides' moves and get the strongest move on your turn. Start from the opening position or use the board editor. Live camera and photo recognition run on-device, with a review step to correct or complete the position; optional cloud enhancement is available Design notes: · Calm, modern Chinese look: warm paper background, clerical-script glyphs and nine board themes to choose from (Warm Ivory, Kaya Wood, Pale Celadon, Ebony and more), switchable even mid-game; a bundled Kai typeface works offline and dark mode is supported · Just the board: no title bar or status line during play — Menu at the top left, More at the bottom right, in Liquid Glass · Background music, a full sound set and Mandarin move announcements, adjustable in-game or silenced to let your own music play · Move and capture animations play in sequence for a clear rhythm · No ads, no in-app purchases, no account required. Recognition runs on-device by default. If you choose cloud enhancement and consent, the selected photo is sent through Cloudflare to Anthropic; see our privacy policy Xiangqi is interesting enough on its own. We just built a good board for it.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Marshal Chess at every 3 days against Weiming Xiangqi's every 2 months. Marshal Chess also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Weiming Xiangqi ships an update every 2 months, Marshal Chess every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Weiming Xiangqi | Marshal Chess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Weiming Chen | SANOINV INC |
In-app purchases
Weiming Xiangqi
No in-app purchases
Marshal Chess
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Weiming Xiangqi free?
Is Marshal Chess free?
Do Weiming Xiangqi or Marshal Chess have ads?
Which is updated more often, Weiming Xiangqi or Marshal Chess?
Other comparisons















